New urban growth boundary expansion criteria helps Woodburn, statewide affordable housing efforts

New urban growth boundary expansion criteria helps Woodburn, statewide affordable housing efforts

A street ends at an empty field at the edge of Woodburn's urban growth boundary. This empty field is now the potential site of a new housing development, a possibility with House Bill 4035. (Photo by Robin Linares/ Oregon Capital Chronicle)City officials and developers are eying a 120-acre former farming property just outside of Woodburn city limits for a housing complex to meet the needs of the small Marion County city’s growing population.  Ho…

Urban growth boundary helps Oregon affordable housing efforts

2 bills awaiting governor signature allow options to temporarily expand development onto farmland, manufactured homes for seniors. Continue reading…