Affordable housing community opens in Salem [Video]

SALEM, Ore. — On Tuesday, the Mahonia Crossing housing community in Salem’s South Gateway neighborhood marked the start of a new chapter for hundreds of residents. 

“To see it evolve from plans on a page and an idea in the head to this beautiful built environment that we are in, it’s just really thrilling,” said Laura Spidell, the executive director at EngAGE NW.

Some of those apartments on the 14-acre lot are reserved for people earning 30% to 80% of the area’s median income. In Marion County, that’s $27,390 to $73,040 for a family of four. 

“It’s a CDP, a community-for-all-ages project, where we are housing seniors and dedicated housing and families and trying to create that inter-generational connection,” said Erik Paine, CEO for Community Development …