Category: Economic Recovery

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Southern Oregon Housing Market Studies

As we look for ways to support the development of a variety of housing options to meet the needs of Rogue Valley residents, we have compiled a list of relevant online resources.  

We are happy to share what we’ve found interesting and useful and hope that you will contact us if there are any important studies we should consider adding to our list.

HUD & State of Oregon Studies on Housing and Southern Oregon

Implementing a Regional Housing Needs Analysis Methodology in Oregon: Approach, Results and Initial Recommendations.

  • Jackson County data is on page 405.
  • House Bill 2003, adopted in 2019 during our affordable housing crisis. 
  • House Bill 2003 envisions Oregon’s housing planning system to be reformed focusing on a more comprehensive approach
    • Support and enable the construction of sufficient units to accommodate current populations and projected household growth
    • Reduce geographic disparities in access housing, especially affordable and publicly supported housing.

HUD Housing Impact Assessment Oregon Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds (DR-4562-OR)

  • An overview of the impacted areas, the pre and post-disaster housing environment. 
  • Shares some insights gathered from stakeholders that are crucial to a successful recovery. 
  • Provides several key recovery considerations that could be useful for long-term planning. 
  • Identifies some of the housing resources that may aid in planning and strategic thinking.

City of Medford

Community Development Block Grant Program: 2021/22 Action Plan

  • Expand and Improve Affordable Housing Options
    • Expand housing options for all economic and demographic segments of Medford’s population with o focus on households with their income at or below 80% of HAMFI
  • Support and Strengthen Homeless Services and Housing
    • Expand services that address Homelessness in Medford 
  • Increase Opportunities for Low to Moderate Income and Special Needs Residents to become Self-Sustaining 
  • Improve Quality of Life through Neighborhood Revitalization
  • Support and Promote Community and Economic Development Efforts that Support Economic Stability 

Downtown Housing and Residential Market Analysis Study: By Johnson Economics 

  • Medford is seeking to expand their residential development in its downtown area. 
  • Its current residential inventory and market conditions
  • Market dynamics that influence the residential development opportunities

Projects funded by Oregon Housing and Planning Program 

  • Map and Key on current housing projects in Oregon

Oregon Disaster Housing Recovery Action Plan: June 2021

  • The Disaster Housing Recover Action Plan (DHRAP) provides a roadmap for the State of Oregon to aid impacted communities in their work addressing the housing disaster. 
  • These plans help maximize the available resources to benefit as many impacted Oregonians as possible.

City of Phoenix

Phoenix Housing Plan

  • An  ordinance of the City of Phoenix repealing the existing housing element and adopting a new housing element of its comprehensive plan. 

Comprehensive Plan: Land Use Element

  • Describe the desired land development plan within the City’s Urban Growth Boundary over the next 20 years
    • How much urban land will be needed?
    • The ideal arrangement or distribution of the different types of development 

City Of Phoenix Zoning Map

City of Talent

Housing Needs Analysis, 2017-2037

  • Projecting the amount of land needed to accommodate the future housing needs of all types within the Talent Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
  • Evaluate the existing land supply 
  • Fulfil state planning requirements for next 20 years
  • Identify policies for the City to meet housing needs

Talent Buildable Lands Inventory

  • Established the residential land base, zoning
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R3V Collective Impact Meeting – Economic Recovery – December 1, 2021

We had a great panel discussion with updates on Economic Recovery this week.

We also discussed our Land Availability Project.

Our economic recovery panelists included:

  • Colleen/Terrill, SOREDI
  • Marshall Doak, SBDC
  • Jon Legarza, TURA
  • Tucker Teutsch, Remake Talent, Business Zone Captains
  • Marta Tarantsey, Business Oregon

Some questions we are asking our community leaders are:

  • What progress are we making in terms of economic recovery since 2020?
  • What’s coming next?
  • What have we learned about economic growth and recovery this last year?
  • What could we do as a community to spread and accelerate recovery?
  • What challenges and opportunities do you see around long-term prosperity in the Rogue Valley?

Some of the key takeaways for us were:

  • Overall recovery from the fires and Covid-19 has been slow. 17 of 104 companies affected by the fires have firm plans to reopen. Despite what feels to us like a slow pace, Jackson County is seen as an example of what an engaged, creative community can do to support economic recovery.
  • Affordable and attainable housing for workers remains an issue in bringing new talent and employers to the valley
  • Number one issue is finding skilled workers to hire for tradable sector companies (those who sell outside the local market) according to SOREDI
  • Childcare is an ongoing challenge for many working families. We lost providers in the fire and retaining staff is a challenge
  • Capture our learnings as a community into a Recovery Playbook – Legarza
  • Ways to support business recovery – Legarza
    • Expedite planning processes for companies rebuilding or expanding
    • Fund market studies to identify new opportunities for businesses
    • Continue to support high school and RCC vocational education in their efforts to skill up a new generation of workers
    • Shop locally, especially with fire-affected businesses this holiday
    • SOREDI focus on cataloging “employer ready” land in the county and promote the valley as a place to expand operations
  • Lots of resources are flowing toward the valley from Federal and State programs, summarized by Marta in these slides

Chat transcript Here

The meeting agenda is here.

Thanks to all who participated!

A sign of the times and bit of levity