Local Organizations
- Benton Habitat for Humanity
- Community Outreach
- Community Services Consortium
- Corvallis Housing First
- DevNW
- Linn-Benton Housing Authority
- Unity Shelter
City of Corvallis
- Housing and Neighborhood Services Division
- Housing Assistance Resources
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Reports
- Homelessness in Corvallis: Exploring the Numbers, Evaluating the Beliefs
League of Women Voters of Corvallis, Housing Committee – March 2017 - The Role of Affordable Housing in Creating Jobs and Fostering Economic Growth Center for Housing Policy – January 2011
- National Housing Conference Research Library
Home Retrofits
- A Home Retrofit Story: savings example
- Energy Retrofit: a Corvallis case study
- Planning a Retrofit in the Pacific Northwest
- How to participate in Energy Trust of Oregon incentive programs
- Manufactured home contacts for upgrades
Reduce Retrofit and Repair Costs
- Energy Trust Incentives and Rebates
- Benton Habitat for Humanity – Critical Home Repair Program
- Community Services Consortium – weatherization
- Seeds for the Sol — helps lower income households install solar power
- Corvallis Environmental Center – installs free LED light bulbs for Pacific Power customers
- City of Corvallis – home repair loan program for low-income homeowners
Passive Homes (no furnace needed)
- Passive house with cutting edge features
- A Passive Home Tour – G. Christianson Construction
- CNN covers the Passive House movement
- Videos that explain Passive House concepts:
More Information
- Ways to reduce your carbon footprint
- What can you do about climate change?
- World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
- Electrify Everything: How to quickly switch from fossil fuels to renewables.
- Living Building Challenge (LBC) rating system. The first LBC rated home is in downtown Bend, OR (see TED talk embedded in article).
- EESI Institute – Super energy-efficient retrofits of multifamily affordable homes: