equalorexceedrequiredcodefrontage.Incontrast,Applicationpleadsforexceptionsfor <br />frontage,coverage,andsizetoincreasedensity\[See EC9.8320(10)(k),p.127\]. <br />Consequently,theApplicationshouldbedeniedbecauseitdoesnotprovideanyevidenceto <br />conformtothemultiplerequirementsofCriterionEC9.8320(1)PolicyA.13to“increase <br />…density…by…effectivelydesignedin-fill,…whileconsideringimpacts…onhistoric <br />…neighborhoods.” <br />PolicyA.17Provideopportunitiesforafullrangeofchoiceinhousingtype, <br />density,size,cost,andlocation. <br />Applicationstates(p.12of67): <br />“Thisisaproposalforhousing.Morehousingmeansmoreoptionsforallincomelevels. <br />CurrentlythereisahousingshortageintheCityofEugene,aswellasasubsequentriseinthe <br />costofbothhousingandrent.” <br />Itisallegedthatpeopleof“allincomelevels”willautomaticallybenefitfrom“morehousing” <br />beingbuilt.Butthereisnoevidenceforthispreposterousclaim;itiseitheratautologyoran <br />absurdity.Moreover,theApplicationdoesnotprovideanyevidencethattheproposedPUD <br />wouldfulfilltheneedfortruly“affordablehousing.”True,housingcostscontinuetoincreasein <br />almostallmetropolitanareasofthecountry,andparticularlyinOregon.Alsotrueisthe <br />increasingaffordabilitygapbetweenthecostofhousingandtheaveragehouseholdincome <br />levels,notjustforthosewithlowincomes,butalsoforthosewithmoderateormiddleincomes. <br />Despiteeffortsofdeveloperstostretchthestatutorydefinitionsof“neededhousing”toapplyto <br />highcost-levelhousing,duetolowinventoryacrosstheentirerangeofhousing,thereisnow <br />greaterfocusontheincreasingneedsofbothlow-andmiddle-incomehouseholds.Intheon- <br />goingresearchofArchitectureProfessorPeterKeyes(UniversityofOregon),heidentifiesaneed <br />toprovidethe“missingmiddlehousing”whichisaffordabletomiddleincomefamilies.Arecent <br />reportonHousingAffordabilityinEugene(postedonlineas“Draft9/25/17”)byEugene <br />PlanningandDevelopmentuseddatafromtheFederalCensus:AmericanCommunitySurvey. <br />Althoughthisdataisfrom2011-2015,itstilloffersrelativecomparisons. <br />In2015themedianhouseholdincomeinEugenewas$43,000,whilethemedianhousehold <br />incomeofhomeownerswas$70,000.Thereportstatesthathouseholdswith$75,000income <br />couldaffordtobuya$337,000home;householdswith$100,000incomecouldaffordtobuya <br />$450,000home.Atthattime,only19%ofEugenehouseholdshadincomesover$100,000.At <br />thattime,themedianhomepricewas$284,000.Morerecently,accordingtoaWindemere <br />multiple-listingaverageofthesalepricesofthree-bedroomhomesinEugene,fromSeptember1, <br />2016toAugust31,2017,thecostrosefrom$276,000to$337,000. <br />TheCHPUDResponseCommitteehasfollowedtheissuesofneededhousing,affordability,and <br />“missingmiddle”housingcarefullyinrelationtotheproposedCHPUD.Applicationoriginally <br />offeredonlyonelot(of32total)foranoptionofone,two,orthreedwellingunits.Thisvariable <br />numberhardlyseemstomeettheCoderequirementsforarangeofhousingforavarietyof <br />13 <br /> <br />