Question: How many peacocks does it take to screw in a social housing lightbulb?

Answer: Three, plus a small entourage of city employees.

A recent article about three Portland city councilors traveling to Austria should raise constituents’ eyebrows, (“ Portland leaders will travel to Austria for housing junket ,” Aug. 27).

Perhaps progressive caucus (also known as “peacock”) council members Candace Avalos, Mitch Green and Jamie Dunphy could use AI to answer this question: How can we conduct effective research on housing policy with the least amount of taxpayer money and councilor time? Here’s a tried-and-true business process they should attempt before jetting away on this junket:

Use email to reach global experts in low-income and moderate-income housing. Pose carefully research

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