Affordable Housing

Manufactured home parks have undergone a national trend in recent years, shifting from the hands of small landlords to real estate investors. Residents say they’re being priced out.

Gov. Tina Kotek's middle housing bill took center stage in Salem. The governor wants to see thousands more duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters and townhomes built throughout the state.

OSU-Cascades celebrates first-generation students in Bend. Federal programs help first-generation students, college officials said, but future funding is unclear.

A new program for Oregonians on Medicaid will provide up to six months in rental assistance in certain situations, like medical emergencies.

To tackle rural farmworker housing shortages, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is directing millions of dollars to build or rehabilitate housing, including in Oregon.

Portland hopes to add tens of thousands units of affordable housing over the next two decades.

Housing insecurity, cost of living and mental health are big worries for students at Oregon’s public universities and community colleges.

The Bend City Council approved a $5 million grant for affordable housing at its meeting on Wednesday night. The city secured the grant through a competitive application process with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But the pathway to securing enough affordable housing remains fraught.

In late June, it was announced that the city of Bend was awarded one of 21 grants given out by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing, also known as PRO Housing initiative. Mellissa Kamanya, the affordable housing coordinator for the city of Bend, joins us to share more about the grant and next steps.

The complex sits on land owned by Christ United Methodist Church, which owns a 50% stake in the project. Leaders at the church say the units will serve a community that has struggled to find housing in the past.