Innovative Affordable Housing

New development slated for Bend's west side.RootedHomes and Housing Works will build affordable rental units and ownership units side by side, which is an approach that is a first for Central Oregon and the entire state, said Jackie Keogh, the Executive Director of RootedHomes.

“We feel like this is a missing component of affordable housing development — it’s this forethought,” Keogh said.

The idea is to create multiple housing options for a variety of circumstances right next to each other.

The partnership between RootedHomes and Housing Works is also a pilot project of sorts that they hope to replicate across Central Oregon if it is successful in Bend, Keogh said.