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
Nigel Jaquiss is OJP’s senior investigative reporter and the most decorated journalist in Oregon history. He was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his work at Willamette Week and has also received the Bruce Baer Award and a duPont-Columbia Award. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Columbia School of Journalism. He lives in Portland with his family.
