Enrollment at Oregon State University is growing rapidly, and the city doesn’t have enough available housing.
Enrollment at Oregon State University is growing rapidly, and the city doesn’t have enough available housing.
The school has grown by 5 to 8 percent annually over the past few years, forcing some students to move into townhomes and neighborhood homes or commute from nearby towns.
But a solution – a partial one, at least – may be forthcoming. City planners say that in the past six months they’ve seen a sudden surge of interest from local and out-of-state developers to build new multifamily, off-campus apartment units. Also, the city is seeking to work with OSU to address growing pains.
Corvallis associate planner Jared Voice identified three multifamily developments approved by the city; one under review; one in the land-use process; and one the city expects to go before the planning commission in the next month.
Read more at the Daily Journal of Commerce.
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