Hood River City Councilors got some ideas of what sort of policy options might be available to them for affordable housing during a Monday evening worksession.  The Council heard from EcoNorthwest vice-president of operations Lorelei Juntunen, who said Hood River’s housing market will need help to take care of its middle and low end.  She pointed out that the market doesn’t build affordable housing…and traditional policy changes may be insufficient, so partnerships and resources available for the City to use as leverage are important.  Juntunen emphasized not underestimating the importance of the market environment, and bringing up the number of units being constructed to the number of people moving into the City is a critical piece of bringing down price increases, and zoning, parking, and infrastructure are important pieces to moving in that direction.