The remaining 63% is likely from private financing, equity, and other sources.The Oregon Housing Stability Council has approved spending more than $100 million to build nearly 650 affordable homes in urban and rural areas throughout the state.The council approved funding requests for 10 affordable housing developments during its Friday meeting, prioritizing requests from communities that lost homes during the 2020 wildfires.

I had an attorney come work for me ( in house council) he was from Manhatton and he was telling me to live there you really needed to be knocking down about 1mil a year to live .. the same way he could live in the best neighborhood in Oregon in a house he paid 1.5 mil for. 

You'll find the sole city council member working under his truck across from the boarded up Snuggly Bear Tavern.

We started a Diversity council which I am a member.

There will also typically be a public hearing where you present your case, and the public can voice their support or opposition.Decision: The zoning board or city council will vote on your rezoning request.

When I used to build/remodel custom homes in a little SoCal beach town, I would occasionally come up against the most Dictatorial, Totalitarian, Marxist/Fascist organization known to mankind.......a small town Historical Review Board run by a bunch of blue-haired old ladies and given virtually unlimited powers by the City Council.

Asheville has been taken over by many hotels that do not like competing with AirBnB - so the city council has placed strict restrictions on short term rentals.  

You have to have a subscription to read it but here is the gist:"The San Antonio City Council has passed a law that will regulate short-term rentals in the city for the first time.The new regulations require short-term rental operators to register with San Antonio and pay a $100 fee.

In that case, water rate increases usually have to be approved by the city council, board of aldermen, or equal. 

Call your city council person and complain.