In much of Oregon, a lack of housing accessible to families earning 60% to 120% of area median income ($42,000 to $84,000 a year, statewide) means many of the people whose energy and ideas enable their communities to thrive can’t afford to live in them.
Take Corvallis, for example, where a shortage of middle-income housing affects the kind of folks who run programs at the Boys & Girls Club, operate local restaurants, teach public school, and serve as medical assistants and IT specialists for…
