Oregon City planning commission hears contextualizing housing needs presentation

Oct 13, 2026

Consultants from Echo Northwest briefed the Oregon City Planning Commission on the contextualizing housing needs (CHN) analysis, the relationship to the housing capacity analysis and housing production strategy, and the project timeline; consultants said the full package will be delivered next spring and a BLI update is expected in December.

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Beth Goodman of Echo Northwest presented the contextualizing housing needs (CHN) analysis to the Oregon City Planning Commission during a work session, saying the CHN identifies types, characteristics and locations of housing need while the housing capacity analysis (HCA) tests whether the city has enough land to accommodate expected growth. "I'm Beth Goodman from Echo Northwest. With me is Nicole Underwood. She's our project manager on this project," Goodman said as she introduced the consultant team.

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