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City planners outline state‑mandated housing capacity analysis, invite commissioners to advisory committee
Summary
City staff briefed the commission on Oregon’s updated housing needs process and the city’s Housing Capacity Analysis and Development‑Ready Lands Inventory; the state assigned Redmond an 8–20 year planning target (10,000 units over 20 years) and staff asked for two commission representatives for a seven–nine person advisory committee.
City planners told the Redmond Urban Area Planning Commission May 20 that Redmond has entered the state’s updated housing needs process and will complete a contextualized housing needs report, a housing capacity analysis/Development Ready Lands Inventory (DRLI) and a housing production strategy over the next 18–36 months.
Corey Murray, senior long‑range planner, said the work stems from the state’s Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (ONA) rules and applies to cities with populations over 10,000. "The number is 10,000," Murray said when describing the state allocation the city must plan to accommodate over the next 20 years; he clarified the figure refers to units the state expects the city to plan for and that the process breaks into data collection and analysis (CHN), a capacity check (HCA/DRLI) with a June 2027 targeted conclusion for the first phase, and then a housing production strategy phase to set policy tools and incentives.
Murray described the CHN as a report that identifies types, locations and characteristics of needed housing and the HCA/DRLI as the analytical step that tests whether available land and infrastructure can meet the eight‑year requirement the state examines. He said the process will use GIS data and consultant support (ECO Northwest) and includes community engagement with a focus on under‑served populations and developer focus groups.
Murray asked commissioners to volunteer for an advisory committee of about seven to nine people to help "gut check" data and provide qualitative local context to the quantitative analyses. Several commissioners volunteered or expressed interest; one commissioner offered access to mortgage, permitting and economic data through a local credit union relationship to support analytic work.
Staff said the overall timeline envisions adoption of the HC/A and DRLI in mid‑2027 and the housing production strategy in 2028. Murray noted the city will revisit progress on the state allocation every eight years as the process repeats.
