The City of Albany’s Community Development Department today approved a tentative land division for 80 townhomes in North Albany. The 7.4-acre site was originally planned for 22 single-family houses.
A North Albany subdivision originally approved for 22 single-family homes has been built to accommodate 80 townhouses instead.
Criss-crossing Albany on a bike, I often stop and look at construction sites, especially those where new housing has just been finished or is still being built.
Housing is being added in Albany at a steady pace and in many variations of type and size, and the planning for more continues.
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.
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.
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