Housing Our Future

Share Housing Our Future on Facebook Share Housing Our Future on Twitter Share Housing Our Future on Linkedin Email Housing Our Future link

Housing Our Future is a project to evaluate Wilsonville's housing needs for the next 20 years and to identify actions the City can take to help meet those needs. The project’s goal is to identify policies and strategies to provide local housing attainable and sustainable for you, your neighbors, and future generations.

The City has made significant recent progress in housing planning, including the Wilsonville Town Center Plan, Frog Pond master plans, the Equitable Housing Strategic Plan, and policy updates to accommodate a wider variety of housing types in Wilsonville.

Housing Our Future includes two key components:

  1. Analysis: The project will examine data and talk to community members to better understand unmet housing needs. This analysis will consider changes in population demographics (such as age, income, race, and other household characteristics) and information about increasing housing costs to help the City understand how to accommodate population growth and housing need for the next 20 years.
  2. Strategies: After the analysis, the City will develop near- and long-term ideas to meet the needs identified. The strategies will be informed by discussions with community members.

Your voice matters! Together, we can shape a brighter, more inclusive future by shaping Wilsonville's housing landscape to meet the community's need. Share your thoughts and experiences on this website, at community events advertised here, and via City's social media platforms and e-mail list. You can register to receive project updates by filling out the email sign-up form.

  • Tell us now how housing burden impacts you and your family. On May 15, we'll randomly selected 10 participants to receive a $50 gift card from the local retailer of their choice!

Housing Our Future is a project to evaluate Wilsonville's housing needs for the next 20 years and to identify actions the City can take to help meet those needs. The project’s goal is to identify policies and strategies to provide local housing attainable and sustainable for you, your neighbors, and future generations.

The City has made significant recent progress in housing planning, including the Wilsonville Town Center Plan, Frog Pond master plans, the Equitable Housing Strategic Plan, and policy updates to accommodate a wider variety of housing types in Wilsonville.

Housing Our Future includes two key components:

  1. Analysis: The project will examine data and talk to community members to better understand unmet housing needs. This analysis will consider changes in population demographics (such as age, income, race, and other household characteristics) and information about increasing housing costs to help the City understand how to accommodate population growth and housing need for the next 20 years.
  2. Strategies: After the analysis, the City will develop near- and long-term ideas to meet the needs identified. The strategies will be informed by discussions with community members.

Your voice matters! Together, we can shape a brighter, more inclusive future by shaping Wilsonville's housing landscape to meet the community's need. Share your thoughts and experiences on this website, at community events advertised here, and via City's social media platforms and e-mail list. You can register to receive project updates by filling out the email sign-up form.

  • Tell us now how housing burden impacts you and your family. On May 15, we'll randomly selected 10 participants to receive a $50 gift card from the local retailer of their choice!

  • Community Conversation on Cost Burden

    Share Community Conversation on Cost Burden on Facebook Share Community Conversation on Cost Burden on Twitter Share Community Conversation on Cost Burden on Linkedin Email Community Conversation on Cost Burden link

    On Nov. 8 at 6 pm, the City of Wilsonville's Planning Commission is hosting an online Community Conversation on housing cost burden. This discussion is to be focused on the challenges residents encounter in finding and accessing affordable rental housing in Wilsonville. More than half of renters in Wilsonville pay more than they can afford for housing and are considered cost burdened, with 27% of renters considered severely cost burdened, spending at least half of their income on rent and associated housing costs. This reduces the ability for these households to pay for other expenses (including food and medical care) and/or save for larger expenses.

    This meeting informs the Housing Our Future project, a study examining housing needs in Wilsonville to identify policies and actions the City can take to increase access to affordable housing. To help the City understand the challenges residents are having in securing affordable housing, especially affordable rental housing, this meeting provides a forum for residents to share their challenges and ideas to help the City make affordable housing more attainable.

    Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87239032604

    If unable to access the meeting online and to request attending the meeting at City Hall, please contact Mandi Simmons at msimmons@ci.wilsonville.or.us or 503-682-4960. The City will endeavor to provide the following services, without cost, if requested at least 48 hours prior to the meeting by contacting Mandi Simmons: assistive listening devices (ALD), sign language interpreter, and/or bilingual interpreter. Those who need accessibility assistance can contact the City by phone through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication.

Page last updated: 04 Apr 2024, 01:31 PM