Housing Works
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New Digs for Housing Works

The region’s housing authority is building a new Redmond office, with plans for a childcare center and more affordable housing onsite
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Housing Works, Central Oregon’s regional housing authority, has operated out of a downtown Redmond building for years, building affordable housing and helping people obtain housing assistance, get homeownership training and more. It recently sold its historic building, making way for the Dry Canyon Arts Association and other businesses, and has a new facility underway. Plans […]

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Downstairs Doctors

New clinic will also house nearly 50 apartments for low-income seniors
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Mosaic Medical opened Conners Medical Center, its newest clinic, on Tuesday on Tuscon Way on Bend’s east side. The clinic will replace Mosaic’s former clinic across the street, and will be open to patients on Monday, Nov. 8. The facility will also be a retail pharmacy offering discounted medication in participation with the federal 340B […]

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Filling a Void

Public housing projects aim to combat flat wages, high housing costs
Hilary Corrigan

More public housing will open over the next year or two, providing a much-needed supply of homes for a growing Central Oregon population that faces rising housing costs and incomes that fail to keep up. In an annual update to Deschutes County commissioners July 24, David Brandt, executive director of the local public housing authority, […]

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Stepping Stones

Community land trust pitches permanently affordable homes
Avatar photo Erin Rook

As the City of Bend Affordable Housing Advisory Committee prepares to bring its recommendations to City Council at the Sept. 17 meeting, a new nonprofit is entering the scene with the goal of bringing home ownership to median and lower-income Bendites by using a community land trust model. The kôr Community Land Trust hopes not […]

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