What this tells me is that Saltzman has made a good move towards the middle on this complicated affair.
Everyone will pile on about it, but he makes sensible change.
I wish this guy would consider running for Mayor, despite his Ivy-League schooling! (heh!)

The fact is that those landlords who are exploiting this situation for greed's sake, and the crowd of developers/speculators who are piling on STRICTLY for greed's sake have had EVERYTHING slanted entirely THEIR way ... PERIOD. And they KNOW it or they wouldn't be flailing back so desperately when their avarice and complete lack of ethics or concern for a larger humanity is so easily and so publicly exposed. What is being proposed could be read as plainly an empty gesture, given cynically with the intent to demonstrate concern that clearly isn't there, as purely deflective and political. Or maybe it's simply negatively disproportionate to the serious magnitude of this problem. No, the fact is that tenants and all those affected should NOT accept any remedies or proposals that don't bring the balance back at LEAST to a fair halfway point. It's time that the PEOPLE'S interests are valued and promoted against those few who disproportionately pillage the citizenry. Our politicians had better decide very soon if they will work for the people or for those who callously use laws, politicians, and systems that only benefit them and enable them to live unnecessarily extravagant, arrogant and wasteful lifestyles. ... On the other hand, it isn't fair to not appreciate Mr. Saltzman for at least showing A GLIMMER of interest in the issue. No one can do this alone, either on the part of the hired public servants or on the part of the public affected and concerned. It's a BIG issue and will take some BIG SOLUTIONS & participants with even BIGGER character and courage to see that fairness, ethics, and humanity carry the day.

"Christian Bryant, president of Coldwell Banker Property Management... 'Why not add some financial help to builders and developers of multi-family housing?'"
I think this is the definition of a rich person not understanding the problem and saying if the "haves" just had more it could be solved.

@Chris - The root of the problem is a lack of housing. Competition for apartments is what drives the prices up, not greed, or anything else. The greediest landlord in the world can't raise the rent $1 more than what people are willing to pay. If we build more apartments, landlords will have more competition and will need to lower prices in order to get customers. Portland didn't build enough new apartments for years and years, and now we don't have enough.