Better Housing Together

03/25/2026

Big step forward for affordable homeownership in Eugene. 🏡

We’re excited to see our partners at Dev Northwest move ahead with the purchase of land for Floral Hill CLT, a future neighborhood that will bring 40 permanently affordable homes to south Eugene through the Community Land Trust model.

Projects like this show how thoughtful planning and strong partnerships can create lasting homeownership opportunities for local families — not just today, but for generations to come.

🏡 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲

DevNW has officially purchased a 𝟰-𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲 to create 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗟𝗧, a new Community Land Trust neighborhood.

Floral Hill CLT will include 𝟰𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, a mix of single-family homes and townhomes, designed to expand affordable homeownership opportunities in our community.

These homes will be available for purchase by households earning 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝟴𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 (currently $𝟳𝟯,𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿). Through the Community Land Trust model, the homes will remain 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, helping keep homeownership within reach for generations.

This is just the beginning, and DevNW looks forward to sharing updates as this new neighborhood takes shape.

03/24/2026

Progress like this shows what’s possible when leaders stay focused on practical solutions to increase housing supply and improve affordability across Oregon.

Over the past few years, Oregon has made significant investments to address housing and homelessness. There’s more work ahead to tackle our housing supply and affordability challenges, but these results show what’s possible when we stay focused on solutions.

03/14/2026

Understanding the building permit process shouldn’t feel like a mystery. 🏗️

The City of Eugene’s Permit & Information Center is launching a new workshop series designed to help community members, builders, and property owners better navigate the permitting process. These sessions aim to make the process more transparent, highlight common pitfalls, and provide tools to help streamline submissions and reduce review timelines.

The first workshop, Permitting 101: Navigating the Building Permit Process, will be held Wednesday, March 18 at 12:00 PM. Participants will learn the steps required to obtain a building permit, what’s needed for application acceptance, and what to expect during plan review.

If you’re planning a project or simply want to better understand how the process works, this is a great place to start.

🔗 Learn more and register:
https://www.eugene-or.gov/5515/Community-Events-and-Education

03/13/2026

A positive step forward for housing in Eugene!

Collaboration makes progress possible. Thanks to the partnership between the Eugene Area Chamber, Representative Lisa Fragala, and many community partners, this legislation helps remove a key barrier by allowing voluntary annexation of non-contiguous parcels within Eugene’s Urban Growth Boundary.

Policy changes like this may sound technical, but they matter. By making it easier for land to come into the city, we can unlock new opportunities to build the housing our community needs.

We’re proud to be part of the collaboration working toward practical solutions that help create more housing options in Eugene.

A win for housing in Eugene.

Thanks to collaboration between the Eugene Area Chamber, Better Housing Together, and Representative Lisa Fragala, new legislation will allow voluntary annexation of non-contiguous parcels within Eugene’s Urban Growth Boundary.

This commonsense change removes barriers and opens the door for new housing opportunities in our community.

03/09/2026

03/07/2026

More housing opportunity could soon be unlocked in Eugene. 🏘️

A bill currently moving through the Oregon Legislature would allow certain properties within Eugene’s Urban Growth Boundary to annex into the city more easily when property owners request it. If passed, the change could help unlock housing capacity in areas like River Road and Santa Clara—where many parcels already have access to infrastructure but remain outside city limits.

This type of policy shift may seem small, but it can help remove barriers to building the homes our community needs.

Better Housing Together worked alongside local partners to help develop this proposal as part of a broader effort to expand housing options across Lane County.

🔗 Read the full story from KLCC below:
https://www.klcc.org/politics-government/2026-02-28/bill-moving-through-the-legislature-would-ease-eugene-annexation-in-some-instances

Annexation could happen without public meetings if the owners request and certain criteria are met.

03/04/2026

This week in Salem, Tiffany Edwards testified in support of HB 4108, bipartisan legislation developed with local partners to address real barriers to building housing in Eugene.

Representing both Better Housing Together and the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Tiffany explains why the bill matters and how it could help unlock more housing opportunities for our region.

Removing unnecessary barriers to housing helps businesses grow, strengthens our workforce, and supports a healthier, more resilient community.

Watch her testimony to learn more:

02/27/2026

Big news for Eugene.

Everyone Village is stepping up in a big way — with plans to build 100 tiny homes to create safe, stable housing for low-income residents.

This is the kind of solution-focused action our community needs: practical, compassionate, and built around dignity. Thoughtfully designed small-footprint housing can make a meaningful difference for people who need stability now — while strengthening the broader housing ecosystem.

We’ll be watching this closely and cheering on efforts that expand real housing options across our region.

Everyone Village to Build 100 Tiny Houses in Eugene for Low-Income Residents

02/19/2026

ICYMI: In January, the Eugene City Council recommended allocating $1.2M in federal HOME funding to build 27 new affordable apartments on Coburg Road—turning a city-owned lot into real homes. This is the kind of commitment to affordable housing production our community needs more of!

Property near Monroe Middle to become 3-story affordable apartments.

02/15/2026

Better Housing Together is working to ensure this wave of new Oregonians strengthens our community instead of pushing people out. We need more housing units at all levels of affordability.

Oregon ranked as a top destination state for movers in a study of some of the United States' inbound and outbound moving patterns.

02/04/2026

This week, BHT was at the Capitol to testify in support of HB 4108—a bill that would help unlock housing potential by allowing certain noncontiguous land to be annexed into cities when key conditions are met.

This is a practical tool that can help communities build more housing near existing infrastructure—without unnecessary delay.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to lift up solutions that move us toward greater housing affordability, diversity, and supply across Oregon.

01/30/2026

Opportunity to help shape real housing solutions in Lane County!

Lane County is forming a 7-member task force to help design a new housing land banking program—a big step toward increasing affordable housing production by reducing delays and unlocking buildable land.

This is a great chance to be part of creating a more efficient, community-centered approach to getting housing built!

Help shape the future of housing in Lane County 🏘️

Lane County is recruiting community members to serve on a new 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧-𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 that will help 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The task force will develop the program’s goals, priorities, measures of success, and reporting standards. Once adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, the program will identify buildable land, move it through the land-use process, and make shovel-ready properties available to affordable housing developers. Offering ready-to-build properties that have cleared the land use process reduces the risk of delays for affordable housing developers – making building more attractive – and allows for a more efficient construction timeline. The program is funded with $2 million in Oregon Video Lottery funds.

📬 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞: February 9, 2026
⌚ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 6–8 one-hour meetings beginning in March

Learn more and apply at www.LaneCountyOR.gov/HousingTaskForce