Planners talk reduction in rent-burdened’ households

By Sarah Brown
Lebanon Local
The Planning Commission met Wednesday, April 20, to discuss a drop in the number of Lebanon households categorized as “severely rent burdened.”
The Oregon Housing and Community Services Department reported that, in 2019, 35.8 percent of Lebanon renters fell under that classification, where households spent more than 50 percent of their income on rent and utilities. That figure dropped to 32.9 in 2020, then to 29.2 in 2021, and currently…