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AllCare Health launched a project to document the experiences of homeless people across Southwestern Oregon. Julie Akins is the senior housing director for the health care organization and a former mayor of Ashland. JPR’s Jane Vaughan recently spoke with Akins about what she’s learned in our region.
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The decision could have major impacts on public services and growth in the county.
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Even as interest rates rise, and prices start to level out, Oregon's housing market is still “red hot,” Realtors say.
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New ways of obtaining housing are being explored, including the concept of using 3D printing on a large scale to create modest and inexpensive homes. The city of Redding is working on such a project with several partners, including AccessHome. Redding Development Director Jeremy Pagan shares details of the plan, along with Dawn Smith and Tim Scarbrough from AccessHome
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Starting Jan. 1, 2023, landlords in Oregon may legally increase rents 14.6%. This year, the cap is 9.9%.
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A controversial new plan that could pave the way for county judges to order housing and treatment for thousands of people suffering from addiction and severe mental illnesses will soon face a key vote in the California Assembly.
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Hundreds of cities and towns are seriously short of housing, both homes to buy and rentals, according to a new study. It's the main reason that home prices and rents are so high.
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State lawmakers are giving public colleges and universities $1.4 billion this year to build or renovate affordable dorms for students. The 25 projects across California , including Eureka and Weed, range in size and price but are expected to make space for 7,300 students.
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The Medford City Council will vote at its Thursday meeting on whether to authorize the purchase of land for the city’s Urban Campground for homeless individuals.
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A federal judge concluded that Oregon’s law banning real estate “love letters” is unconstitutional.
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A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction has an important backer: California’s carpenters’ unions. The state’s formidable Construction and Building Trades Council, which represents most other construction unions, is opposed. The battle comes down to how stringent labor requirements under the new bill would be.
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After decades of traditional economic development efforts, authorities are now trying some unusual experiments to spur activity in rural Oregon.
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Cities around the state are trying to circumvent California’s new law allowing duplexes to be built on properties previously zoned as single family. Their methods include everything from removing parking and forbidding vehicle ownership to requiring arbitrary amounts of mature vegetation.
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The proposed 115-unit complex would begin to address a chronic housing shortage in the region that was made worse by the 2020 wildfires in the Rogue Valley.