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Support our [villebois] center by contacting the Development Review Board (email) in favor of the Villebois village center application by Sept 27 and City Council (email) by Oct 4.
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Why support our center
We need more home choices for all shapes and sizes so that Wilsonville can be a place where all kinds of people can afford to live.
When we allow only certain expensive building types, like single-family detached homes, it determines who can or cannot afford to live in a community--the real character of the neighborhood. Where we live shapes our lives and our long-term success—from the length and cost of our commute, where we are able to shop for groceries, and our children’s schools. To expand opportunity for all, we need to stick to the long-standing Villebois plan to provide affordable home choices in neighborhoods close to jobs, schools, transit, parks, and businesses.
We need housing for middle-class and workforce homes near jobs, schools, and transit.
We are in the middle of a housing crisis and without building more and different types of housing, Wilsonville will become an exclusive community where only the rich can afford to live comfortably. Only 9% of Wilsonville is middle income and the wealth gap is widening. The Villebois center is the perfect place for this type of development. The public safety and transportation network have been built to support it.
We need to support seniors aging in place and youth.
For many young people aspiring to homeownership, a "starter home" is out of reach. Since 1970, average sizes for new, single-family detached houses have soared by 64 percent. That's a huge driver of rising home costs. By providing housing that supports families saving to buy their first home, while living near Villebois’ amazing parks, recreation, and education assets we can help young Oregonians start building their American dreams, and let many older Oregonians savor their own.
Villebois was planned to accommodate this development and its needs for parking, traffic, and fire safety.
Completing our neighborhood with multi-story housing with business space on the first floor has long been in the plans for Villebois. As a resident of the neighborhood, this is the safest neighborhood I have ever lived in. This development will add more cars to the road and people may have to walk longer to find an on-street parking space, but this is a small sacrifice - one I would gladly take - to provide a safe space for new neighbors.
Diverse housing is an essential way to fight climate change and reduce school segregation.
We are in a climate crisis and we need to start offering more housing choices and options around the areas that our infrastructure and service are set up to support, like the Villebois center. By not offering more housing options through this Villebois development, people will have to look for housing that is further away. With our school system being a shining star in the community, we need these types of diverse housing to ensure that our schools have kids of all incomes and races.
Our choice
We have a choice; we either stick to the long-standing plan for Villebois center that supports diverse housing types for all kinds of people, or we restrict housing to the most expensive and exclusive, pushing people further from jobs, schools, and transit and forcing longer, costlier commutes.