Bend, Ore. – The Bend City Council approved a number of actions that will result in increased affordable housing supply in Bend.
The City of Bend is the only city in Oregon that allocates this level of local revenue to affordable housing projects.
“All together these actions represent about $5 million worth of local contribution to affordable housing,” said Jim Long, Bend’s Affordable Housing Manager.
The Council on Wednesday:
o Approved $1.59 million in Affordable Housing Fund awards.
o Sold City surplus property to Housing Works to build 25 units of affordable housing that will include a commercial component.
o Sold City surplus property at 5th and Dekalb to Central Oregon Veterans Outreach (COVO) to build eight units of affordable housing.
o Approved $400,000 in System Development Charge (SDC) exemptions to help build 88 units.
o Declared two additional properties as surplus. Those properties will be released through a request for proposal (RFP) process later this year.
The decisions made on Wednesday night, which will help to construct up to 160 new units of affordable housing, are just the most recent of many actions taken by the Bend City Council to address a broadly accepted problem.
