Walter Wesley (running for Commissioner position 2)
Should policies be adopted to ensure every neighborhood in Portland welcomes more neighbors, through smaller, denser, lower-cost housing options like smallplexes, cottage clusters, and small-to-moderate-sized apartment complexes, via both the nonprofit and private markets?
Yes, And more emergency shelters for all of us.
My vision is to Not allow 5G anywhere,this dangerous microwave data transmission system is all, killing insect and birds, Its expansion will lead to headaches, nausea, cancer, and death. if the 5G is allowed to develop no one will be able to live in Portland, period.
Excuse me I diverted but no not everywhere some historic area should be left alone.
Should Portland expand transit-oriented development (allowing apartment complexes by-right within a short walk of all major transit lines) as a way to discourage the use of single-occupancy vehicles and reduce our city’s carbon emissions?
Yes. More mass transit less pollution.
Should neighborhood associations have less, as much, or more power than other community organizations when it comes to questions of housing, such as whether new apartments or homeless shelters are permitted in a given neighborhood?
Less power. The more affluent tend to have a much more participation so they shape the policy. And given less power to oppose pro-housing, pro-tenant goals.
Should Portland dedicate less, as much, or more money to regulated affordable housing? (If you answered "more money," what funding mechanism(s) would you pursue to build this additional housing?)
More money. Pass initiates to increase funding for more affordable housing. Because wages have not risen as fast as rent has increased. It’s nearly impossible for the hard working man or woman to get by these days . It’s important to have affordable housing to close to where people work, since that is everywhere.
Would you support a citywide moratorium on evictions during the three coldest months of the year, as Seattle recently adopted?
Yes. It is more humane.
As Portland implements an anti-displacement plan, which policies from the Anti-Displacement PDX Coalition would you support? What additional anti-displacement policies do you support?
Require advance 90-day written notice to a tenant if the owner plans to sell, demolish, or redevelop their home.
Implement a Tenant Opportunity to Purchase policy that gives all current renters, and then the city, the first and second rights of refusal to purchase a property at fair-market value before it goes on the market.
Earmark Construction Excise Tax (CET) revenue from construction in single-dwelling zones as a source of subsidy for affordable units in single-dwelling zones.
Charge a fee for any redevelopment of a property in single-dwelling zones that does not include at least two units, unless prevented by site constraints and use the new revenue from this fee to subsidize regulated affordable units in the single-dwelling zones.
Property tax exemption for any regulated affordable units built on-site, for the duration of the affordability restriction.
None at this time. I’m in favor of most of the Anti-Displacement policies put forth in 6A
What else should Portland pro-housing, pro-tenant community know about you & your candidacy?
Portland is a fantastic place to live, grow and love. But we are being, invaded by a weapon that is cutting us to pieces at a cellular level, a basic biological level, killing our bees and birds, and if you look closely enough......our children! Stop 5G! That my vision!
Wesley received a C overall from our scoring committee. See all scores and read about our process here.