Michael Andersen, Author at Sightline Institute

Michael Andersen is the Director of Cities and Towns with Sightline Institute. Since 2006, he has been writing about ways better municipal policy can help break poverty cycles, with a focus on housing and transportation. Michael’s work before joining Sightline in 2018 included reporting and editing for print and web in Longview and Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. He lives in Portland with a beautiful woman, a kid, and a cat. They park their car in the street.

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Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

Lessons from Oregon's landmark legalization of fourplexes and townhouses.

Aug 13, 2021

August 13, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
How to Tear Down the Invisible Walls in Your City’s Zoning Code

10 tips for zoning reformers from a town that legalized housing.

Aug 6, 2021

August 6, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

There are many ways to kill a zoning revolution. To win one of your own, understand the ways Portland's nearly failed.

Aug 6, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
We Ran the Rent Numbers on Portland’s 7 Newly Legal Home Options

Here are the three options we think can start to be built today - and five things we learned from this math.

Aug 1, 2021

August 1, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
States Must Reform Zoning Because No City Can End a Shortage Alone

The core issue: When a city couldn’t fix a problem even if it tried, it has no reason to try.

Jul 29, 2021

July 29, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Portland’s New Design Rules Could Kill Housing—But They Don’t Have To

Housing projects are 20 times more likely to face design appeals than non-housing projects. Design regulations don't have to work this way.

Jun 4, 2021

June 4, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
A New Idea for State-Led Upzoning: Letting Cities Opt Out

After this, it'll take a supermajority vote for a Connecticut city to re-ban ADUs.

May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Nobody Should Have to File Taxes to Get Cash for their Kid

Half of US kids in deep poverty live in households that don't file taxes.

May 17, 2021

May 17, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Oregon Joins Washington to Allow Use of More Empty Bedrooms

Both states have now voted to re-legalize a great idea: the rooming house.

May 3, 2021

May 3, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Good Transit Is Pointless When People Can’t Live Near It

A good Oregon bill would hold high-capacity transit lines to a very basic standard.

Apr 7, 2021

April 7, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns

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