10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 Study: &ounFLO ZLOO GLVFuVV VtuGy on 6ept Continued from Page 1A Bureau, but property manag- erV noZ put tKat ¿gure FOoVer to tKe VLngOe GLgLtV 7Ke me- GLan groVV rent Ln ZaV , but property managerV beOLeYe Lt LV noZ FOoVer to ³7Ke bottom OLne LV tKat Ze are Ln GLre neeG oI aI- IorGabOe KouVLng anG may- be KouVLng Ln generaO,´ VaLG 0LNe 0organ, tKe FLty¶V Ln- terLm pOanner anG tKe OeaG au- tKor oI tKe GraIt VtuGy, ZKLFK ZaV preVenteG to tKe $VtorLa 3OannLng &ommLVVLon 7ueV- Gay nLgKt 7Ke &Lty &ounFLO, ZKLFK KaV maGe aIIorGabOe KouVLng a goaO, ZLOO KoOG a ZorN VeV- VLon to GLVFuVV tKe VtuGy on 6ept The housing landscape +ouVLng unLtV Ln $VtorLa, aFForGLng to tKe VtuGy, are about eYenOy GLYLGeG betZeen oZnerV anG renterV &Lty pOannerV tooN tKe gen- eraO Ge¿nLtLon oI aIIorGabLOL- ty ² KouVeKoOGV tKat GeYote no more tKan perFent oI annuaO LnFome to KouVLng ² AFFORDABLE HOUSING Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Workforce housing could be part of a new library project at Heritage Square. The city has a lack of affordable housing. anG IounG tKat perFent oI KomeoZnerV anG per- Fent oI renterV e[FeeGeG tKe tKreVKoOG Ln 6urYeyV oI property man- agerV, FommunLty OeaGerV anG oZnerV anG renterV pro- GuFeG VLmLOar IeeGbaFN about tKe OoZ YaFanFy rate anG tKe neeG Ior more aIIorGabOe KouVLng 3roperty managerV, KoZeYer, VtreVVeG tKe neeG Ior ZorNIorFe KouVLng, not more OoZ-LnFome KouVLng 7Ke FLty GoeV not KaYe a VoOLG graVp on tKe e[aFt num- ber oI YaFant unLtV ³7Kere reaOOy LV YLrtuaO- Oy ]ero YaFanFy,´ VaLG 6ean )Lt]patrLFN, ZKo VerYeV on tKe 3OannLng &ommLVVLon anG LV a property manager A task force to identify options 7Ke VtuGy reFommenGV tKe &Lty &ounFLO aVVLgn a taVN IorFe to OooN at optLonV Ior aI- IorGabOe KouVLng anG LGentLIy potentLaO OoFatLonV A draft study by city planners documents the affordable housing challenge in Astoria. Conclusions • There is a shortage of both affordable rental housing and affordable housing for sale. • Rents and sales prices are high for most middle-income families. • The number of remodeling permits has significantly outnumbered the number of permits for new units in recent years. • The Hispanic population has more than doubled since 2000, and a large proportion of the His- panic community lives in Emerald Heights, a low-income apartment complex. • The number of homeless people has grown as available housing has diminished. • U.S. Coast Guard housing demand has driven up the price of housing because of housing allowances and the reliability of Coasties as tenants. Recommendations • The City Council could establish a task force to explore options for affordable housing. • The city should be proactive in promoting housing development. • The city should discourage vacation rentals in residential areas that are not owner-occupied. • The city should consider allowing accessory dwelling units — now only allowed in a basement or other part of a house — over garages, as garage conversions or as separate structures. • The city should identify locations for workforce housing downtown in public-private partnerships. 3OannerV aOVo urge tKe FLty to be proaFtLYe Ln promotLng KouVLng GeYeOopment, FLtLng tKe FLty¶V Vupport Ior tKe 0LOO 3onG proMeFt anG 86 &oaVt *uarG KouVLng 7Ke FLty KaV OooNeG at pubOLF-prLYate partnerVKLpV to KeOp ZLtK neZ KouVLng, Ln- FOuGLng ZorNIorFe KouVLng aV part oI a neZ OLbrary at +er- Ltage 6Tuare, but tKe pubOLF¶V appetLte Ior VubVLGLeV KaV not been teVteG, anG may not be VuI¿FLent to VatLVIy GemanG :KLOe FLty FounFLOorV anG otKerV KaYe FaOOeG on tKe FLty to aGGreVV aIIorGabOe KouVLng, VpeFL¿F poOLFy GeFLVLonV ZLOO OLNeOy be IraugKt ZLtK poOLtLFV 7Kere LV YoFaO oppoVLtLon, Ior e[ampOe, to marNet-rate FonGomLnLumV or otKer KouV- Lng proMeFtV near tKe &oOum- bLa 5LYer, ZKLFK many beOLeYe Fater to VeFonG-Kome buyerV 1eLgKborKooGV KaYe aOVo baONeG at neZ KouVLng Ln otK- er poFNetV oI tKe FLty 1oZ tKat $VtorLa KaV be- Fome a GeVtLnatLon, tKere LV a baFNOaVK among Vome reVL- GentV ² LnFOuGLng poOLtLFaOOy aFtLYe tranVpOantV ZKo moYeG to tKe FLty to retLre ² agaLnVt GeYeOopment oI any NLnG ³, tKLnN Ze neeG to be Fre- atLYe anG aOVo a OLttOe FareIuO tKat Ze are FreatLng aIIorG- abOe KouVLng Ior reVLGentV oI $VtorLa,´ VaLG 'aYe 3earVon, tKe preVLGent oI tKe 3Oan- nLng &ommLVVLon ³1ot tKat Ze beFome tKe ne[t &annon BeaFK´ Historian: 6tory GetaiOs µthe aGYenture oI getting aFross the Fontinent¶ Continued from Page 1A them,´ 0ouOton saiG “7hey YieweG them negatiYeOy ,t was the age they were in 7hey GiGn¶t Nnow how to Fross that FuOturaO barrier´ 'espite the GiIIiFuOties with the natiYes anG the harsh weather at 'ismaO 1itFh, 0ouOton beOieYes the e[perienFe on the Foast enG- eG up being positiYe sinFe iI e[poseG the Forps to a new enYironment anG FuOturaO area ,n a broaGer sense, it heOpeG the 8niteG 6tates pOant a IOag on the :est &oast so the Fountry wouOG haYe FOaims in Iuture years ,t set the stage Ior the set- tOement oI $storia, anG the Oregon 7riaO BeIore OeaYing )ort &Oat- sop in 0arFh , :iOOiam &OarN wrote in the MournaO, “:e OiYeG as weOO as we haG any right to e[peFt´ “7hat is a great phiOoso- phy Ior OiIe,´ 0ouOton saiG “His IeeOing wasn¶t aOO neg- atiYe´ “,¶m proYiGing the pub- OiF anG sFhoOars Zith the originaO sourFes so they Fan Go the interpretiYe, re- Yisionist ZorN,´ 0ouOton saiG “+ere are the raZ ma- teriaOs at your hanGs