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Aloha Tomorrow This project is creating a vision
and development plan for the Aloha commercial
center area near 185th Avenue and TV Highway.
Aloha Tomorrow includes strategies to preserve
and increase housing affordable to all incomes, to
support future growth and to prevent residents
from being priced out.
Group Care and Fair Housing Ordinance
(Ordinance No. 823) This ordinance, adopted
in September 2017, expands affordable housing
options for older members of Washington County
by allowing retirement housing community
developments in more land use districts.
Additional amendments to encourage
fair housing are planned.
Parking and Loading Standards
Ordinance (Ordinance No. 827)
This Ordinance lowers the
A place to call home multifamily housing and for
parking ratio for some
regulated affordable housing.
It also allows flexible parking
requirements based on access
to transit and bike parking.
“When you can afford your housing, you “We’re using the grant to look for locations that
and your family are more likely to be healthy could include equitable housing — places that are
and happy,” Armstrong said. “If you can afford close to transportation, jobs, parks and schools,”
your housing, you can meet your needs. You can Armstrong explained. “We’re also reviewing our
buy fresh food, get regular preventive health care development code to make changes to encourage
and provide school supplies and other educational more affordable housing development.”
tools for your children. Affordable housing isn’t Armstrong helps facilitate affordable housing
just about giving people a place to live — it’s projects through the development review process.
about giving people a chance at a better life.” She works with the Long Range Planning team
In December 2016, Washington County received to view proposed land use ordinances through an
a $97,500 Metro Equitable Housing Community “affordable housing lens,” making sure any impacts
Planning and Development Grant (CPDG). on housing affordability are considered.
Armstrong is managing the “Equitable Housing “I want Washington County to be a place
Site Evaluation, Barriers & Solutions” project, where everyone is welcome and where people
which will identify and address development code can be successful,” Armstrong said. “Making sure
barriers to help make it easier and more affordable that we have housing affordable for everyone
to develop housing in Washington County. is one way I can help make that a reality.”
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