Welcome to the Summer 2026 Rental Property Newsletter! In this edition, we have some Rental Housing Program and Livability data to share with you from calendar year 2025 alongside some City parking news and more regular updates such as the spring 2026 Fair Housing training and the annual maximum rent increase for 2026.
Two statewide ballot measures approved more than 30 years ago have continued to have a profound effect on how cities can generate revenue to support community services decades later.
Measures 5 and 50 were approved by Oregon voters in the 1990s. Together, they changed how property taxes are calculated for all types of properties - everything from industrial factories to small businesses to your own home. They also put strict limits on how much property taxes can increase each year.
The Corvallis City Council is working to address a gap in funding that will impact core services as early as 2027. This page includes information about the Council's decision-making process, an overview of solutions under consideration and a brief history of how we got here.
String and Shadow presents: A Night at the Opera - a Giant Puppet Show!
String and Shadow Puppet Theater is a theater company based in Olympia, Washington and (sometimes) New Orleans. They use copious amounts of cardboard, fabric, and paper-mache to create giant outdoor puppet shows that tour, performing in parks and fields around the country.
