Sheltering
Allow for temporary sheltering options.
Overnight Parking Program
Allow religious and social institutions and industrial sites to host up to
3 vehicles, campers, or trailers. Provide City general funds to support
non-prots running the parking program.
STATUS: ONGOING
RVs as Temporary Housing
Temporarily allow RVs to be occupied on private property to address
regional shortage of aordable temporary housing options.
STATUS: ONGOING
Shelter Sites
Process emergency shelter site requests from local agencies.
STATUS: ONGOING
Renter Assistance
Provide assistance to support low-income
renters in Springeld.
Springfield Eugene Tenants Association (SETA)
Award one-time CDBG coronavirus relief funds to SETA to support
their tenant hotline to assist, educate, and empower renters on housing
rights issues.
STATUS: FUNDED FOR 2024
Housing Diversity & Production
Increase the supply and diversity
of housing at all levels.
Springfield Development Code Update
Updated Development Code to support ecient, timely, clear
development review. Implement State middle housing laws to allow
more diverse housing types in residential zones.
STATUS: COMPLETED
SDC Waiver for ADUs
Waive system development charges (SDCs) for Accessory Dwelling
Units (ADUs).
STATUS: WAIVED THROUGH JUNE 2027
Housing Diversity Tax Exemption
Consider multi-year waiver of property taxes for multiple unit housing
to incentivize development in some areas of Springeld.
STATUS: IN PROGRESS
Aordable Housing Development
Incentivize and fund development
of income-qualied housing.
Income-Qualified Aordable Housing Development
Award federal HOME funds and other one-time funds toward new
Aordable Housing projects.
STATUS: ONGOING
Springfield Land Acquisition Program
Identify land suitable for Aordable Housing development
and use federal funds to acquire or help developers acquire land.
STATUS: ONGOING
Development Fee Waiver for Non-profit Aordable
Housing Providers
Waive development fees for homeownership and rental
Aordable Housing developed by non-prots.
STATUS: ONGOING
Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption
Allow property taxes to be exempted for 20 years for income-qualied
rental housing.
STATUS: ONGOING
SDC Waiver for Homeownership
Waive system development charges (SDCs) for housing that is sold
aordably to low-income homebuyers.
STATUS: WAIVED THROUGH 2025
Home Ownership Assistance
Provide assistance to prospective
and current low-income homeowners.
Home Repair Program
Provide up to $10,000 over 5 years in nancial assistance with CDBG funds
(as a grant) to help very low-income homeowners with home repairs that
address health, safety, or accessibility needs.
STATUS: ONGOING
Springfield Home Ownership Program
Partner with DevNW to provide up to $25,000 in nancial assistance
with CDBG funds (as an interest-free loan) to help rst-time low-income
homebuyers purchase a home.
STATUS: ONGOING
In 2016, the Springeld City Council directed sta to evaluate housing needs and to
build on strategies to both increase the supply of housing and the accessibility of housing
across the housing continuum. The result is the Springeld Housing Strategy, which
includes the actions the City is taking to address the community’s housing needs.
We want Springeld to be a welcoming community for all people in every phase of
life, whether it’s just starting out with a new family or downsizing to a smaller home.
Springfield Housing Strategy
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION | Development & Public Works Dept.
City of Springeld, Oregon | bit.ly/spdhousing
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Springfield Housing Snapshot
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Aordable Housing is housing priced so that a household at or below
the median income pays no more than 30% of its total gross income
on housing and utilities.
9
What is housing aordability?
How is that dierent from Aordable Housing?
Housing is considered aordable if a household spends less than 30% of
its gross income on housing-related costs, including utilities.
4
Housing
aordability is a term applicable to households at a range of incomes.
Springfield’s housing market Housing mix & development
1.8
%
SPRINGFIELD
Vacancy Rate
4.1
%
EUGENE
Vacancy Rate
7.8
%
OREGON
Vacancy Rate
Housing is hard to nd
in Springeld, due to a very low
vacancy rate.
