DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: A LOOK AT HOUSING IN WEST LINN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT DIVERSITY STRENGTHENS A COMMUNITY, THEN HOUSING AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY ARE CRITICAL ISSUES.
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From: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis West Linn needs a broader range of housing types with a wider range of price points than are currently available in the city’s housing stock. Housing Availability
West Linn lacks enough available unbuilt land to meet the forecasted population changes over the next 20 years West Linn is forecast to need 998 new housing units over the next 20 years, but the available land for building in the city can only provide for 341 new units. Data from: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis – Sept. 2019 Housing Availability
Future housing demand is forecast to require more multi-family housing Almost 60% of new housing demand in West Linn is forecast to be medium to high density residential. Data from: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis – Sept. 2019 Housing Availability
Today 78 % of West Linn’s housing is single family detached In the next 20 years, West Linn needs 575 units of medium to high density housing. We can only accommodate 69 units on land available today. Data from: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis – Sept. 2019 Housing Availability
Cost Burden Definition : paying 30% or more of your income on housing costs 51% percent of West Linn’s renters are cost burdened and about 26% percent of West Linn’s homeowners are cost burdened. Data from: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis – Sept. 2019 Housing Affordability
The median home sales price in West Linn is $552,500 A household can start to afford West Linn’s median home sale prices at about 165% of West Linn’s median household income level Data from: Clackamas County Regional Housing Needs Analysis – Sept. 2019 Housing Affordability
Subsidized housing is largely unavailable in West Linn Subsidized Housing: • West Linn – 10 units • Wilsonville – 449 units • Oregon City – 610 units Housing Affordability
Where do you think we should go from here? What are the issues important to you? What would you like to see West Linn City Government do? Equitable Housing
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