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Local housing advocate highlights housing needs assessment, housing authority projects and state funding opportunities
Summary
Resident Connie Hunter updated council on local housing efforts, noting Brookings’ $35,000 housing needs assessment, ongoing Coos-Curry Housing Authority projects in Gold Beach and a claimed $9 million in state veteran housing funds rolled into 2025; she urged council and staff engagement.
Brookings — Connie Hunter, a Brookings resident active on housing issues, told the City Council on Jan. 27 that Brookings led Curry County’s first housing needs assessment and urged the council to press forward on affordable and veteran housing efforts.
Hunter said the city spent $35,000 to create Curry County’s first housing needs assessment and credited the city for supporting state-level conversations. She described engagement with Oregon Housing and Community Services and the Coos-Curry Housing Authority and urged council participation in an upcoming housing authority meeting where the executive director evaluation would be discussed.
Hunter told the council that two housing projects in Curry County, sited in Gold Beach, will more than double the county’s existing affordable units under the housing authority. She also said some 2024 state appropriations for veteran housing rolled into 2025 and characterized current available state funding as follows: “we've got $9,000,000 in the state coffers to build housing for veterans,” Hunter said. The council did not adopt any formal action in response during the meeting; staff and councilors thanked Hunter for her advocacy and encouraged continued involvement.
Hunter recounted prior local efforts to secure U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding and urged individual council members and staff to remain engaged with state and federal funding opportunities. The council acknowledged the long timelines, regulatory constraints and costs associated with housing development and encouraged continued coordination among city staff, the housing authority and community advocates.
Hunter serves on the Coos-Curry Housing Authority (seat origin described in public comments) and asked for the city’s continued support in moving local housing projects forward.
