Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting

Illustration by Jovelle Tamayo/ProPublica. Source images: Records obtained by ProPublica, iStock. Two Oregon lawmakers want to end an unusual exemption in the state’s records law that has kept the public from learning how hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money is spent on subsidized housing — and the effort has already landed key industry support. Rep. Pam Marsh, chair of Oregon’s House Committee on Housing and Homelessness, told ProPublica that she plans to introduce legislation next year to eliminate a law that shields key details of state spending on low-income housing .