Lynne McConnell
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Bend Beats Out Redmond For Affordable Housing Program

Project will add 85 housing units in the first phase; with hundreds more to follow
Chris Miller

The City of Bend will be the first to test out a state affordable housing project. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development chose Bend, likely for its acute affordable housing shortages. Redmond and Bend were both in the running to test out House Bill 4079, which  allows cities to use a non-traditional urban […]

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Bend vs. Redmond

Central Oregon’s two cities are in the running for a state affordable housing pilot program
Chris Miller

The cities of Bend and Redmond have finished their applications for the House Bill 4079 Pilot Program this August—putting the two cities in competition to be the city that gets to test out the new program. Passed in 2016, the pilot program aims to boost affordable housing by allowing two cities in the state to […]

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More Affordable Housing Coming Soon

Local developer secured financing for 48-unit building
Chris Miller

Pacific Crest Affordable Housing, a Bend-based developer of affordable housing projects, has received millions in federal and state tax credits in an effort to afford to build the $15 million, 48-unit affordable apartment building near Pine Nursery Park in northeast Bend. The project, Canal Commons, is slated to have 12 one bed, one bath units, […]

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