HNA and BLI????

Nothing like three letter acronyms to make your eyes glaze over! In this case they stand for Housing Needs Analysis (HNA) and Residential Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI) and they are part of a hugely important process that the City of Hood River has just started to determine how the city can accommodate the expected population growth of the next 20 years. Along with that they are doing a really interesting study to see how vacation rentals and second homes effect the local real estate market. Some say that as much as 30% of our housing stock is taken up by these seasonal users–this study will let us know for sure. HRVRC is on the Technical Advisory Committee for the project. Here is a powerpoint laying out the workplan and goals of the project. We’ll be sure to keep you up to date on this as it will have long term effects on the City and County.