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Ashland Housing and Human
Services Commission
SpecialMeeting Agenda
December 10,2020:2:00–4:30pm
Annual Rent Burden-Virtual Meeting
1.(2:00)Special Meeting -Presentation on Rent Burden(5 min)
Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
2.(2:05)Panelist-Housing Barriers and Solutions Discussion(45min)
3.(2:50)Public Forum (15min)
4.(3:05)Review and Discuss Goals from 2020(15minutes)
Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
5.(3:20)Brainstorm and Refine Goals for 2021(30 min)
6. (3:50)Break (10min)
7.(4:00)Goal Prioritization Discussion (20 min)
8. (4:20)Commissioner suggested agenda items for January Meeting and
announcements (10 min)
10.(4:30)Adjournment
Written testimony and speaker requests from the public will be accepted via email
tolinda.reid@ashland.or.usfor both general public forum items and agenda items.
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Written testimonies and requests submitted by the publicby 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday 9
will be available to the Housing and Human Services Commission before the meeting and
will be included in the meetings minutes.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistanceto participate in this meeting,
please contact the Community Development office at 541-488-5305 (TTY phone is 1-800-735-2900). Notification 48
hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the
Housingand Human Services
Commission Memo
TITLE:Rent Burden Discussion
DEPT:Community Development
DATE:November 15, 2018
SUBMITTED BY:Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
HB 4006 was passed in 2018, and required Cities with a population over 10,000 whose residents that
experience severe rent burden at a rate greater than 25% annually hold a public meeting to discuss the
issue of rent burden, and opportunities for addressingand reducing rent burden. Oregon Housing and
Community Services annually evaluates and provides data on the percentage of residents within a City
that experience severe rent burden. The information provided by Oregon Housing and Community
Services is provided as an attachment to this memo.
Severe Rent Burden in Oregon (2018)
Severe rent burden by City (population >10,000): Share of households that spend
more than 50 percent of income on rent
% Severely Rent # Severely Rent Total Renter
BurdenedBurdenedHouseholdsPopulation
City
Albany23.0%1,8948,22054,120
Ashland34.7%1,4754,25620,960
Beaverton23.5%4,56119,37098,255
Bend26.5%3,86314,56191,385
Canby17.8%3672,06316,950
Central Point18.2%4732,60118,365
Coos Bay24.2%6772,79516,700
Cornelius17.8%13274012,225
Corvallis38.2%4,58312,01258,885
Cottage Grove35.4%4921,38810,140
Dallas30.1%6032,00116,260
Eugene35.1%11,97334,148171,210
Forest Grove34.6%1,1263,25625,180
Gladstone35.1%5781,64611,905
Grants Pass31.5%2,2657,18037,485
Gresham34.0%6,09717,952111,810
Happy Valley23.5%23098021,700
Hermiston15.1%3552,35118,415
Hillsboro18.3%3,23617,688103,350
Keizer25.9%1,3415,18138,580
Klamath Falls30.9%1,5535,03122,000
La Grande19.0%4692,46813,290
Lake Oswego24.3%1,1134,57939,115
Lebanon32.9%1,0733,26217,135
McMinnville25.0%1,1574,63133,930
Medford31.7%4,68414,78281,465
Milwaukie21.3%7473,50920,535
Newberg28.4%8222,89924,045
Newport19.2%3791,97410,285
Ontario25.1%4961,97711,485
Oregon City25.5%1,1074,34935,570
Pendleton25.0%6692,67317,020
Portland26.8%31,713118,444657,100
Prineville28.3%4951,74910,220
Redmond26.8%1,2664,72230,600
Roseburg29.7%1,3294,48024,890
Salem23.2%6,24926,919167,400
Sandy18.2%2181,20011,075
Sherwood21.9%3291,50519,595
Silverton16.7%2051,22910,380
Springfield23.2%2,65511,45261,355
St. Helens20.5%3541,73013,410
The Dalles23.0%5492,38714,820
Tigard29.5%2,3587,99153,450
Troutdale34.3%6691,95016,185
Tualatin27.4%1,2984,74127,135
West Linn23.6%4862,05925,905
Wilsonville17.2%8735,07925,635
Woodburn27.6%7962,88825,135
Source: 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B25070 and
PSU Certified Population Estimates as of July 1, 2019
Memo
DATE:December 10, 2020
TO:Housingand Human ServicesCommission
FROM:Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
RE:Housingand Human ServicesCommission goalsetting
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The Housing and Human Services Commission held their annual goal setting retreat on December17
2020.At that time, they established the following goals:
2020Goals for Housing and Human Services Commission
Goal: Shelter: Sustainability of the Ashland Winter Shelter/SRO Development (13)
Goal: Mental Health/Upstream Services (10)
Goal: Workforce Housing (5)
Goal: Food Resources/SNAP cutbacks (5)
Goal: Utility Bill Issues/Education about the Round-up Program (4)
Goal: Work with Energy Action Plan (3)
Goal: Rent Caps (Renters with Property Management Companies) (3)
Thegoals above are provided for the Commission’s review in advance of goal setting for 2021.
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