Analysis Indicates Westside Housing Will Need Infrastructure Help

The Hood River Urban Renewal Agency Board and its advisory committee received a housing constructability analysis for the Westside Urban Renewal District, and it showed a familiar story:  to get middle housing built on the lands that are available in that area, there will need to be some help to pay for infrastructure.  Hood River Urban Renewal Administrator Will Norris and Becky Hewitt of EcoNorthwest, which prepared the report, noted single-detached and middle housing can afford $5,000 to $20,000 more in per unit in land costs, which it may it difficult for apartments to compete.  Norris said one of his main takeaways is that the URA will have to come to the table with infrastructure help when a developer is making a proposal for affordable housing projects.  Hewitt did point out that having an urban renewal district in place does provide an opportunity to overcome the infrastructure obstacles.

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