County will buy Tigard apartments to preserve low-income rents
Washington County is stepping in to purchase a low-income Tigard apartment complex to safeguard its senior tenants from a looming rent hike. The un...
Washington County is stepping in to purchase a low-income Tigard apartment complex to safeguard its senior tenants from a looming rent hike. The unique intervention comes as the federal tax credit program that has kept the Woodspring Apartments' rents low for decades is set to expire. The complex is the first of many affordable rentals in the region to reach this alarming expiration date, which could threaten the housing stability of thousands of low-income renters. In this photo from June 2021, Heidi Johnstone distributes a newsletter and meeting summary of the Woodspring Tenants Association throughout the affordable housing senior resident complex in Tigard, Ore.