HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Up for council action: Four city lots

Written March 19th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Next week the Albany City Council will again be asked to consider disposing of four city-owned vacant lots, three of them near the Helping Hands homeless shelter and one close to the riverfront.


Albany pauses on subsidized housing laws

Written January 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Two Albany proposals to promote subsidized housing will get another look before they are enacted. And if they get improved as a result, part of the credit goes to Councilwoman Matilda Novak even though she’s no longer on the council.


Next in Albany: A tax on new construction

Written December 14th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Hoping to promote less expensive housing, one of the first things the new Albany City Council will do next month is to add a city tax on new construction valued at more than $50,000.


Affordable housing: A couple of projects

Written December 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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


 
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