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Springfield's Affordable Housing Plan



Springfield Launch's A Series of Meetings in hopes for affordable housing opportunities.

By Elizabeth Frazier

Photo by: Elizabeth Frazier

Oregon-state law is now requiring that local government take action in order to coordinate affordable housing and development. The Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, signed two bills into law April '16 2017. City Councils’ were asked to have a series of meetings that may spur new opportunities for business and housing. Springfield's Mayor and City Council met with City Manager Gino Gramaldi and Comprehensive Planning Coordinator Anette Spickard, Monday Oct. 10 at City Hall in order to begin analyzing the data provided by Sandy Belon of the Development and Public Works Department (DPW).

The public action that will be taken is to be consistent with the upcoming adopted plans. The DPW's analysis determined that Springfield's population is currently experiencing an income gap between the affordable housing and its’ availability. Springfield City Mayor Christine Lundberg responded by asking the planning coordination staff to “begin working with the newly adopted Oregon rules and other available sources as they arise.”

City Manager Gino Gramaldi expressed concern that, “There would have to be the possibility for private business to get involved in order to create resources.” He also said that “the Willamalane Parks and Recreation District apply System Development Charges or SDC’s at rates of $3,269- $2,995 for a family, Single Family and Multi-Family Unit’s because affordable housing facilitation is a capital growth facility, and that "the Less Developed Land and Zoning Laws' (LDC's) would need to change further before they would have room to move forward.”

Springfield City Council Member Hillary Wylie mentioned “there are quickly increasing numbers’ of people struggling with an income to economy gap and this, in large is probably the cause of the current housing continuum crisis.”  Mayor Lundberg added that she has hopes for some new local industries to help while saving the traditional values of the community and helping to create a living wage.”


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