Housing Action Plan

The City of Madras last completed a housing needs analysis in 2007. The analysis concluded that the City had need for all types of housing, including single-family detached housing, single-family attached, and multifamily housing. It also concluded that Madras had need for housing for households with very-low income and for households with middle- and higher-incomes.

Since 2007, both Madras and the State have gone through a cycle of increases and decreases in housing prices. Currently, Madras, like the State, has increasing housing prices. The City regularly hears feedback from one of Central Oregon’s largest manufacturing employers that approximately 50% of their staff lives in Redmond and commutes to Madras daily for which there are two causes: (1) availability of housing that employees earning less than earn $40,000 or less annually can afford; and (2) quality of life needs.

The City wants to develop a housing strategy, with the intention of developing policies and an action plan to provide opportunities for development of more housing and especially more housing for low- and middle-income households.

For information on the Housing Urban Renewal District, click here.