Oregon’s housing agency has a simple yardstick for measuring how efficiently it funds construction of affordable apartments—they shouldn’t cost more to build than the national average. For the past three years, however, it has failed to meet that standard—by a wide margin. Last year, hard construction costs for housing projects it funded averaged $318 a […]
Author Archives: Nigel Jaquiss / Oregon Journalism Project
This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit investigative newsroom for the state of Oregon. Nigel Jaquiss is the most decorated journalist in Oregon history, including winning the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his work at Willamette Week (the only time in U.S. history this award has been won by a weekly newspaper).

