SOUTHERN OREGON — Amongst a lack of housing and housing prices increasing, Ashland State Representative Pam Marsh says tension between displaced families and others needing housing is expected. Representative Marsh says data shows the vacancy rate has plummeted below 1%. ...
SOUTHERN OREGON — Finding housing and a home to call your own has been tough in the Rogue Valley. However, it’s led to a record breaking year in residential sales. $1.3 billion dollars. That’s how much money went towards buying ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- A new year, new problems. “We do still have people being evicted right now and we do still have people receiving rent increases. ” Despite the recent special session legislation that extends protections for renters, some feel it ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – As the trauma of last week’s Almeda Fire sets into the Rogue Valley, the people affected are looking towards the government for help. Particularly with limited housing options already an issue in Jackson County. Rep. Greg Walden ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Being “rent-burdened” is a reality for many southern Oregonians, and a recent report by realtor.com named Grants Pass the third-most unaffordable housing market in the country when adjusted against income. Dozens of residents met with city ...
ROGUE VALLEY, Ore.– There were five state-wide measures on Oregon’s 2018 midterm ballot covering everything from taxes to illegal immigration enforcement policies and funding for abortion. Only one of the five is passing – Measure 102. The measure asked voters if ...
Jackson County, Ore. — The application window is officially open for people hoping to get a home through Habitat for Humanity. “This is definitely going to be our forever home,” Bianca Brownlow, a recipient of a Habitat for Humanity home, ...
ASHLAND, Ore.– A major housing development is being considered for the City of Ashland. If all goes as planned, it would include about 250 homes – some for low income residents. It’s still in the very early stages and things ...
Medford, Ore.–One of the biggest takeaways from Oregon’s recent legislative session is the efforts to combat the state-wide housing crisis. Perhaps most notable is a new program that aims to boost the amount of homeowners in the state by creating ...
Medford, ORE–Demonstrators were clad with signs and chanting loudly outside of the Mariposa Townhomes apartment complex Wednesday, just one day before tenants are expected to pay what they say is a major rent increase. Tenants learned back in November that their ...