$1 million

Council votes for three housing grants

Written October 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

It took a year for the Albany City Council to allocate part of the $1 million the Oregon legislature gave the city to do something about homelessness or the shortage of housing that people can afford.

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Tags: $1 million, affordable housing, Creating Housing Coalition, Habitat for Humanity, homeless, homelessness, housing grants, Jackson Street Youth Shelter, SB 5561

Albany housing grant decisions put off

Written September 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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The Albany City Council wasn’t ready to make a decision Monday about which of five applicants for a share of $1 million in housing funds would get how much.

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Tags: $1 million, affordable housing, Albany housing grants, homelessness

Homeless parking ban proposed near shelter

Written May 19th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Homeless people parking their vehicles outside the Helping Hands shelter on Ninth Avenue, or camping there, would no longer be allowed to do so under a proposal the Albany City Council will consider on Monday.

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Tags: $1 million, Albany council, homeless camping, homeless shelters, parking ban