Consultants outline five code barriers to housing as LCOG flags need for ~400 units

Aug 5, 2026

Cascadia Partners and LCOG presented that Veneta needs roughly 400 additional housing units over 20 years and identified five code barriers — limited outright housing types, mixed-use mandates, high minimum lot sizes, parking rules, and lack of middle-housing land-division procedures — that could constrain meeting that need.

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Consultants and LCOG representatives told the Veneta Planning Commission that the city may need about 400 additional housing units over the next 20 years and that the local code includes five key barriers that could impede meeting that need.

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