HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

No questions: Big annexation sails through

Written February 6th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

A proposal to add around a thousand housing units on Albany’s east side is sailing through the city’s approval process without anybody asking questions related to growth.


Plan submitted for Albany housing project

Written January 13th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

  Albany city planners are reviewing a site plan for a subsidized housing project facing Creel Avenue, a residential street one block south of the Walmart Supercenter.


Albany prepares to back farmworker housing

Written October 23rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

The city of Albany is preparing to pave the way for construction of about 160 “affordable” housing units on undeveloped farmland off Spicer Drive.


 
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