04/27/20 City Council Agenda Packet - Work Session

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workers. Thenew workforce of youth 16-24 years old accounts for 38% of the workforce. Getting youngerworkers toworkinskilledcareeropportunitieswillallowthe younger workforce to establish the experience and income that first jobs provide, a key workforce challenge facing both cities.Theworkforceproblemsfacing younger workerstodaymayfollowthem well intothefuture throughlower lifetimeearnings. While there have been recent and significant job losses as a result of COVID-19, it is unclear how sustained these job losses will be as social distancing measures diminish. It is apparent however that many people with limited incomes are experiencing financial instability as a result of recent events. HousingUnitsTenure Together, Eugeneand Springfieldcontain 97,224 housingunits. The majority (61%) of thehousing stock is single-family units, withtheremainderconsisting of multi-family units (33%) and a small share of mobile/manufactured homes (6%). This balance has remained relatively stable since 1990, although planners in both cities anticipate a gradual increase in multi-family housing to accommodate futurepopulation needs. For rental households, 41% in Eugene and Springfield live in 2-bedroom homes. Increasingly, homes with three-bedrooms are being occupied byrenters, climbing to30% in 2017from 25%in 2010. Renter households occupying studios and one- bedroom homes has stayed relatively stable since 2010, edging up from 29% to30%. Eugene has recently shifted to a majority renter city,where 52% of households rented their home in 2017. Springfield retains a slight majority of owner-occupied homes, where 51% of households own and 49% rent. Manufactured dwelling parks areareaswhere people rent or lease a space for their manufactured home, whichtheymayrent or own. A manufactureddwellingis a moreaffordablewayformany people to own a home or live independentlyinan environment for older individuals. About 5% of the housing units in Eugene and Springfield are manufactured home park spaces, with nearly 40% of the homes inthree census tracts. These tractsarelocated in west Eugene, Glenwood, andmid- Springfield. andPublicHousing A variety of assisted housing developments are currentlyavailable andserving low-income persons in the cities of Eugene and Springfield. There are at total of 4,452assisted housing units in 113 developments in both cities,includingprojectssubsidized with Section 8, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, or other project-based subsidies. Eugeneand its urban growth boundary have a total of 3,516 units in 83 developments and Springfield and its urban growth boundary have 866 units in 28 developments. 2020Consolidated Plan 9 Eugene and Springfield, OR