March 2025 Monthly Newsletter from Partners for Affordable Housing

Below are the highlights from our March newsletter with what the Partners for Affordable Housing coalition is up to! Click here to read the full newsletter.

DO: Attend our next all-coalition workshop on Tuesday, April 8 from 4 - 6 p.m. to review and approve a slate of state legislative priorities that will form PAH's Q2 Policy Agenda.

SHARE: our social posts on facebook and instagram with the story of a neighbor who has a good job in the healthcare field, but struggles to remain in Central Oregon due to housing costs. Read the full story here.

FAST FACT: Did you know that is can take years for housing development to be approved in Oregon? Find out more about how SB 974 could change this! See which Partners for Affordable Housing and coalition members submitted testimony in support of this bill in the newsletter!

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS! We extend a warm welcome to our new coalition members who represent union members, college students, our community vision-keepers, the largest private homebuilder in the Northwest and a key affordable housing architectural partner:

• AFL-CIO/Central Oregon Building and Construction Trades Council

• Associated Students of Cascades Campus

• Envision Bend

• Hayden Homes

• Ten Over Studio
  

LEGISLATIVE COORDINATION: Our coalition is holding bi-weekly legislative calls. Interested in joining the coalition? Fill out our Partner Interest Form on our homepage!

UPCOMING EVENT: Envision Bend and City Club of Central Oregon are presenting Innovations in Workforce Housing: Community Vision Summit on April 17 from 5 - 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship off Skyliners. This is a free event for any and all community members to come out and learn more about affordable housing. Housing partners will be available to speak with as part of a resource fair. More details here for this City Club event.

TELL US YOUR HOUSING STORY. We're looking to share stories of community members who have run into issues finding and affording housing in Central Oregon. If you have a story to tell, please fill out our form here!

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