Washington County has agreed to negotiate the purchase of the Woodspring Apartments after senior tenants organized against the owner’s plan to raise rents.
TIGARD, Ore. — The senior residents of a Tigard apartment complex are celebrating the news that they may be able to keep the low-income housing that many of them have occupied for decades, thanks to their own resolve and the intervention of Washington County.
The Woodspring Apartments were part of a 30-year affordability deal that expired at the end of 2020. The deal’s end started a 3-year clock; after that amount of time, the owners would be able to begin raising rent prices.
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