Infrastructure

Attainable Housing

Attainable housing is clearly identified as one of the region’s primary economic development barriers. Housing is both a quality of life and an economic issue. The shortage of quality housing is a deterrent to businesses, particularly those of any size, which seek to employ a local workforce. What are we doing to address the challenge?

• Funding: A new attainable housing loan program is spurring further development. Access the fund here.
• Policy: Cities are conducting buildable lands studies and making difficult policy decisions to address the housing challenge.
• Partnering: We are working with our partners on innovative strategies: Mid-Columbia Housing Authority, Oregon Regional Solutions, Employers and more.

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Priorities

Annually the region prioritizes infrastructure projects based on the following characteristics:

• Alignment with the Regional Strategy.
• Regional impact.
• Potential availability of funding sources.
• Economic impact.
• Readiness to proceed.
• Alignment with federal priorities.

Prioritization is designed to:

• Inventory and prioritize economic development needs and issues;
• Develop regional consensus on high priorities;
• Develop a tool to promote high priority projects or issues to state and federal funders.