Bend YIMBY News - 10/3/2025
Bend / Oregon
On Monday, October 6th (World Habitat Day), from 6 to 8 PM, at Bevel Brewing, we will be gathering to remember those who we have lost to the housing shortage:
When friends, family, and neighbors are pressured or forced to leave because of the housing crisis, our community loses something precious. It’s a deep hurt we rarely name or acknowledge.
This gathering is for anyone who feels that loss and wants to honor the people who’ve had to move away. Join us for a pint, share stories, and remember the incredible neighbors who are no longer here. They were an irreplaceable part of Bend’s community, and we are poorer for having lost them.
RSVP here if you can: https://www.facebook.com/events/777698431623655/
Looks like there may be several elected officials and/or candidates present. We always appreciate when they take their time to talk about housing.
Another initiative that we’re working on with our friends at Central Oregon Land Watch: “re-legalizing” neighborhood commercial. Read more about it here and be sure to sign the petition:
https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/neighborhood-commercial
https://bendbulletin.com/2025/09/30/bend-deschutes-county-rethink-closure-of-sanctioned-homeless-camp/ - where will these people go if the camp is closed?
This is part of why we’re working on the neighborhood commercial “re-legalization”: https://bendbulletin.com/2025/10/02/bends-vision-for-walkable-communities-meets-real-world-hurdles/
Some bad news in terms of getting people out of homelessness: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/redmond-oregon-safe-parking-homeless-shelter-central-funding/ - you can support their work here http://mvcdoregon.org/support
Elsewhere
We mostly discuss local and state politics here, but tariffs are going to make everything more expensive: https://www.vox.com/policy/463115/tariff-trump-housing-affordability-renters-homes-construction-lumber-steel-furniture
She could see what was coming in terms of our housing crisis - 100 years ago: https://www.planetizen.com/features/136015-106-years-ago-she-predicted-todays-housing-crisis-what-if-wed-listened
In case you missed John and Ian’s recap of YIMBYTown at our recent event, here’s one from Henry Grabar: https://slate.com/business/2025/09/yimby-housing-reform-urbanism-new-haven-connecticut.html
