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Vacant city lot remains, well, undecided

Written January 24th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

The future of a 1-acre vacant lot, owned by the city of Albany in the middle of the Edgewater Village development off Water Avenue, remains uncertain today.

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany council, cty property, Edgewater Village, Riverfront homeless, Russell Hawke, vacant lot, Water Avenue

Housing task force: Looking for new ideas

Written November 10th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Albany is joining all the talk about affordable housing with the creation of a task force on this topic. To which the kindhearted reaction is: Good luck!

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany City Council, Albany housing task force, Albany task force on housing affordability, housing affordability

Mission impossible: ‘Affordable housing’

Written August 11th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

The city government in Albany is going to try to do something about “affordable housing.” Good luck.

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany council, Albany planning, expensive houses, housing costs

More affordable housing in Albany? Fat chance

Written May 17th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

As far as planning projects go, the Albany City Council has made “housing affordability” its top priority. But no matter what the planning division comes up with, don’t expect housing to become less expensive or more “affordable” to more people any time soon.

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany council, housing, housing needs, rent burden

More middle housing: Some have doubts

Written February 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 31 responses.

Albany is working on changing its development code to allow more “middle housing” as demanded by the legislature, but some on the city council doubt that it’s a good idea or that it’ll work.

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Tags: affordable housing, Albany development code, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon housing

HASSO HERING

Vacant city lot remains, well, undecided

Housing task force: Looking for new ideas

Mission impossible: ‘Affordable housing’

More affordable housing in Albany? Fat chance

More middle housing: Some have doubts