“We need to build housing, but we also need to do rent control.”
Green’s City policy page describes a managed-growth approach that includes production and tenant protections.
City of Portland · Councilor Green's Legislative Priorities ↗Permanent person profile
Mitch Green
Portland City Councilor representing District 4.
Policy sources checked Aug 16, 2026
Official links
Election history
- City Council — District 4Nov 3, 2026 · Qualified · Incumbent
Public office
Current term
City Council · District 4
Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2026
Their words
What they say
Introduced or sponsored
What they have done
Housing
“A Social Housing resolution, laying the groundwork for a future of permanently affordable, high-quality public housing.”
The City office lists the social-housing resolution among Green’s enacted priorities.
Read the source ↗Statements and public record
How their record compares
Housing
Record alignsThe reviewed statement and current-term record point in the same direction.
Homelessness response
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Public safety
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Transportation
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Budgeting
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Climate
Mixed recordThe reviewed current-term evidence points in different directions, so this issue is excluded from matcher scoring.
Public services
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Land use
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
- 2026-037: Adopt the Affordable Housing Opportunities Project amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Map and the Official Zoning Map
- 2026-063: Adopt the Public Infrastructure Environmental Code Project to streamline environmental zoning regulations to accommodate needed infrastructure projects and support ongoing natural resource management (amend Code Title 33)
Economic development
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Government transparency
Not enough recordThe reviewed current-term record does not yet meet the comparison threshold for this issue.
Current council term
Voting record
Yea292
Nay4
Absent / other2