Bend YIMBY News - 9/23/2025

Sep 23, 2025

Bend / Oregon

Our next meetup, will be at Wildwood Bar and Grill (Box Factory), upstairs, from 5:30 PM, Wednesday September 24th, where we’ll have a recap of the YIMBYTown conference that chapter leads Ian Karasz and John Heylin recently attended. The conference has a bunch of interesting talks ( https://yimby.town/schedule-2/ ) and I’m sure there’ll be plenty to discuss! RSVP here if you can: https://www.facebook.com/events/795542429790907

https://www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/homes-on-wheels-are-filling-a-big-gap-in-portland/ - one of the best things about housing advocacy is that you get to learn about real live people who were helped by the changes we advocate for. These stories from Portland show how a simple, inexpensive policy helped real people.

How do we get commercial amenities near where people live in newly developed parts of town? https://bendbulletin.com/2025/09/13/affordable-housing-proposal-cuts-into-commercial-land-in-se-bend/

Bend YIMBY is taking a “yes, and” approach and working to make it very simple and easy to create local businesses in residential areas. Please sign our petition to support the initiative: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/re-legalize-neighborhood-commercial-establishments

Bend is looking to speed up its permitting process: https://bendbulletin.com/2025/09/16/time-is-money-bend-seeks-faster-housing-review-process/

Bend is also working on its “ADU design library”: https://bendbulletin.com/2025/09/19/design-library-could-give-bend-adus-another-boost/ - Chapter Lead Ian spoke in support on KTVZ: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BendYIMBY/posts/2262088167583008/

Kathleen shares a moving account of why housing matters so much: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BendYIMBY/posts/2256990794759412/

Habitat for Humanity happy hour - Wednesday October 1st, 5 PM at the ‘Restore’