HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Housing here? Maybe later, but not yet

Written August 25th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

What has happened lately at Franklin Avenue and Airport Road in Albany? Nothing, that’s what. The 6-acre site where 11 houses and more than 40 apartments have been approved is covered by dead grass and the remaining oaks.


Former tank farm: Vacant lot stirs memories

Written August 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

The lot on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Burkhart Street in Albany is an interesting property, not least because of the memories it holds for one former Albany girl.


New townhouse complex waiting for power

Written July 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Thirty-five new two-story apartments — the developers call them townhomes — in south Albany look like they’ve been finished for some time. On social media people have asked why they’re still vacant.


Housing development appears stuck in limbo

Written March 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

What happened to the plan to build 44 apartments and 11 single-family houses at the corner of Airport Road and Franklin Avenue, a plan approved by the Albany Planning Commission in August 2020?


Oregon bill on housing and homeless falls short

Written March 11th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

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.


Oregon housing and the governor’s goal

Written February 3rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

When she took office this month, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced her goal that 36,000 new houses be built in Oregon per year. She knows that this requires more than wishing it so.


On the housing front: A home goes in

Written January 31st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

There’s a short block of Water Avenue that’s on my bike-riding route through old Albany’s east end. For the past few months I watched a new dwelling taking shape there which now is finished and for sale.


 
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