Workforce Housing Partners Selected

Businesses join effort to help employees with workforce pilot. RootedHomes and the Bend Chamber have joined forces to build more homes for the people who work here. Partnering employers agree to cover $2500 in closing costs for homebuyers selected through lottery for Poplar Community, which breaks ground next month. Executive Director, Jackie Keogh, shared, "We found that affordable housing is no longer an industry problem, its an everybody problem." Kor announced 35 qualified employers whose employees will receive preference in the upcoming housing lottery.