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Pacific Northwest Perspectives

Homeownership Fair: The Organizers’ Stories

This blog shows that homeownership is more than just having a house. It represents dignity, safety, stability, and opportunity. By sharing these personal perspectives, the post shows…
The Oregonian - RootedHomes
The Oregonian - RootedHomes

Community land trusts offer low-cost homeownership option in central Oregon, elsewhere

A recent article in The Oregonian highlights the growing role of community land trusts (CLTs) in addressing Central Oregon’s housing affordability crisis. RootedHomes, a nonprofit in Bend,…
Rooted at 19th
Rooted at 19th

RootedHomes will open lottery this spring for Rooted at 19th housing in NW Redmond!

“We at RootedHomes are thrilled to announce our first of four Redmond communities, bringing more permanently affordable homes to Central Oregon families,” said Tess Spellacy, Homeownership Program…
Governor Kotek Visits RootedHomes
Governor Kotek Visits RootedHomes

Gov. Tina Kotek listens at a tour of an affordable housing development in Bend with RootedHomes.

Speaking before a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association held this week in Bend, Kotek pressed attendees from New Mexico to California to Colorado to embrace “middle…
Western Governor' Conference Features RootedHomes
Western Governor' Conference Features RootedHomes

Housing efforts celebrated at second day of Western Governors’ Housing Workshop

The second and final day of the Western Governors’ Association’s Housing Workshop in Bend took place Thursday, focusing on infrastructure and homeownership efforts and programs. Local leaders…
Client Feature
Client Feature

As Central Oregon grows, people struggle to set down roots

“We live in a community where nurses, teachers, restaurant managers, and so many others who once earned a decent living can no longer afford to buy a…
RootedHomes Breaks Ground at 19th
RootedHomes Breaks Ground at 19th

Former farm to become affordable housing in Redmond, but farmhouse will be saved

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday that will turn a former small farm in Redmond into affordable housing. RootedHomes, which builds workforce housing using a community land…
Groundbreaking at 19th
Groundbreaking at 19th

RootedHomes set to break ground in Redmond for first time

RootedHomes, a sustainable and affordable homeownership developer, is set to break ground in Redmond on a new development in west Redmond, near Redmond High. A ceremonial groundbreaking…
Simpson Lottery Opens
Simpson Lottery Opens

RootedHomes opens lottery for 40 new, affordable homes at Rooted at Simpson

The RootedHome houses on Simpson will be the largest community for the nonprofit. The lottery application opened Monday and will continue until August 28th. As of Tuesday,…
Sisters Ribbon Cutting
Sisters Ribbon Cutting

RootedHomes celebrates completion of first workforce home in Sisters

Workforce homes are for those in the local workforce who earn too much to qualify for affordable housing programs, but would otherwise not be able to afford…
Simpson Employer Partners Announced
Simpson Employer Partners Announced

RootedHomes chooses five C.O. employers for Rooted at Simpson workforce housing community in SW Bend

RootedHomes Executive Director Jackie Keogh said, “In most of our communities prior, we had hundreds of people apply for a few units. And what that said to…
OHCS funds RootedHomes in Redmond
OHCS funds RootedHomes in Redmond

Oregon housing agency awards nearly $23 million to create 157 affordable homes – half of them in Redmond, Sisters

Grant awards came from the OHCS Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) Homeownership Program that the legislature established to be one of the standing mechanisms that Oregon…
Cinder Hollow
Cinder Hollow

Redmond encouraging affordable home ownership with new community plans

A new affordable housing neighborhood is heading to the City of Redmond.30 cottage style homes will be available to low-income families making 80% or less of the…
Cinder Hollow Awarded
Cinder Hollow Awarded

180 new units of affordable housing headed to Redmond

RootedHomes was recently awarded development rights by the City of Redmond for 8.35-acre property off of SW 31st St. near the Redmond Memorial Cemetery. The site, known…
Bend Celebrates the Launch of Sustainable Workforce Housing Initiative, Rooted at Poplar
Bend Celebrates the Launch of Sustainable Workforce Housing Initiative, Rooted at Poplar

Rooted at Poplar provided affordable homeownership for essential workers in a region grappling with escalating housing costs.

The Rooted at Poplar initiative is a beacon of hope for many essential workers struggling to find affordable homeownership options in Bend’s challenging housing market. The project…
RootedHomes Moving Offices to Redmond
RootedHomes Moving Offices to Redmond

Planning advances for another joint housing development

The new community will be at 1699 W. Antler Ave. in Redmond. The three apartment buildings will have a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units available…
Antler Campus Planned for Redmond
Antler Campus Planned for Redmond

RootedHomes and Housing Works partner to provide 76-unit affordable housing community in Redmond

The community will include 60 rental units designed as garden-style walk-up apartment buildings for households earning less than 60% AMI (average median income) and 16 permanently affordable…
DJC Takes a Closer Look
DJC Takes a Closer Look

Unique arrangement developing in Central Oregon

To help end displacement, preference for Rooted homes will be given to renters now living in Housing Works rentals. For this project, RootedHomes and Housing Works bought…
Affordable Housing on the Horizon
Affordable Housing on the Horizon

