Bend YIMBY News - 11/3/2025
Bend / Oregon
This afternoon (November 3rd), from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM, there is a Mountain View Community Development open house showing off their microshelters and safe parking program. We hope to see you there!
Location: 63255 NW Service Rd, Bend, OR 97703, United States - behind Bend Animal Hospital.
https://bendbulletin.com/2025/10/29/editorial-the-rent-in-bend-is-too-high/ - the Bend Bulletin explains that rents are too high in Bend and - because they understand the economics at play here, we need a larger supply of rentals if we want to see lower rents.
Save the date: Tuesday, November 11th, 5:30 PM - we’ll have our next meetup (it’s likely to be at Crosscut, but we are working to confirm that it’s going to be at Wildwood Bar and Grill) to discuss the Neighborhood Commercial proposal that we’ve been promoting a long with Central Oregon Land Watch - https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/neighborhood-commercial
Elsewhere
Justine Underhill explains the relationship between “luxury” housing and homelessness (I think this may be a rerun but it got reposted in our group and it’s worth watching!)
Small-scale apartments everywhere would, in some ways, be preferable to fewer very large apartment projects in fewer areas. https://www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/to-build-fast-think-small/
https://www.realpage.com/analytics/3q-2025-data-update/ - the people whose jobs it is to understand housing economics are pretty clear: it’s a question of supply and demand. Higher supply relative to demand means lower rents.
Here’s another guy whose business and profits depend on his understanding of the housing market. He thinks his profits will be pretty good because expensive coastal markets are not building enough housing (aka “supply”) while demand remains strong https://www.reit.com/news/video/avalonbay-ceo-says-new-supply-expected-drop-levels-not-seen-20-years
Canada’s housing struggles are similar to those in the US. This article nicely illustrates how some concepts like “single stair” help: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-livable-apartments-condos-rentals-rulebook-housing/
