What is this project about?
The Affordable Housing Opportunities Project proposes land use map changes for 19 sites dispersed across the city that are owned by nonprofit housing providers or public agencies. The proposed land use map changes include amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map to expand opportunities for affordable housing development and community services, or in some cases, support preservation and upgrades to existing affordable housing or services.
This project is an important component of Portland’s Housing Production Strategy and is listed as a key action item to promote affordable housing.
This project focuses on properties owned by nonprofit housing providers and public agencies to create and preserve more options for affordable housing. These organizations play a critical role in delivering and preserving affordable housing, and AHOP aims to remove zoning barriers to help them do more.
How can I review this proposal?
The AHOP Recommended Draft is now available online. If you are unable to access these documents, please contact Hector Rodriguez Ruiz, Project Manager, at ahop@portlandoregon.gov.
How can I participate?
Watch the Council Committee hearing.
Link to the live stream and recorded video at portland.gov/auditor/council-clerk/events.
Testify orally at the Council Committee hearing.
The hearing will be held on January 27 at noon. The hearing will be held in a hybrid format with options to participate either in person at City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Council Chambers, or virtually using a computer, mobile device, or telephone. You must sign up in advance to testify. Registration for virtual testimony closes one hour prior to the Council meeting. In-person testifiers must sign up before the agenda item is heard. You can register online or over the phone by calling 311. The agenda and a link to the oral testimony registration will be available the Thursday before the hearing at portland.gov/auditor/council-clerk/events.
Email the Council Clerk with questions at councilclerk@portlandoregon.gov.
Submit written testimony.
We encourage electronic written testimony via the Map App, but written testimony can also be submitted via U.S. Mail at the following address: Bureau of Planning and Sustainability AHOP Testimony, 1810 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 710, Portland, OR 97201.
Written testimony must be received by the time of the hearing and must include your name. If you wish to receive mailed notice with project updates, you must include your mailing address.
What happens next?
The City Council Committee will consider public testimony on this proposal. The Committee will then forward a recommendation to City Council for consideration and additional public review and testimony.