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Housing Authority unveils Clackamas Heights redevelopment: 99 units to 200, phased relocation planned
Summary
The Housing Authority of Clackamas County presented a plan on June 4 to replace 99 aging public-housing units at Clackamas Heights with about 200 new, energy-ready homes, with construction targeted to begin November 2025 and phased resident relocation and return.
The Housing Authority of Clackamas County on June 4 presented a finalized design and timeline to the Oregon City Commission for the Clackamas Heights public housing redevelopment in Park Place, proposing to replace 99 aging units with roughly 200 new, energy-ready homes arranged in cottage clusters and shared green spaces.
Devon Ellen, housing development director for the authority, told commissioners that Clackamas Heights — built in the 1940s and the county’s oldest public housing — lacks basic insulation and foundations in some units and performed poorly during the 2021 ice storms. The authority obtained HUD approval to remove the existing public-housing covenant through a Section 18 disposition and has worked with residents and neighbors on a multi-year redesign.
Project architect Brian Scwalache of Bora Architecture described the plan as a collection of 3- and 4-plex…
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