By Mary Kyle McCurdy | 1.5-minute read
On December 4, 2025, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (OHNA) rules. LCDC’s adoption of these OHNA rules marks the culmination of several years of persistent, informed involvement by 1000 Friends of Oregon, led by Associate Director Mary Kyle McCurdy, hundreds of 1000 Friends’ members and housing advocates, and other allies. This brings Oregon much closer to fulfilling the promise of statewide planning Goal 10—Housing for All—in every neighborhood.
“While 1000 Friends of Oregon applauds the vision of the State Legislature and the hard work of the Land Conservation and Development Commission on these OHNA rules, we must remember this win was made possible by the thousands of Oregonians who have long demanded real housing solutions,” Mary Kyle said.
This brings Oregon much closer to fulfilling the promise of statewide planning Goal 10—Housing for All—in every neighborhood.
Our work is not done: 1000 Friends will work with cities and towns, local developers, neighborhood groups, and more to help all of us fully leverage OHNA’s tools and resources so more housing gets built. As outlined in these new housing rules, cities with over 10,000 people will each prepare a Housing Production Strategy outlining the actions the city will take to meet their housing needs over the next 6 years (greater Portland area cities) or 8 years (cities located outside of the greater Portland area).
And, we’ve advocated to make sure that people have a say in shaping our housing solutions to make sure we’re successful in building stronger, healthier, and more prosperous communities for all Oregonians. We succeeded in urging the State to fund planning grants to help dozens of communities identify how to build the housing Oregonians need.
We have heard from thousands of Oregonians that our state needs housing solutions now—and we can’t do this work without our supporters. Keep an eye out for our Housing Solutions Website, launching in January, packed with tools and strategies to help you take action. For more information on how to organize in your city or town, contact our Oregon for Everyone manager, Jacky Lee.
Read more: Our friends at Sightline Institute share a detailed breakdown of the new OHNA rules.