Leaders in the Oregon legislature say they want to encourage more housing to be built and to reduce the number of homeless people. That’s what they say, but their legislation does nothing to achieve that goal.
More middle housing: Some have doubts
Written February 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
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
Tags: affordable housing, Albany development code, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon housing
Are single-family houses over? Not yet
Written November 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
There’s no sign in Albany that developers are waiting for the new state housing law to kick in, the law that seeks to encourage more people to live closer together and start using the bus instead of their car.
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Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
More middle housing? Apparently not yet
Written October 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The 2019 Oregon legislature wanted more “middle housing” to be built in areas zoned for single families, but so far in Albany there’s no sign it’s getting its wish.
The muddle over middle housing
Written September 9th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
When it passed House Bill 2001, the 2019 legislature outlawed the kind of zoning that allows only single-family houses in Oregon cities above 10,000 population. But as the Albany City Council was reminded Monday, it did not restrict the construction of single-family houses.
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Crowd hears about law on middle housing
Close to a hundred people crowded into the Riverside Community Center Wednesday night to learn and talk about Oregon’s new “middle housing” laws.
Tags: HB 2001, housing density, middle housing, North Albany subdivisions, Riverwood Crossing