New Updates on The Edge

New on The Edge

In Practice:
Affordable Housing and Services for Farmworker Families in Oregon
Forty-six units of farmworker housing are being developed in Forest Grove, Oregon to address the housing shortage facing agriculture workers in the Portland region. Juniper Gardens combines supportive services with design features that promote resource efficiency and respond to the needs of farmers.

Policy Update:
Preserving Affordable Rental Housing: A Snapshot of Growing Needs, Current Threats, and Innovative Solutions
In an era of growing demand for affordable housing, the shrinking supply has heightened the need to preserve units in the subsidized stock. Preserving existing units is an efficient means of maintaining the affordable stock and increasingly preservation is being achieved through close collaboration among private and public sector groups working at the federal, state, and local government level.