housing

Lochner Road still closed for subdivision work

Written May 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

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The south end of Lochner Road was supposed to be open again by mid-April, but it remained closed because of construction at the beginning of May.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Ellingson Road, growth, housing, Lennar, Lochner Road, South Albany, subdivisions

How did session lessen ‘housing crisis’?

Written March 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Bike rides in Albany occasionally take me into a new subdivision on the west end of town, where they’ve been building and selling three- and four-bedroom houses since 2019. It’s the 32-lot Takena Estates subdivision. And as I stopped there Saturday to look around, I was thinking about the Oregon “housing crisis” that we hear […]

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Tags: 2024 Oregon legislature, Governor Kotek, HAPO, housing, housing bills

Why these two houses are so narrow

Written February 12th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

On a bike ride last week, the narrow shape of two houses under construction on Marion Street in southeast Albany caught my eye.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Habitat for Humanity, housing, housing density, land use, Marion Street, narrow houses

A smarter way to create more housing

Written February 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

In Oregon’s quest for more affordable housing, building on vacant or underused land inside cities makes far more sense that expanding urban growth boundaries to gobble up farmland.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News, Uncategorized
Tags: Columbus and First, East First Avenue, Governor Kotek, housing, land use, legislature, urban growth boundaries

Making room for a manufactured home

Written December 19th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

A small old house at the corner of First Avenue and Columbus Street in Albany was vacant for five years. This week it was torn down so a manufactured house can be placed on the lot.

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Tags: demolition, housing, manufactured houses, Willamette neighborhood

Vacant land on First Avenue sees change

Written September 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

There’s a bit of a housing boom happening on long-vacant land in the 600 block of Albany’s East First Avenue, a major traffic route.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: apartments, duplex, First Avenue, housing, infill projects, vacant land

Now you can see the footprint of this project

Written September 11th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

In case you were wondering about the long-planned development at Fourth and Calapooia in Albany, another step is now being taken. The foundations for two apartment houses at the corner are being built.

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Tags: apartments, building permit., commerce, Fourth and Calapooia, housing, Siegner