Portland Study Reinforces What We Already Know: Inclusionary Zoning is Terrible Policy

Portland Study Reinforces What We Already Know: Inclusionary Zoning is Terrible Policy

For years, Maine Policy Institute has warned that Portland’s inclusionary zoning policy would make the city’s housing shortage worse, not better. Last December, when Portland commissioned yet another study on the subject, MPI noted that the evidence was already clear: Inclusionary zoning acts like a tax on housing development, raises the cost of building, and discourages the very housing production that Portland desperately needs. The city wante…