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Astoria endorses county’s Lease-to-Locals pilot to convert vacant homes into longer-term rentals
Summary
The council approved a resolution supporting a countywide pilot that would pair vacant second homes and short-term rentals with local tenants, with county and Placemate administering incentives to property owners; the pilot seeks roughly 40 properties over two years.
The Astoria City Council voted to support Clatsop County’s proposed two-year Lease-to-Locals pilot, which aims to convert vacant second homes and short-term rentals into longer-term housing for local workers.
City staff described the program as a county-administered pilot that would be run by Placemate and funded partly through a Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization grant request of $950,000. John Roberts, Astoria’s community development director, told council the program would…
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