Housing Action Team

Presentation to the Quarterly GatheringJuly 20, 2011

Skip Wenz, Bettina Schempf, Betty Griffiths

Vision:

• All residents will have access to affordable housing options by 2020.

• Housing will be energy efficient, provide a healthy living environment, reduce waste through recycling and preservation, and all new construction will minimize impacts on our resources and environment

Four Goals for 2020:

• All residents will have access to affordable housing options.

• All existing homes in Corvallis will be preserved, adaptively reused, or recycled

• All housing will be energy efficient and provide a healthy living environment

• Chronic homelessness will be reduced by 75%

KEY PROJECTS

ABUNDANT CHOICES HOME TOUR & EXPOSITION

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• Self-guided tour on May 21 from 1-5 pm• 7 homes• 150-200 people• Key objective:

Education about housing options and solutions with a focus on affordability

Abundant Choices Tour • Homes included:– Live-Work Spaces– In-law Units– Small Homes– Green Options– Land Trust Homes– Low Cost- Low Impact Housing

Other activities

• Downtown Neighborhood Survey for Land Use Action team

• Presented research paper about the impact of affordable housing on economic development to the Economic Development Commission

• Support for the work of the Infill Task Force and their recommendations by partner organizations

Other activities

• Explored options for a $99k home• Completed review of 2008 Action Plan on

Housing Action