Hood River URA Board Moves Ahead With Middle Housing Incentive

Hood River’s Urban Renewal Agency board unanimously voted to go ahead and make a middle housing construction incentive program a part of the Westside Urban Renewal Plan.  The pilot program developed by URA Administrator Will Norris would rebate development fees paid in excess of 7% of a residential development’s construction value, with a home size cap of 1,200 square feet.  How to finance the proposed $1.5 million for the program is an open question, with Norris saying they have an application before the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District’s Oregon Investment Board, and if that doesn’t pan out a loan from the City would be an option.  Norris says there is a target to start the program in January 2025.

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