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Pamplin Media Group - Wilsonville government opposes bill to allow affordable housing on reserve land


Wilsonville government opposes bill to allow affordable housing on reserve land
March 04 2021
The city posits that 'workforce housing' away from city centers can do more harm than good.
Though Wilsonville City Council has identified fostering affordable housing as one of its primary priorities and recently approved a roadmap to do so, the local government's stance on a new bill at the Oregon Legislature provides a window into where it believes such development should go — and where it shouldn't.
House Bill 3072 stipulates that planning authorities may amend an urban growth boundary upon a petition from a developer offering to produce housing that is affordable to moderate or low-income households (called workforce housing) or commercial buildings that support housing in areas currently zoned as urban reserves (which is land just outside of the UGB that may be considered for development in the next 50 years). This excludes high-value farmland as well as other protected resources, and urban services must be included.

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