1000 Willamette Valley Office - PO Box 51 252 • Eugene, OR 97405 - (541) 520-3763 - fax (503) 223-0073 <br />F✓ <br />friends Portland Office • 133 SW 2nd Ave, Suite 201 - Portland, OR 97204 - (503) 497-1000 - fax (503) 223-0073 - www.friends.org <br />of Oregon Southern Oregon Office - PO Box 2442 Grants Pass, OR 97528 - (541) 474-1 155 - fax (541 ) 474-9389 <br />l a~ <br />August 22, 2016 <br />Eugene Planning Commission - <br />City of Eugene <br />99 West 10th Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Re: Cathedral Park <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />1000 Friends of Oregon is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to working with <br />Oregonians to enhance our quality of life. Our membership includes hundreds of Eugene <br />citizens who support the mission and values of the Oregon land use program. Among these <br />Oregon values are the provision of equitable and affordable housing opportunities. We write to <br />encourage you to embrace the proposed Cathedral Park development. Eugene has been <br />presented with an opportunity to address an identified shortfall in its stock of affordable housing. <br />As part of the Envision Eugene process, I spent several years on the Technical Resource Group <br />(TRG). We reviewed housing data collected by Eugene staff and tried to quantify the need for <br />housing at various income levels over the next 20 years, as well as feasible strategies to meet that <br />need. Early on, the TRG reviewed the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA). The <br />below table is taken from that document. <br />Table C-38. Estimate of needed dwelling units by income level, Eugene, 2011-2031 <br />Market Segment Income <br />by Income range <br />Number of <br />Households Percent of Households <br />High (izu% or more <br />~bb,bUU 4,302 <br />31% All housing <br />All housing types; <br />t <br />of MFI) <br />or more <br />types; higher <br />higher prices <br />prices <br />Upper Middle (80%- <br />$44,400 2,108 <br />15% All housing <br />All housing types; <br />Primarily <br />120% of MFI) <br />to $66,600 <br />types; lower <br />lower values <br />New <br />values <br />Housing <br />Lower Middle (50%- <br />$27,750 2,332 <br />17% Manufactured <br />Single-family <br />Primarily <br />80% of MFI <br />to $44,400 <br />on lots; single- <br />attached; <br />Used <br />family <br />detached; <br />Housing <br />attached; <br />manufactured on <br />duplexes <br />lots; apartments <br />Low (30%-50% or $16,650 2,194 16% Manufactured Apartments; <br />less of MFI) to $27,750 in parks manufactured in <br />parks; duplexes <br />Very Low (Less than Less than 2,818 20% None Apartments; new <br />30% of MFI) $16,650 and used <br />government <br />assisted housino <br />Financially Attainable Products <br />wner- <br />occupied Renter-occupied <br />Source: Analysis by ECONorthwest; <br />Number of households by income range from the 2008 American Community Survey, Table B19001 <br />Income range based on HUD's 2008 Median Family Income of <br />