Housing Options Made for Everyone

The Housing Options Made for Everyone (HOME) Committee makes recommendations to the City Council about ways to support housing development, through funding and other cost saving tools.

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Committee Information

The purpose of this committee is to assist Council with the development of a Housing funding Workplan by reviewing, prioritizing, and recommending additional subsidies and incentive tools the City could use to support new housing development. 

Members

  • Sara Odendahl – Chair – Bend Chamber
  • Carly Colgan – Vice Chair – Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity
  • Matt Martino – Columbia Bank
  • Benjamin Pray – Home First Development
  • Todd Prior – First Interstate Bank
  • Ryan Starr – Starr Designs & Architecture
  • Eliza Wilson – Rooted Homes
  • Keith Wooden – Housing Works
  • Vacant – COBA

Council Liaison

  • Melanie Kebler, Mayor
  • Steve Platt, Councilor (Backup)
  • Chris Ogren, Committee Project Manager

HOME will be composed of up to 9 voting members and up to 6 ex-officio members. Membership on HOME should be comprised of individuals with experience in or as representatives of the following:  

  • Affordable housing developer from housing authority or nonprofit  
  • For-profit or market rate housing developer, local or out of region   
  • Financial representative/mortgage lender  
  • Chamber member or local economist  
  • Central Oregon Builder Association representative  
  • Regional Organization representative  
  • Employer within the City of Bend 

In addition to the members above, Council shall select one City Councilor to serve as a liaison to HOME. This individual, along with the ex-officio members, may participate in HOME meetings to the extent of offering input, asking and answering questions, and providing guidance, but may not vote on any matters during HOME meetings. 

The chair and vice-chair of temporary committees may be selected by the Mayor prior to the first meeting of the committee to best ensure they understand the Council direction for the committee. 

The HOME Committee final report to City Council will be published following the June HOME Committee meeting.

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