What does the Affordable Housing Bond mean for Clackamas County?
These funds allow the county to shape the landscape of housing that will serve our communities affordable housing needs for decades to come. The county’s goals for the bond funds are to:
- Create housing for over 2500 county residents
- Develop approximately 812 new affordable housing units
- Meet the needs of families by making at least 406 units two bedroom or larger
- Create affordable homes for low-income families earning between 61 – 80% of AMI by using up to 10% of the funding
- Develop and make accessible at least 333 units to extremely low-income families earning 30% or less of AMI
Clackamas County used information gathered by a robust community engagement process to inform the strategy laid out in the Clackamas County Local Implementation Strategy (LIS), which will guide the creation of housing using these funds.
Updates
Update 5/26/21
Read Metro's 2020 Annual Report for the latest information on the Regional Affordable Housing Bond.
Update 4/8/21
Affordable Housing Bond Public Survey
We're inviting #ClackCo residents to share ideas for how to make new affordable housing the best it can be. Your responses will be shared with housing developers and used to help inform designs for new affordable housing in the county as part of Metro’s affordable housing bond program.
Bond Progress
Affordable Housing Bond Funded Developments
Do you qualify to live in affordable housing?
If your family earns 80% or less of Area Median Income based on our eligibility chart, you would qualify to live in housing developed by the Bond.
Metro Bond Frequently Asked Questions
Community Engagement Activities
May 14, 2019 | Housing Forum: targeted outreach to jurisdictional partners and developers |
May 15, 2019 | Input from engaged residents through ClackCo Academy |
May 23, 2019 | Our housing, our communities! 6 p.m. |
June 11, 2019 | Homeless Solutions Coalition of Clackamas County - meeting dedicated to the bond (more info) Providence Willamette Falls Community Center 519 15th St, Oregon City, OR 97045 2 p.m. to 4p.m. |
June 15, 2019 | Clackamas County Coordinating Committee (C4) Retreat (A portion of the meeting will focus on the Metro Bond.) |
June 20, 2019 | Our housing, our communities! 6 p.m. |