housing

On the housing front: A home goes in

Written January 31st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

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.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany houses, housing, new homes, new houses, old East Albany

Affordable housing: A couple of projects

Written December 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Everybody these days is talking about the need for affordable housing in Albany. In that connection, a couple of things are going on.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: affordable housing, apartments, farmworker housing, Farmworker Housing Development Corp., housing, Linn-Benton Housing Authority, subsidized housing, workforce housing

Albany drops ‘family’ from city codes

Written October 17th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 23 responses.

For some reason, the word “family” has become a bad word in connection with housing and zoning, at least in the eyes of the Oregon legislature and the governor.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Development code, dwellings, family, HB 2583, housing, Planning commission, single-family dwelling

Riverfront beat: Taking a look at The Banks

Written October 3rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

They’ve installed bike racks at The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex under construction on the Willamette River near Bowman Park in Albany. So things are looking up.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: apartments, bike racks, housing, The Banks, Willamette River

As expected, a new subdivision off Ellingson

Written September 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

This July the Albany City Council annexed 20 acres of farmland and a mobile home at Lochner and Ellingson Roads. Now, as expected, a nationwide homebuilding company has filed a tentative subdivision plat for 101 houses on the land.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Curry Meadows, Ellingson Road, housing, Lennar, subdivision

Tough choice: Who gets part of $1 million?

Written September 8th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Maybe it wasn’t a favor for the legislature to give Albany $1 million to do something about affordable housing or homelessness. Now the city council has to decide who gets some of the money, and it’s not an easy choice.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: $1million, affordable housing, Albany housing, apartments, homeless, homeless shelter, homelessness, housing, Hub City Village

A new dwelling on N.E. Water Avenue

Written August 3rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Part of the 2100 block of Northeast Water Avenue in Albany is narrow and parallels the broad right-of-way of the Portland & Pacific railroad on the south side of the tracks. The street is on the bike route I often take along the Willamette riverfront. The last few times I noticed a new construction site, […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: bike route, Clear Path Home Buyers, housing, manufactured homes, riverfront