The lack of safe and affordable housing here in the Rogue Valley is becoming a crisis, as more and more of us are pushed out of our communities by the cost of housing, or are forced to stay in undesireable rentals because finding a new home is so difficult.

Despite the grim picture, there are solutions and opportunities in the works that we use to improve the quanity and quality of affordable housing, if we're willing to put pressure on our elected leaders. Come to a free forum on Wednesday, August 10, 6-8 pm, in the Gresham Room of the Ashland Library to learn about new tools for addressing the local affordable housing crisis in Ashland.