2025 Community Conversation on Housing Cost Burden
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Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
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Candy and Conversation
When: Thursday, October 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where: Oak Room, Wilsonville Library (8200 SW Wilsonville Rd)
Virtual Attendance: A virtual attendance option via Zoom is available beginning at 6 p.m. (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86747942774)
*An in-person Spanish language interpreter will be present throughout the event.
*Light snacks, Halloween candy, and beverages will be provided at the event.
We invite you to participate in a Community Conversation on Housing Cost Burden. We need your help in understanding the challenges you and people you know are facing in finding and accessing affordable housing, especially rental housing. Pacificap Management will be present to share pre-leasing information for Vuela, a new mixed-use development at the Wilsonville Transit Center offering apartments for households earning 30%-80% of the area median income. Representatives from local service providers, including Wilsonville Community Sharing, will also be present to share information on resources available to the community.
Under Oregon State Law, communities must hold a public meeting each year when more than a quarter of households experience “severe rent burden,” meaning households that spend more than 50% of their income on rent and utilities. In 2024, 27% of Wilsonville renters were severely rent burdened. Being severely rent burdened means that a household has less to spend on other necessary expenses, including food and medical care, as well as less to save for larger necessary expenses.
The City will endeavor to provide the following services, without cost, if requested at least 48 hours prior to the meeting by contacting Mandi Simmons at msimmons@wilsonvilleoregon.gov or 503-682-4960: assistive listening devices (ALD), sign language interpreter, and/or bilingual interpreter. Those who need accessibility assistance can contact the City by phone through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication.
