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City of Bend presents three proposed TIF areas to Deschutes County; county may submit comments by mid-May
Summary
Bend Urban Renewal Agency staff briefed the Deschutes County Board on three proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) areas intended to support housing development; the county can provide consult-and-confer comments before the city's May 21 hearing.
City of Bend staff on April 16 presented three proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) areas to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners and requested consult-and-confer comments before the plan adoption process continues.
Jonathan Taylor, the City of Bend’s urban renewal project manager, said the three proposed TIF areas would support four housing developments on historically underdeveloped or vacant parcels and that public outreach between May and September 2024 informed the proposals. The Bend Urban Renewal Agency adopted a tax-increment assistance policy for housing affordability and employment growth in October 2024, which sets minimum affordability requirements for projects seeking assistance.
Taylor said the projects would provide a combined several hundred…
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