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Ashland has an ongoing program that provides incentives to promote affordable housing development, as well as requirements that some units are to be regulated as affordable for a set period of time. For units established as 'affordable', the City imposes both a maximum rent and sale price, and qualifies the occupants of these units to ensure income guidelines are met throughout the affordability period. These are considerable variations regarding the terms of affordability and income guidelines for specific housing units and thus is it necessary to contact the City's Housing Program Specialist with questions before buying, renting, or selling a covered affordable housing unit. If you have spoken with the Housing Program Specialist about the specific housing you are interested in renting or buying (provided it's covered under Ashland's Program), the income verification forms can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=15201
The City of Ashland does not own or operate any affordable housing. The City does monitor a number of individually owned single family and multi-family residences located within the City for compliance with income limits established through deed restrictions. The units covered by the Ashland Affordable Housing Program are deed restricted to provide affordable housing with varying terms of affordability income guidelines. The City only becomes aware of available units when applicants call to inquire about income qualification requirements. Because the units are individually owned by private citizens the City does not track or provide updated contact lists for units covered under the program.
If you are looking for affordable rental housing there are resources beyond the City's Affordable Housing Program. The Housing Authority of Jackson County owns and operates several subsidized and below market rate apartment complexes located throughout the Rogue Valley. The Housing Authority also administers the HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly know as the Section 8 Voucher Program) for Jackson County. Follow the link below to find out more information about affordable housing offered by the Housing Authority of Jackson County: www.hajc.net
The Southern Oregon Housing Resource Center located inside ACCESS, Inc. offers numerous resources for people seeking assistance in locating affordable rental housing; The SOHRC is also a valuable resource for first time home buyers. The SOHRC website provides a comprehensive list of subsidized rental units throughout Jackson and Josephine Counties and can be accessed by clicking on the link below: www.access-inc.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=9
To begin the process of qualifying for a unit covered by the Ashland Affordable Housing Program simply follow the link below to access the City of Ashland Affordable Housing Application and Instructions. For questions regarding the affordable housing application or the income verification process, please contact the Housing Program Specialist.
The Fair Housing Council of Oregon is the most comprehensive source of information regarding issues of fair housing and housing discrimination. If you feel that you are being discriminated against of have a fair housing complaint you can call the Fair Housing Hotline at 1-800-424-3247, or follow the link below to access the Fair Housing Council's website: www.fhco.org
There are considerable variations regarding the terms of affordability and income guidelines for specific housing units and thus is it necessary to contact the City's Housing Program Specialist with questions before renting, buying, or selling a covered affordable housing unit.