Financial details of Oregon’s spending on affordable housing murky, ProPublica investigation reveals

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Financial details of Oregon’s spending on affordable housing murky, ProPublica investigation reveals

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Published on Aug 25, 2026, 1:21:39 PM
Total time: 00:09:48

Episode Description

Oregon has given developers $1.4 billion to fund affordable housing as the cost of developing each subsidized apartment has nearly doubled. But thanks to a carve-out in its public records law, the state doesn’t have to provide the details of that spending. Rob Davis, an investigative reporter at ProPublica, joins us with the story.

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