Patricktrow

There isn't going to be just one solution, it's going to take many different solutions combined to make a difference. I applaud the city for waiving SDC's on affordable units(I never thought I'd see the day) I believe another short term solution is to get the county involved. There are neighborhoods surrounding the city UGB with over sized lots. They are technically zoned Rural Residential 10 acre minimum but the neighborhoods such as DRW is 99% .90 acre lots within close proximity to the city limits. The county code will not allow ADU's to be built on these properties not even in an attached garage type unit or anything. In fact the county (when applying for a building permit for a detached studio space or finished heated space) makes you sign an affidavit stating that you won't allow anyone to live in it essentially guaranteeing that no affordable living units will be created. I own several 1 acre properties in DRW. I would love to build cute cabin or garage live over units in addition to the main houses that would be affordable. The county will not allow this and it would help in the Short Term.

Erin, nice work on the investigation of the building. Tough overly sensitive passive aggressive crowd around here eh? :) And we wonder why developers say F-it and bring in the dozers at night. All while the hysterical district is holding a Geneva summit on whether this POS shack holds significant historic value or not. The owner is paying taxes,insurance and interest payments on the property. But hey who cares about that, we just want to make sure no ones f-ing feelings get hurt if this thing goes away. Then, you do a little investigative reporting and the whambulance rolls in with the #squatterslivesmatter campaign. Jesus!!These people kill me! Erin, you are soooo insensitive to trespassers rights. How dare you?.... I bet none of the posters above crying about their feelings and general offendedness know the first thing about the B.S. a citizen has to go through to do anything in the hysterical district( Hence the reason this building has changed hands multiple times and nothing has ever happened to make it better). Don't forget, if the building does fall over when a poor helpless drifter is trespassing in the shack it then turns into a liability lawsuit going after the owner and their insurance company for everything they have..... To those of you crying about squatters rights I invite you to leave a map at the site of this building and invite the poor helpless squatters to your place since you care so much about them..... A little more "I think" and a little less "I feel"

Not a tree was disturbed when their homes and streets were built. Cry me a freakin river!!!!! Get over it! Bend isn't going to stop growing just because you are all settled in. If they were so worried about what was going to happen to the land that they were Trespassing on!!all these years they could have looked up who owned it and bought it from them. Hey Jim, a story not worth the cyberspace and time it took for you to put it together.