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County flexible housing subsidy and new developments house dozens; Corvallis reports surge in affordable units
Summary
Benton County’s flexible housing subsidy pool has housed 41 households in eight months, city staff reported; Corvallis also outlined several affordable rental and homeownership projects either open or underway that will add hundreds of affordable units.
City staff and the county-run Coordinated Homeless Response Office reported progress on rapid rehousing and affordable housing production at the April 7 Corvallis City Council meeting.
Brigitte Olson, the city’s housing and neighborhood services manager, said the county-managed flexible housing subsidy pool — funded largely through state sources — has housed 41 households over the past eight months. Olson and county partners described the subsidy pool as a flexible tool that combines housing navigation, intense case management, rent assistance, move-in supports and landlord engagement.
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