Rural Housing Production Support
Partnership and capacity support to help rural communities advance housing opportunities.
Many rural jurisdictions struggle to plan for and produce housing due to limited staff capacity, unique local barriers, and challenges accessing funding and partnerships. Oregon iSector works with communities near or under 10,000 in population statewide to address these gaps by providing technical assistance, data tools, and cross-sector connection so rural leaders can move housing projects forward.
iSector Services Include:
- Technical Assistance: On-the-ground support for rural jurisdictions to assess housing development readiness, navigate barriers, and plan next steps for local housing production.
- Co-Investment Strategy Support: Helping communities explore opportunities for public-private-civic co-investment in housing projects, including connection to employers and funders.
- Barrier Inventory & Analysis: Working with partners to identify regulatory, financial, infrastructure, and capacity barriers to rural housing production.
How to Engage With This Work
Rural jurisdictions interested in advancing housing projects are encouraged to connect with iSector early. We work with communities to understand local conditions, identify feasible pathways, and determine what types of support may be most useful.
Communities seeking broader, ongoing capacity support may also be interested in iSector’s Rural City County Resource Network, which provides place based technical assistance, coordination, and support across infrastructure, housing, and community development priorities.
For housing specific questions, site submissions, or co-investment exploration, communities are encouraged to reach out directly.
Are you a rural community looking to develop housing? Do you know of a site(s) that could be developed with additional investment or technical assistance?
Housing Readiness Assessment Dashboard
A statewide interactive tool showing land use, zoning, ownership, permitting status, and other factors to inform iSector’s ongoing rural housing technical assistance and investment support.
Navigate the map or list of records below to view land use, zoning, permitting, ownership and other information regarding sites statewide.
informing housing action across oregon
Rural housing production is one part of iSector’s housing efforts focused on how communities plan for, finance, and deliver housing at local scale. Lessons from site level data and rural technical assistance inform iSector’s convening and policy focused work through the Housing Innovation Partnership (HIP) and capacity building efforts through the Rural City-County Resource Network (RCRN).
By connecting local conditions to statewide conversations about housing finance, infrastructure, and delivery models, iSector helps ensure that rural perspectives shape housing strategies and investment decisions across Oregon.
Communities and partners interested in ongoing technical assistance, housing innovation, co-investment models, or systems level solutions are encouraged to connect with us.
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