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Hundreds More Affordable Housing Apartments Underway in Bend

Stillwater Crossing breaks ground; meanwhile, Stevens Road sale goes through, adding even more housing
by Ashley Moreno

A project that could very well be Bend’s biggest affordable housing project to date is now underway. Wishcamper Development Partners recently held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Stillwater Crossing—a $51.6 million, 240-unit affordable housing apartment community planned for Bend. The site is north of Ponderosa Street along Atwood Drive, parallel to Highway 97. Planning for the […]

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City May Fund Services for the Unhoused

Bend City Council considers a tax levy to fund social services for people without homes
by Laurel Brauns

The Bend City Council debated various building tax levies for funding services for the unhoused during its Nov. 4 City Council meeting. The number of local people experiencing homelessness went up by 60% since 2015, according to the Central Oregon Homeless Leadership Coalition, to an estimated 969 people in 2020. City Manager Eric King introduced […]

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Kôr’s First Project Emerges from the Ground

Kôrazon: Affordable, Goal-Net-Zero Cottage Housing
by Abbie and Rick Sams

Being a real estate professional in today’s scorching real estate market and seeing home sale prices at an all-time high, the need for affordable housing is glaringly obvious. Homeownership equals wealth and stability. More stable and wealthier households lead to more productive and healthier people, less dependent on medical services, mental health services and public […]

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Dear Tenant, You Must Vacate the Premises

Many fear homelessness awaits them
Sherron Lumley

In a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in northwest Bend, just a few blocks from Newport Avenue Market, the 44 people who call the Fireside Lodge Condominiums home will soon be without a basic human need: shelter. Bend’s affordable housing crisis is no longer down the road somewhere in the distant future for them. As market values […]

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Letters 12/23-12/30

The Source Staff

IN REPLY TO “LETTER: REFUGEES CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CRISIS” (DEC. 16) Um, Climate Change is a global event, not limited to the U.S.A. While it’s true that limiting population (globally) would be good for the climate, it’s practically irrelevant where refugees settle. Not totally irrelevant, since we in the U.S.A. have the highest per capita […]

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Long Road to Relief

A snapshot of the affordable housing development process
Corinne Boyer

City Council recently took another step toward addressing Bend’s affordable housing crisis when it approved the sale of City land to a local affordable housing developer. But despite the high demand for such units, this action is unlikely to bring relief to a nearly impenetrable rental market for at least a couple more years. At […]

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