""They don't actually put a lot more money into housing," Hisserich said. "They do it much more strategically, I think, than we do. But that permanent predictable funding source, together with their land banking strategy, has enabled them to be very pro-development and to link together their transportation, their open space and their housing goals together, and their sustainability goals.""
""Our decision-making was informed by the gravity of this moment, with competing housing, homelessness, and budgetary crises,""
Mayor Keith Wilson placed Portland Housing Bureau Director Helmi Hisserich on leave effective immediately, and Michael Buonocore was named interim director. City Administrator Michael Jordan cited the gravity of competing housing, homelessness, and budgetary crises as informing the decision. Hisserich has advocated long-term solutions such as social housing and cited Vienna's strategic funding and land banking approach as enabling pro-development and integrated transportation, open space, housing, and sustainability goals. In April, City Council tasked city leadership with studying social housing models. Multiple councilors and staff expressed displeasure about the leadership change, and some noted the mayor's focus on moving people off the streets.
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