A North Bend resident who identified himself during public comment on Oct. 14 told the City Council he had moved to North Bend after threats to his family, criticized local law enforcement conduct, questioned how housing funds were spent and described a large-scale, low-cost housing design he said could house every homeless person in Oregon.

The speaker, who identified himself as a local vendor, recounted moving to North Bend from Corvallis and said he experienced ‘‘similar difficulties with local law enforcement’’ in North Bend. He criticized law enforcement training awards and alleged targeting of low-income and disabled people; the speaker said he could provide a name to the council in another forum but did not do so at the meeting.

He said North Bend Housing Authority received ‘‘nearly $2,000,000 in funding’’ in 2023 and that the authority’s 2025 budget was ‘‘40,000,000’’; he offered those figures without documentary evidence in the meeting and presented them as part of broader criticism of local housing decisions. He also said the International Port of Coos Bay generates substantial annual revenue.

The speaker presented a housing concept he called a combination of temporary living structures and 765-square-foot residential units. He said the plan could house every homeless person in Oregon for $373,000,000 with annual medical and treatment funding of $12,500 per person and proposed using local volunteers, contractors and service clubs to build the units.

City procedure: The mayor and city recorder thanked the speaker and the city recorder accepted documents the speaker offered to submit to the record. Council did not take immediate action on the proposal during the meeting.

Why it matters: The remarks touched on homelessness, public safety, the allocation of local housing funds and potential private proposals to expand sheltering capacity. The council meeting provided a public forum for those concerns; no staff report or council directive on the speaker’s housing design or his allegations about specific officers or agencies followed during the session.

Attribution: This article attributes the budget figures, criticisms and the housing plan to the public commenter and does not independently verify the financial figures or the claims about law enforcement. The transcript shows the speaker volunteered to provide further details to staff after the meeting.