PORTLAND BALLOT 2023
Portland Rent Control Question A Election Results
For the second time this year, Portland voters rejected a municipal ballot question asking to amend the city’s rent control ordinance. The citizen’s initiative on the Tuesday, November 7th ballot asked voters to exempt landlords with nine or fewer units from rent control provisions. It failed with 63.4% of the voters saying no.
Under the current rent control ordinance, most landlords may only increase rent by 5% and only once every twelve months regardless of new tenancies. There are exceptions such as owner-occupied buildings with four or fewer units and public housing units to name a couple. Earlier this year, a citizen initiative on the June ballot asked to amend the ordinance to allow larger rent increases, but two-thirds of Portland voters rejected the question.
QUESTION B – Gender inclusive language
There were also two questions asking Portland voters to amend the city charter. Question B seeked approval to make the charter’s language gender inclusive and it passed with 68.4% of Portland voters’ support.
QUESTON C – Petition dates
Question C asked to amend the Portland City Charter to lside the dates that nomination papers are available to 155 days prior to the election and allow candidates to turn in papers at anytime after receiving them. This question passed with 66.9% in favor.
TURNOUT
Turnout in this off-cycle election was 46.6% according to unoffical results, with 22,951 of Portland’s 49,290 voters coming out to register their choices.
