EUG Planning

Let’s talk housing!

📢 You're Invited: Rental Housing Cost Burden Public Meeting
🗓️ Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
🕠 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Virtual (Zoom, YouTube, Cable TV)

Eugene continues to face severe rent burden challenges. Join Eugene Planning Commission for a public meeting to learn about the causes, impacts, and potential solutions. City of Eugene staff will also share updates on notable and upcoming projects including Urban Growth Strategies and planning efforts to address rent burden.

🔗 Registration & agenda available starting Nov. 24 - https://www.eugene-or.gov/2109/Planning-Commission-Webcasts

📺 Watch live or later on YouTube or Comcast Channel 21

Let’s talk housing! 📢 You're Invited: Rental Housing Cost Burden Public Meeting 🗓️ Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 🕠 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 📍 Virtual (Zoom, YouTube, Cable TV) Eugene continues to face severe rent burden challenges. Join Eugene Planning Commission for a public meeting to learn about the causes, impacts, and potential solutions. City of Eugene staff will also share updates on notable and upcoming projects including Urban Growth Strategies and planning efforts to address rent burden. 🔗 Registration & agenda available starting Nov. 24 - find the link to Planning Commission websites in our bio 📺 Watch live or later on YouTube or Comcast Channel 21 #EugeneHousing #RentBurden #UrbanGrowthStrategies #EugenePlanning

The Pre-Approved ADU Library is now FULL! We hope this is the best treat of the season. Now available are 13 magical designs that have been pre-approved.

As a part of a sophisticated suite of housing production strategies, this program is a true labor of love that demonstrates a constructive private sector + public sector partnership. Can it be improved? Yes - and we will be reaching out to interested parties, contributing architects, and property owners to discuss the next steps and versions of the program.

Thank you to the contributing architects. This program would not exist without you. Your design wizardry and superpowers made this program go from a novel idea to reality. You raised it to a new level of professionalism, legitimacy, and innovative creativity. We are grateful and we look forward to seeing where we can all take it.

For more information about the program and some pro tips, visit our webpage (link in bio).

The Planning Division has 2 open positions!

💥 Assistant/Associate Planner with the Community Planning & Design team

✨ Senior Planner with the Land Use team

Join our dynamic, collaborative team - find the link to learn more and apply in our bio.

🗣️ We want to hear from Eugene residents! The 2025 Community Survey is available online through July 31 and takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.

✅ Take the survey on Engage Eugene: https://engage.eugene-or.gov/community-survey

📊 Survey questions are meant to help City staff assess the mood and feel of Eugeneans right now, what the community values and what its top concerns are. Your feedback will be instrumental in informing the City Council’s strategic and budget priorities as the City begins to plan for the 2027-2029 biennium and beyond

New ADU Day! 🏡

Eugene, meet Klamath by Cultivate, Inc.

This 2-bedroom, one-bath ADU strikes a balance between sustainability and affordability by combining high-performance design with simple construction. Its compact footprint, stacked walls, and straightforward geometry are complemented by an energy efficient building envelope with:

✨ well-insulated 2x8 walls
✨ airtight construction
✨ triple-pane windows

The home targets carbon positive performance with optional rooftop solar panels able to generate more energy than the home uses in a year. This, coupled with highly efficient mini split heat pumps and a heat pump water heater, also means very low energy bills.

Cultivate Inc. continues to show up to this work. Such good solutions with so much character.

To learn more, see all the designs, and get inspired, follow the Pre-Approved ADU Program link in our bio.

Have thoughts about homes near industry, and the costs and benefits of more regulation? Take 5 minutes to complete a survey informing Eugene’s Public Health Standards Project.

The City is working to understand community perspectives and gather input on possible changes to Eugene’s land use regulations, specifically to address concerns from residents living near industrial areas.

Take the survey by May 18 and learn more on Engage Eugene - link in bio.

Come join us! There are open positions available on both the Eugene Planning Commission and Envision Eugene Technical Advisory Committee. Both groups directly support the work of the Planning Division.

Get Involved! The City of Eugene is seeking applicants for its boards, commissions and committees. Eugene residents who want to get more involved in their community and local government are encouraged to apply to volunteer to serve on one of the City’s boards, commissions or committees. Residents who volunteer provide an invaluable service to their community by advising the City Council and staff on a wide variety of subjects and making recommendations on important policy matters.

For more information click the link below or visit the news room: https://www.eugene-or.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6872

📢 Calling Eugene-Springfield residents! Take our survey (Eugene-OR.gov/HUDConPlan2025) to shape the future of our community!

🌟 With an estimated $14 million in federal funds from HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), your input will help draft community needs and priorities for the Eugene-Springfield 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan.

Let's work together to draft the strategies that matter most! 💬

https://eugene-or.gov/4300/2025-Consolidated-Plan-Process

Come join our team! 🤩

The City of Eugene Community Planning & Design team is seeking paid intern support for the spring and summer of 2024. Intern(s) will be focused on supporting equitable community engagement within Urban Growth Strategies – a multi-year effort focused on housing and urban growth planning.

Read the full intern position description here: https://www.eugene-or.gov/850/Internship-Program

Applications will be accepted through 11:59pm on March 31, 2024.

📣 🏠 Public Meeting: Rental Housing Cost Burden in Eugene

The City of Eugene invites you to a public meeting with the Eugene Planning Commission on the topics of Affordable Housing and Severe Rent Burden.

When: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Where: Virtual Meeting - the meeting agenda with information on how to participate is here: www.eugene-or.gov/835/Planning-Commission-Meetings

Why: Under Oregon State Law, communities with high percentages of households with “severe rent burdens”, meaning households that pay more than 50% of their income for rental housing cost, must hold a public meeting each year. Eugene has been identified as a Severely Rent Burdened community since the HB 4006 law went into effect in 2018.

During the meeting, staff will present information on the causes, consequences, and barriers to reducing rent burdens, as well as explore potential solutions in Eugene. The Eugene Planning Commission will receive an update on notable and upcoming projects and planning efforts to address rent burden.

The City of Eugene is recruiting new members for the Active Transportation Committee (ATC)! If you are interested in transportation issues, passionate about walking, biking, rolling, and transit, then this committee is a great opportunity to make a difference. Visit https://www.eugene-or.gov/490/Active-Transportation-Committee to apply by November 6th!

ATC members are advisory to City staff and play a vital role in implementing active transportation projects in the Transportation System Plan which will shape the future of the pedestrian and bicycling system for the next 20 years and make Eugene an even greater place for people who walk and bike.

Recruitment is underway to fill vacancies for two year terms beginning in January 2024. Applicants must reside within Eugene’s Urban Growth Boundary and be willing to attend monthly meetings and read background materials provided by City staff.

Applications and information are available at https://www.eugene-or.gov/490/Active-Transportation-Committee. Applications will be accepted until November 6th at 11:59pm. For more information: Contact Willow Hamilton, Community Engagement Coordinator for Transportation Planning at [email protected]

Don't miss this week's public hearing on River Road - Santa Clara Neighborhood Planning!

At 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions will jointly hold a public hearing to consider adoption of the River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan. Eugene is also considering neighborhood-specific land use code amendments within the River Road and Santa Clara neighborhood boundaries (these changes would only apply to properties within city limits).

Learn more about neighborhood planning, how to submit testimony, and the next steps in the adoption process on the project website at www.RiverRoad-SantaClaraPlan.org.