A vacant city-owned lot in southeast Eugene could soon be the site of a new affordable housing project.
The Eugene City Council on Monday, July 13, unanimously voted to award Portland-based affordable housing nonprofit Hacienda Community Development Corp. a 0.76-acre property on the northeast corner of 34th Avenue and Hilyard Street. The nonprofit wants to develop 12 two-story, three-bedroom homes for ownership in a project called “Yonkalla Commons.”
Hacienda CDC is in the early stages of financing and planning for the project, which has an estimated development cost of $7 million. The city expects construction to take 18 months…