New projects in Bend are aimed at helping house residents while addressing rising home prices

Rooted Homes intentionally purchased land on the west side of Bend as the area contains a number of amenities. Keogh believes the homes should be dispersed through…
‘Rooted at Simpson’ breaks ground
‘Rooted at Simpson’ breaks ground

Affordable housing in SW Bend aims to provide 99 affordable homes, apartment units

Rooted at Simpson will include 40 single-family homes built by RootedHomes, and 59 rental garden-style walk-up apartments built by Housing Works. The homeownership community is expected to…
Simpson Groundbreaking
Simpson Groundbreaking

New west Bend affordable housing project breaks ground

“Really interesting sort of housing model which brings together more rental and home ownership units together for the first time,” said Andrea Bell, Oregon Housing and Community…
Affordable Housing For Sisters Schools' Staff
Affordable Housing For Sisters Schools' Staff

RootedHomes expands to Sisters through a partnership with the Sisters School District

“The Sisters School District, the local EDCO, and the City of Sisters reached out to us and asked if we would consider building affordable housing in Sisters.…
RootedHomes Expands to Sisters
RootedHomes Expands to Sisters

RootedHomes expands to Sisters: New development focuses on housing for area teachers

Much like the rest of Central Oregon, Sisters needs to create workforce housing. RootedHomes is expanding in Central Oregon. The nonprofit has affordable houses in Bend, Redmond…
Housing for teachers in Sisters
Housing for teachers in Sisters

RootedHomes plots path to expand to Sisters to build teacher housing.

Rooted has been meeting with the City, County, School District, and Sisters Woodlands, all of whom have been receptive to Rooted bringing its expertise to bear in…
2022 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report

RootedHomes’ 2022 Impacts

Folks often ask me how RootedHomes was able to grow as fast as it did in 2022. From adding 47 west-side Bend homes to its affordable housing…
What's Going Up
What's Going Up

Affordable housing appearing in Bend

The project will employ 30 suppliers and skilled trades, each employing two to five individuals to perform their part of the build, or roughly 75-100 workers in…
RootedHomes
RootedHomes

Nonprofit affordable homeownership developer Kôr Community Land Trust has rebranded to RootedHomes.

“Feedback from our homebuyers has shaped us into the nonprofit organization we are today,” explained Jackie Keogh, Executive Director of RootedHomes. “In collaborating with homebuyers to choose…
Poplar Breaks Ground
Poplar Breaks Ground

RootedHomes breaks ground on employer-supported workforce housing pilot project

Ground was broken Monday on the latest RootedHomes development, the Poplar Community on Bend’s west side. This low-income employer-supported housing is the latest project from the group…
Crescita Ribbon Cutting
Crescita Ribbon Cutting

Ribbon-cutting and move-in day at the Crescita Community in NE Bend

“I had kind of given up on home ownership in this area,” she said. “I thought it was just a dream I had to let go. But…
RootedHomes explains new workforce program in Bend
RootedHomes explains new workforce program in Bend

What is broken in the affordable housing system, and how can we fix it?

There’s a recipe for building affordable housing, which is fine, but RootedHomes goes beyond that. Our entire goal is to ask, ‘What is broken in the affordable…
Workforce Housing Partners Selected
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…
Innovative affordable housing
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…
Central Oregon Plugged In
Central Oregon Plugged In

Pacific Power grants help Central Oregon plug into electric vehicles

The grant will provide an electric bicycle to 17 RootedHomes households at its Korazón, Crescita, and Poplar Communities. ​Building on RootedHomes’ net-zero energy homes, this investment helps…
Workforce Housing Program
Workforce Housing Program

Bend businesses chip in to help solve affordable housing

The southwest Bend pilot project is the result of a collaboration with the Bend Chamber of Commerce and a $100,000 grant from Providence Health Plan, an anonymous…
Building Community, Literally
Building Community, Literally

RootedHomes leverages donations and partnerships to help working families build generational wealth

The Source Weekly’s front page feature article on the Crescita Community. ...
Simpson Ave Site Award
Simpson Ave Site Award

Deschutes County land to be sold to develop more than 100 affordable housing units

More than 100 units of affordable housing are on the horizon now in west Bend after Deschutes County commissioners voted to sell 7 acres of county land…
Annual Report
Annual Report

2021 Annual Report

In 2021, RootedHomes saw the community come together around a need for affordable and sustainable homeownership in the City of Bend. ...
Crescita Breaks Ground
Crescita Breaks Ground

RootedHomes to break ground on its second net-zero affordable community, Crescita

Located in the Orchard District, these 1-bedroom, 1 flex space, 1.5-bath, 936 square feet homes are designed to net-zero energy standards and feature solar panels, an energy…
Korazon Ribbon Cutting
Korazon Ribbon Cutting

RootedHomes Holds Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

RootedHomes held a ribbon cutting event in celebration of its first net-zero, affordable homeownership development, Kôrazón, on Tuesday, July 13. “It’s an honor to be here. At…
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan

Kôr’s new strategic plan shares its intentions for the next four years.

Looking ahead, Kôr will not only build award-winning net-zero housing, but the Community Land Trust will center the needs of its priority populations in its home designs…
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