Wilsonville planners review draft 'Housing Our Future' strategy, set hearings next month

Wilsonville planning staff presented a draft housing needs and capacity analysis (HNCA) and a draft Housing Production Strategy (HPS) at a work session of the Planning Commission on April 9, 2025, asking commissioners for feedback before public hearings next month.

The presentation laid out the technical HNCA, which staff said shows Wilsonville has sufficient buildable residential land to meet expected growth, and a housing production strategy that focuses on unmet needs — especially for households at or below 120% of area median family income (about $140,000 for a family of four) — and a set of seven actions the city believes it can implement over the next six years.

The HNCA and the HPS together form a framework for changes to zoning, development review and future programs intended to increase housing production and affordability in Wilsonville. Staff noted the HPS is not being adopted into the comprehensive plan; the HNCA will be adopted as a subelement of the comprehensive plan. Both documents will go to City Council after the public hearings, with the HNCA adopted by ordinance and the HPS considered as a standalone strategy by resolution.

Kim, senior planner for the city of Wilsonville, told the commission the project team and city leadership had narrowed the package to “a set of actions, that 7 actions that we believe are feasible to implement during the next 6 years.” Consultant Beth Goodman said…