To add to the "kit housing" complaints: The boring one fits all look of developer housing is beginning to define a new Portland aesthetic - blandly depressing. There is no archecture involved. Of course the rational is cost. Not true. Housing does not make people. People do. Our city of Portland should step in to  make low rent housing more of a joy for tenants to come home to. Leave the trees, use colors, mix up the styles, imploy fun and unpredictable elements.