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AFFORDABLE HOUSING LINKS, RESOURCES AND INFORMATION


Affordable Housing Trust Fund Six 2026 Applications


River Road Housing.   Laurel Hill Center requested $650,439 to build 45 rental units on Hunsaker Lane.  The homes would serve households earning no more than 30% of area median income (AMI) and 60% AMI.
Lincoln Commons.  Red Apple Square LLC requested $450,000 to build 75 rental units on Lincoln Street.  The homes would serve households earning no more than 60% AMI.
The Harlow.  Cascade Housing Association requested $650,439 to build 27 rental units on Coburg Road.  The homes would serve households earning no more than 60% AMI.
OUR Village.  SquareOne Villages requested $325,000 to build 44 cooperative homeownership units on Maxwell Road.  The homes would serve households earning no more than 60% AMI and 80% AMI.
Yonkalla Commons.  Hacienda Community Development Corporation requested $650,439 to build 12 home ownership units in a Community Land Trust on the City-owned property on Hilyard Street.  The homes would serve households earning no more than 60% and 80% AMI.
Floral Hill Community Land Trust.  DevNW requested $400,000 to build 40 homeownership units on Floral Hill Drive.   The homes would serve households earning no more than 80% AMI.

Purpose of Middle Housing Land Division, Tentative Plan
(Google Docs)

Micro Village Housing & Detached Single Room Occupancies (pdf)
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/83373/51926-Micro-Village-Housing-SROs-Code-Amendments

Middle Housing & Building Height in R-1(pdf)
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/83374/51926-Middle-Housing-Code-Amendments

FIRE SAFETY

Lane County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)

Community Wildfire Risk Zone Map from 2026 report.

News coverage of Wildfire Protection Plan

LookOutEugene-Springfield: wildfire protection plan identifies risk areas, defensive strategies, June 11, 2026 article

Four Laurel Hill Valley residents jogging along Floral Hill Drive, a 17 foot wide narrow and winding country lane with no shoulders.  Photo credit Sebastiane Power.
THIS IS THE ROAD WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE LOCATED. Four Laurel Hill Valley residents jogging along Floral Hill Drive, a 17 foot wide narrow and winding country lane with no shoulders.
(Photo credit Sebastiane Power.)

Land Use and Development

Urban Growth Strategies | Eugene, OR Website
https://www.eugene-or.gov/5202/Urban-Growth-Strategies

Between October 2025 and March 2026, the Eugene Planning Commission reviewed and provided feedback on proposed updates to the land use code, including:

Allow Micro Village Housing & Detached Single Room Occupancies (pdf)
Support Middle Housing Development – Land Use Code Updates (pdf)
Modernize and Consolidate Compact Development Overlay Zones (pdf)
Encourage Compact Development in Centers and Key Corridors (pdf)
Review and Enhance Employment Zones (pdf)
Other Land Use Code Updates
Reduce Barriers to Multi-Unit Development (pdf)
Reduce Barriers to Housing Development (pdf)
Reduce Barriers to Jobs Development (pdf)

GOOD READ NEWS ARTICLES

More Than 10% of All Homes Sit Vacant, but Only a Tiny Fraction Are for Sale, July 9, 2026 Realtor.com

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS & PLANS

1982 Laurel Hill Valley Neighborhood Plan

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

EUGENE CITY COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION
https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2589/Mayor-and-City-Council-Contact-Information?bidId=

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