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The problem with that home on the range

The wide open spaces and complex housing needs prompt Northeast Oregon’s housing authority to ramp up outreach to people in need The housing authority that provides federal low-income housing to the northeastern corner of Oregon hopes to launch a housing ...

24 May 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
How rural is rural? Housing advocates want narrower definition

A new 'frontier' designation would benefit Oregon’s small, remote communities that now compete with suburbs for construction money, they argue – but the state isn’t so sure Housing and social services advocates throughout northeastern Oregon hav ...

17 May 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
With limited shelter space, Central Oregon's local governments weigh options for homeless

Officials struggle with whether or not to fund services for unsheltered residents, while finding ways to promote affordable housing construction At the southern edge of Bend’s downtown district, off of busy Northeast Division Street, lies Harmony House. A ...

18 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
A fierce advocate for Central Oregon's homeless residents

Stacey Witte dispenses knowledge, compassion and spare change at the Back Door Café, Central Oregon’s de facto homeless day center “You’re going to cry? Give me a hug instead of crying.” Stacey Witte embraced a homeless woman who came to the Back Door Ca ...

11 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
When homeless patients can't go to clinic, the clinic goes to them

Lisa Kuettle drives Mosaic Medical's medical van to various sites around Central Oregon: 'You go to where they are' Lisa Kuettle never gets what she calls “caregiver fatigue” – the feeling a doctor or nurse may get after a day of seeing pat ...

11 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Homelessness and humanity in Central Oregon's juniper forests

Every Tuesday, volunteers of Central Oregon Veterans Outreach visit homeless camps outside Bend, bringing with them basic supplies and human connection BEND, Ore. – It is quiet and still in the juniper forests north of Bend as four volunteer outreach work ...

4 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
In Prineville, 'the builders can’t even build fast enough'

Hit hard during the recession, the small city is now in the midst of an economic boom. Home construction is soaring – but so are rents. And low-income housing remains elusive. PRINEVILLE, Ore. – On the eastern edge of Prineville is a 76-acre piece of land ...

27 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
The master builder: Tackling Central Oregon’s housing shortage

Tom Kemper harnessed knowledge in law, finance and development to build hundreds of affordable-housing units If you ask anyone in Central Oregon who has been the most productive developer of affordable-housing units in the region, you will get the same na ...

20 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
In Central Oregon, the jobs are there; the homes are not

A shortage of housing for middle-class workers leaves employers and professionals in a bind BEND, Ore. – Nearly seven years ago, Preston Callicott, the CEO of Bend-based software company Five Talent Software, offered a job to a software developer. The man ...

13 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
As Central Oregon's population spikes, so does its housing crisis

The region is now beset with a housing shortage and an increase in homelessness. How will it respond as it continues to grow? BEND, Ore. – Sarah Kelley is exponentially busier than she was four years ago. Kelley is the executive director of Thrive Centra ...

13 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe