Current Issues
Oregon’s Toughest Challenges
The problems we can’t keep ignoring. Here’s how adaptive governance solves them, without new taxes.
The Problems We Face
Housing Crisis
Families priced out in the city. Shortages in rural towns. One-size-fits-all solutions have failed both.
Solutions:
- Streamline zoning to speed affordable housing construction
- Encourage high-density builds where demand is highest
- Incentivize affordable units, not just luxury developments
Homelessness
Billions spent, problem getting worse. Current patchwork of programs is inefficient and ineffective.
Solutions:
- Replace confusing local taxes with unified statewide approach
- Focus on job training and mental health support, not endless shelter beds
- Invest in transitional housing and permanent supportive housing
Education
Teachers overworked and under-supported. Students slipping through the cracks. Morale at all-time lows.
Solutions:
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Invest in quality teachers and modern classrooms
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Expand career and technical education to prepare students for real jobs
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Ensure equal access so every child, rural or urban, has the same opportunities
Rural Oregon Under Siege
Communities ready to leave Oregon altogether. The Greater Idaho movement isn’t about politics, it’s about being heard.
Solutions:
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Rural communities face rising costs and shrinking opportunities
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Families struggle as housing, jobs, and healthcare become harder to access
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Oregon must act now before small towns disappear under mounting pressures
Climate & Wildfires
Our forests, farms, and families under threat. Top-down mandates frustrate rural areas and waste money.
Solutions:
- Wildfires devastating forests and communities
- Droughts threatening farms and water supplies
- Heat waves hitting vulnerable urban populations
Fiscal Irresponsibility
Billions spent with little to show for it. Taxpayers stretched thin while problems persist.
Solutions:
- Reallocate existing funds toward adaptive solutions
- No new taxes, families are already stretched thin
- Transparency in budgeting so taxpayers see where every dollar goes
