Oregon Coast A future at home on the Oregon Coast
Homes within reach.
In the places people love.
A nonprofit bringing people together
to create middle-income housing and build community.
Homes for people who live and serve the Oregon Coast
A home within reach gives people a chance to stay close to those they love and take part in the life of their town.
Our communities are made by people in many kinds of work and at every stage of life. People raising children or living on their own. People caring for family, beginning a career, or enjoying retirement. Neighbors with deep roots and neighbors making a new start.
Oregon Coast Housing Group develops and maintains middle-income housing in Tillamook, Lincoln, and Clatsop counties. We bring residents, businesses, public agencies, and supporters together to create homes and strengthen the communities around them.
Together, we can help the people we know and love become our neighbors and help longtime residents stay.
Homes today. Possibility for tomorrow.
Our nonprofit model is intended to keep homes and their growing value in service to coastal communities, generation after generation.
We begin by listening to residents and the people who know their towns. Employers, landowners, public agencies, and supporters bring different knowledge and resources. We connect those strengths around a shared purpose.
We develop and maintain middle-income housing with a commitment to lasting affordability. Thoughtful design, responsible maintenance, and careful use of resources help create places people can count on.
After covering operating costs, maintenance, debt, and reserves, available surplus can support our mission. Our goal is a financially self-sustaining organization that can keep creating homes.
A beginning that can keep growing
We’re inviting partners to help get our first three projects off the ground. Early support can help establish homes and a foundation for the work ahead. Each well-planned project can strengthen our ability to care for what we build and pursue the next opportunity.
Tillamook, Oregon
A new chapter for the land
Beside Adventist Health in Tillamook, an underused brownfield site offers an opportunity to create homes close to healthcare, employers, and downtown.
The proposed Tillamook Bay Commons includes addressing environmental barriers and preparing the site for housing. Partners can help support both the renewal of the land and the homes that will give it new purpose.
The project is in development. Plans and timing remain subject to confirmation.
There’s a place for you here
Strong communities take all of us. Bring your ideas, connections, or resources. Let’s help more people feel at home.
Share what your community needs, an idea, or a connection.
Help your team build a life close to work.
Help the next homes take shape and serve the coast for years to come.
A few helpful answers
Our focus is middle-income households in Clatsop, Lincoln, and Tillamook counties: people living on their own, couples, families, and retirees, across many kinds of work and stages of life. Each property will have its own rents, income guidelines, and availability. Our work complements housing efforts serving other income levels.
It describes the households a project is intended to serve. “Middle housing” describes building types, such as duplexes, townhomes, and cottage clusters. The building type alone does not tell you what a home costs or who qualifies.
We care for our properties over time and reinvest available surplus in our mission. As properties become established, their income and equity can help support future projects. Financial self-sufficiency is our goal; it depends on sound financing, operations, and stewardship.
AMI stands for area median income: the midpoint of incomes in a local area. Housing programs use it to help set income guidelines, with adjustments for household size. The figures are updated each year. We’ll share the income guidelines and rents for each property as its plans take shape.
HUD income-limit information ↗Lasting affordability is our commitment. Each project needs ownership, financing, and affordability protections that support that purpose. We will describe the confirmed protections for each property as its plans develop. Nonprofit ownership alone does not establish every rent or eligibility rule.
We’ll share availability, income guidelines, and application steps as each project’s plans are confirmed. Contact us with questions about our work. The contact form is for questions and introductions; it is not a housing application or waitlist.
Good things begin with a conversation
Tell us what you care about, what you’re seeing in your community, or where you’d like to contribute. We’d love to hear from you.