The City of Boardman is emerging as a model for how rural communities can tackle housing affordability through innovation, collaboration, and strategic investment. As one of Oregon's fastest-growing cities, Boardman has partnered with the Missing Middle Housing Fund to transform how the community approaches housing development, and the results are already taking shape. Digital Zoning Goes Live Today, Boardman launched a groundbreaking digital zoning platform powered by UrbanForm , making all...

We're excited to announce a major milestone in our mission to make housing more attainable for middle-income workers: the launch of UrbanForm's digital zoning platform in Coos and Polk Counties. This expansion brings the total number of digitized parcels across our Oregon partnerships to more than 66,000—spanning 16 cities across Yamhill, Polk, and Coos Counties, plus the City of Boardman and unincorporated Yamhill County. The Hidden Cost of Complexity When we talk about the housing...

Photo credit:  Nils Huenerfuerst  on  Unsplash Over the past five years at the Missing Middle Housing Fund, we've been continually amazed...