Affordable Housing in Portland: 3 Innovative Approaches to Design and Construction

The Louisa Flowers Affordable Housing. Image © Jeremy BittermannDespite the bad reputation of public housing in the United States, organizations, planners, and architects in Portland, Oregon are determined to create affordable housing that does not sacrifice quality or aesthetic appeal. While Portland has developed a bad reputation regarding its homelessness problem, in the past four years resources have flowed in the right direction, and designers have taken this in stride to design livabl