Affordable Housing Commission says council failed to apply the criteria it had asked the body to create
A decision by the city council to award a nearly $743,000 grant to SPARK Newberg has drawn the ire of the committee charged with recommending how the city utilizes funds from its defunct construction excise tax.
A quorum of the six members of the Affordable Housing Commission submitted a letter Aug. 18 calling on the council to rescind its decision, reopen the application process for funding and adhere to the objective process it had adopted for reviewing applications for CET funds…