ECONorthwest put together a very useful list of options for easing the development of affordable housing that might be extended to the development of attainable housing as well.
Affordable Housing Toolkit
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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
- 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
- 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 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
Expand Access to Spanish Adult Literacy Project
R3V has been honored to help facilitate a conversation among community partners seeking to expand opportunities for Spanish-speaking adults to gain basic literacy and numeracy skills to improve their work prospects.
The goal is to create a feeder system to expansion of Head Start’s LISTO family literacy program.
Partners
- LISTO program of Head Start
- OnTrack
- Rogue Community College
- Southern Oregon University
- Jackson County Library Services
- LINC
- Reimagine And Rebuild Rogue Valley
Video courtesy of LISTO
Our Approach
Here is a set of slides that summarizes our thinking so far.
Next Steps
- Create a structure to allow interested students to connect with local tutors in an accessible, engaging, and encouraging way.
- Collect a list of resources for students and tutors in their first steps towards greater literacy
- Support the expansion of LISTO’s INEA primary and secondary education offerings to meet current need
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
Find Land For Affordable and Attainable Housing
Goal
To work as a community to connect with land owners who might be interested in making To support mission-driven landowners (faith-based organizations, governments, educational institutions, business, etc.) in thoughtfully pursuing affordable and attainable housing development on their properties.
Context
As we know, the fires of 2020 destroyed nearly 1,700 affordable and attainable homes in Phoenix and Talent. Private developers are meeting market demand for nice, new homes, but are not building enough housing for our essential workers and those in lower earning periods of their lives. Front line and middle managers, seniors, young couples, and those who cannot work.
The Opportunity
Reimagine & Rebuild Rogue Valley and the Long Term Recovery Group can help support landowners’ planning for the use of surplus lands and facilitate conversations between landowners and mission driven developers willing to create more housing. We can also convene Community conversations and support of opportunities to develop more housing built into the greenway and traffic growth management projects as well
Our Approach
Our goal now is to begin conversations with people who own land and want to make a difference in their community, whether by selling, leasing, or donating the land into a mission-driven development opportunity. Here is a presentation of an approach we have developed based on best practices developed by MHCH’s congregational lands program in Pasadena, CA. Here’s a video explaining their program (starts at the substantive part)
To Get Started
We need to build two teams to support our land availability work. First, we need a team of local leaders who can connect with landowners and teach them about the need for housing and their potential role in solutions. Second, we need a team of technical experts to support landowners in thinking through their values and how housing development might further their goals.
- Pro Housing Leaders – Build a group of pro housing community leaders who can connect with landowners – congregations, businesses, government entities, schools, and private citizens.
- Technical Experts – Engage a team of volunteer local real estate and building experts to support landowners in thinking about how they might develop their land in service of their enlightened self interest.
Once the team is assembled, they will support the
Development Process
- Support development of a clear vision for landowners and how a request for proposals can further their goals
- Facilitate the collaboration of landowners and developers through a process that meets everyone’s needs with win/win/win solutions for landowners, developers, and the community
Here’s an illustration of how this process unfolds. Our teams will work as coordinators across the entire development process.
Click on this image or the link below for full explanation of how this program works.
Click here or on the image above to view the slide presentation
Types of development envisioned
The goal is permanent, owner-occupied housing wherever possible, not transitional housing.
- Starter homes for sale
- Cottage clusters
- Duplexes to Quads
- Multifamily apartments
- Cooperatively owned mobile home parks
Ideal land characteristics
- Inside urban growth boundary
- 1 acre and larger
- Zoned multifamily residential, commercial, religious, or single family residential
- Near transit
Land owners of particular interest
We believe that mainline denomination faith-based organizations could align with both shared values and ownership of available land.
Long time landowners who have not sold out of a sense of stewardship for the land and our community could also be interested.
How you can help
- Reach out and join our team as a Pro Housing Leader or a Technical Expert
- Think of anyone in your circles who may own land and has a heart for this community and begin the conversation. We are happy to join the discussion as early as you feel comfortable.
If you have someone in mind
- Show them this page and ask them if they would be willing to discuss making the land available for this type of development.
- Begin a conversation to explore their level of interest and the land they might have available.
- Introduce them to Stephen at R3V to continue the conversation and begin moving towards connecting with mission-driven developers.
Thank you,
And the R3V Housing Working Group
Find a time on Stephen’s calendar to discuss Land Availability