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From YouTube: Know Your City: Housing Department
Description
Lynne McConnell explains what the housing department is tasked with as well as its limitations, challenges, and where the future of this work lies.
Learn more about affordable housing at bendoregon.gov/affordablehousing.
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A
B
The
workforce
of
bend
is
much
of
the
fabric
of
our
community.
These
are
the
people
who
answer
the
call
when
you
dial
9-1-1,
who
serve
you
a
burger
who
are
helping
your
children
during
the
day
when
you're
at
work.
All
these
folks
make
up
a
vital
part
of
the
city
of
bend
and
we
want
to
keep
them
here.
B
So
the
challenge
is
that
our
housing
prices-
we
have
not
been
able
to
keep
up
with
the
growth
and
build
as
quickly
as
we
need
to
to
accommodate
that,
and
because
of
that,
our
housing
prices
are
going
up
faster
than
our
residents.
Wages
do
right
now
the
median
household
in
bend,
so
people
who
are
right
in
the
average
level
making
making
the
middle
ground
can
only
afford
a
home.
That's
maybe
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
our
median
home
price
is
about
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
roughly
right
now,
so
there's
a
big
gap
there.
A
B
Yeah,
so
of
those
three
different
funding
sources,
two
are
generated
based
on
permits
at
the
city
of
bent,
so
every
time
somebody
goes
in
to
get
a
building
permit,
a
portion
of
that
will
be
taken
and
put
into
a
fund
to
help
develop,
affordable
housing.
The
third
source
is
federal,
community
development,
block
grants
and
those
come
to
us
every
year
from
the
federal
government
and
help
us
support
not
only
development
but
also
those
vital
services.
A
Wow
and
that's
important,
I
think,
to
understand,
especially
as
we
continue
to
grow
that
we're
working
and
doing
these
things
to
make
that
happen
absolutely
so.
I
appreciate
that
so
I
understand
there's
different
types
of
affordable
housing.
Can
you
kind
of
explain
that
a
little
bit
to
the
folks
again
watching
yeah.
B
So
folks
think
about
affordable
housing
as
the
projects,
or
something
crazy
like
that
that
we
don't
have
that
in
ben.
What
we
do
have
are
individual
developments,
oftentimes
provided
by
non-profits
or
for-profit
developers
that
are
restricted
through
covenants
or
other
deed
restrictions
to
be
affordable
for
a
very,
very
long
time.
In
addition
to
that,
we
work
with
market
rate
developers
on
strategies
to
help
them
reduce
the
cost
of
their
build
so
that
it
becomes
more
affordable
for
our
community
members
as
a
whole.
A
B
So
we
appreciate
the
support
that
we
receive
from
the
community.
Generally,
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
get
any
affordable,
housing
or
housing
that
is
affordable,
built
without
our
community
coming
to
participate
with
us,
and
so
without
a
doubt
we
haven't
solved
the
problem
and
we
know
that,
but
there's
plenty
of
work
to
be
done
and
we're
continuing
to
put
strategies
in
place
to
help
us
get
there
perfect.
A
I
think
that's
great
to
hear,
especially
for
folks
listening
the
community
aspect
and
or
wanting
folks
to
get
involved.
I
guess
that's.
My
next
question
is
how
do
folks
get
involved
and
or
stay
up
to
date
with
new
development
or
potential
development
and
put
their
inputs
or
thoughts
into
affordable
housing.
B
B
So
please
come
to
our
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
meetings.
Those
are
held
virtually
once
a
month
and
you
can
find
all
the
information
for
that
on
the
committee
page
of
our
website.
In
addition,
I
would
strongly
encourage
folks
to
get
to
know
some
of
the
service
providers.
Non-Profits
developers
in
your
myths
take
one
of
those
service
providers
out
to
lunch.
The
folks
who
are
helping
us
provide
shelter,
provide
housing
and
ask
them
what
do
they
need
oftentimes?
B
What
they
need
is
folks
showing
up
and
saying
yes,
we
need
this
housing
and
we
need
this
affordable
housing
and
so
everyone
who's
at
the
table.
Whether
you
have
a
solution
that
you're
not
sure
if
it'll
work
or
not,
please
feel
free
to
get
in
touch,
come
talk
to
us
and
participate
and
come
to
the
dinner
table.
It's
going
to
take
all
of
us
coming
together
to
solve
this
problem
right.
A
Now-
and
I
love
that
that
collaboration
piece,
I
think
it's
huge-
I
think
you
mentioned
some
other
other
partners
right.
Can
you
give
me
examples
of
like
who
those
community,
like
service
providers,
are
some
of
the
non-profits
some
of
the
developers
so
that
way,
folks
that
have
an
idea
of
like
who
to
reach
out
to
when
if
they
want
to
continue
these
conversations.
B
Absolutely
one
of
the
newest
examples
on
the
shelter
side
is
the
veterans
village,
and
that
is
run
by
the
central
oregon
veterans,
outreach
or
kovo,
as
well
as
the
bend
heroes
foundation.
That
would
be
a
great
group
of
folks
want
to
know
what
it's
like
to
try
to
transition
off
the
street
and
what
folks
need
to
move
forward
in
life.
They've
already
moved
a
couple
of
people
into
permanent
housing
out
of
that
village
in
only
a
few
months,
which
is
really
exciting.
B
Neighbor
impact
does
a
tremendous
job
really
on
all
sorts
of
fronts,
with
the
services
and
housing
that
they're
able
to
provide
and
housing
works
is
our
regional
housing
authority
they're
the
entity
that
has
the
most
affordable
homes
in
the
region
and
they're
building
really
throughout
town,
so
they're
innovative
and
able
to
do
things
for
less
cost
than
a
lot
of
others
and
we're
very
fortunate
to
work
with
them.
That's
just
a
few
of
our
many
folks
who
are
working
with
us
to
solve
the
problem.
Tough.