Housing & Urban Development

12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (724+ words) Published 4:20 pm Monday, September 14, 2026 SALEM — Oregon lawmakers and regulators are considering changing land use rules next year to allow for more housing construction on farmland and in unincorporated rural communities. Along one track, a legislative work group is considering a…...

58+ min ago   (575+ words) Salem City Council voted Sept. 14 to give an additional $1.36 million to the developers building an affordable housing community in southeast Salem. The motion passed in a 5-3 vote. Mayor Julie Hoy and councilors Vanessa Nordyke, Shane Matthews, Paul Tigan and Deanna…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (702+ words) The Community Facility Category of the Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants supports incorporated not-for-profit organisations that lease Council community facilities to plan, improve, develop, and maintain those facilities. Funding ranges from $10,000 to $200,000 GST exclusive, while Planning and Design applications can…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1418+ words) POTTSTOWN — Borough Councilman Andrew Monastra is questioning the appropriateness of elected officials and their spouses participating in rehabilitation projects undertaken through the Pottstown Land Bank. At the Wednesday, Sept. 9, work session, he began by asking Peggy-Lee Clark, the manager of…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (473+ words) Todd Bender started as a stringer before rising through the ranks to become the Dutchess County Bureau Chief and senior investigative reporter for Mid Hudson News, focusing on crime and government. He is an avid angler and has recently taken…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (698+ words) The advisory board shared its findings, derived from months of work, during an open house on Sep. 1 at CenterState CEO’s Inspyre Innovation Hub. The board’s four proposed solutions include: “Think of [the solutions] as like the potter’s wheel,” said Onondaga…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (402+ words) The High Court has quashed a planning permission granted by the London Borough of Hounslow after finding that councillors were materially misled about an earlier scheme for the same site. In The Old Chiswick Protection Society v London Borough of…...

42+ min ago   (592+ words) HELENA — The Helena City Commission voted 3-2 Monday night to delay action for now on a federal grant that would fund security upgrades at local government buildings. It came after they heard around 90 minutes of public testimony, the vast majority of…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (408+ words) ABOVE: Danville Aldermen Tom Hightower and Sherry Pickering lead the way for Monday’s ribbon cutting at the renovated Garfield Park First it was the new Garfield Pool arriving with the help of COVID relief funding a couple years ago. And…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (234+ words) ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke officials announced Monday that the city had cleared a backlog of zoning, historic and building permit reviews, and staff is issuing permits within target review timelines. “Staff have worked hard to catch up, and we will continue…...