1
Springeld’s housing
inventory
is aging.
of housing
in Springeld
is more than
20 yrs. old.
1
86
%
57
%
Detached single-unit
15.7
%
Multi-unit (5+ units)
13.5
%
Attached single-unit or duplex
6.9
%
Mobile home
6.3
%
3-4 units
0.6
%
Boat, RV, van, etc.
57
%
Detached single-unit
15.7
%
Multi-unit (5+ units)
13.5
%
Attached single-unit or duplex
6.9
%
Mobile home
6.3
%
3-4 units
0.6
%
Boat, RV, van, etc.
Springeld’s housing mix
1
Income & aordability
Springeld households
Households are cost burdened if they
pay 30% or more of income on housing.
$0 $10000 $20000 $30000 $40000 $50000 $60000 $70000
$
54,503 Spd. median
$
70,084 Oregon median
$
40,664 Spd. renters
$
72,782 Spd. homeowners
$0 $10000 $20000 $30000 $40000 $50000 $60000 $70000
$
54,503 Spd. median
$
70,084 Oregon median
$
40,664 Spd. renters
$
72,782 Spd. homeowners
53.5% are Homeowners
25% of Homeowners are Cost Burdened
46% of Renters are Cost Burdened
46.5% are Renters
53.5%53.5%
are homeownersare homeowners
11
25%25%
of homeowners of homeowners
are cost burdenedare cost burdened
88
46.5%46.5%
are rentersare renters
11
46%46%
of renters are
cost burdened
88
Springeld overall POVERTY Rate 16
%
1
Poverty among Springeld’s RENTERS 19.9
%
1
Poverty among Springeld’s HOMEOWNERS 5.3
%
1
Springeld UNHOUSED residents 1,014 people
6
TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS in Springeld 994 households
7
WAIT LIST for HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS 3,094 households
7
in Lane County
SOURCES:
1
US Census ACS 5-year (2021),
2
EcoNW for OHCS (2021),
3
RMLS,
4
HUD,
5
City of Springeld (2023),
6
Lane County (2022),
7
Homes for Good (Aug. 2023),
8
CHAS (2015-2019),
9
Eugene-Springeld Metro Plan.
Fair Market Rent
in Springeld:
4
Year 1-Bedroom 2-Bedroom
2023 $1,025 $1,349
2022 $958 $1,254
2021 $917 $1,201
Gross monthly rent
paid in Springeld in 2021.
1
Springeld needs
an estimated
8,258 new
housing units
over the next
2 decades
to address existing
underproduction and
projected future need.
2
The average home sale
price
in Springeld has increased.
3
Year Average home sale price
2022 $434,900
2021 $382,400
2020 $334,800
2019 $287,300
2018 $268,300
Inventory for home
sales
is low in Lane County.
3
Inventory is based on how long it
would take to sell the entire stock
of homes at the current sales pace.
MONTHS to sell housing stock
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Less than 6 months
is a sellers market.
The City issued building permits
for 1,127 new dwellings over the last 5 years.
5
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
616 Single-unit
315 Multi-unit
102 Manufactured
45 Duplex
49 ADU
20222021202020192018
NUMBER of building permits
GRAND TOTAL
from 2018-2022:
At some point
in 2022.
0
10
20
30
40
50
1.9
%
pay
$
2,000-
$
2,499
10.6
%
pay
$
1,500-
$
1,999
41.5
%
pay
$
1,000-
$
1,499
41.3
%
pay
$
500-
$
999
4.7
%
pay under
$
500
0
10
20
30
40
50
1.9
%
pay
$
2,000-
$
2,499
10.6
%
pay
$
1,500-
$
1,999
41.5
%
pay
$
1,000-
$
1,499
41.3
%
pay
$
500-
$
999
4.7
%
pay under
$
500
Median monthly
rent is $1,036.
PERCENTAGE paying various rent amounts
Median
household
income
1
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
616 Single-unit
315 Multi-unit
102 Manufactured
45 Duplex
49 ADU
20222021202020192018