Category Archives: Housing & Community Services Dept. (OHCS)

Oregon housing agency reports reaching double the goal on new rural homeless shelter beds, sees progress on rehousing

Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Wednesday that rural communities have added 216 new shelter beds, already more than double the mid-2025 goal set through Oregon’s Emergency Homelessness Response. Source: Oregon housing agency reports reaching double the goal on new rural homeless shelter beds, sees progress on rehousing – KTVZ

State awards $6M to Medford affordable housing project

A planned South Medford affordable housing project, slated to be among the first in Southern Oregon made with a new fire-resistant prefabricated material, is getting more than $6 million in state funding to fast-track its construction. Turning Point Program, the organization behind the planned Breath of Life Medford housing project near Orchard Home and Westwood […]
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Group recommending fire recovery grants told to start over

Committee given a list of requirements that must be met. A local selection committee charged with making award recommendations on $13.85 million in Almeda Fire recovery money for businesses and infrastructure has been told it will need to start over after already approving $7.2 million in projects. Oregon Housing and Community Services, which is handling the […]
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Oregon housing agency awards nearly $23 million to crate 157 affordable homes – half of them in Redmond, Sisters

Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Tuesday the approval of nearly $23 million toward creating 157 new homes across the state, about half of them at five developments in Redmond and Sisters. “These investments will continue to help establish concrete pathways for Oregonians to pursue homeownership,” the agency said. Source: Oregon housing agency awards nearly […]
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Oregon Housing and Community Services, partner announce $11.5 million for Individual Development Accounts

Oregon Housing and Community Services, in partnership with Neighborhood Partnerships, this week announced $11.5 million in funding to support the Individual Development Account Initiative statewide. An Individual Development Account (IDA) is a matched savings account, where the money participants save is multiplied up to five times by the program. Source: Oregon Housing and Community Services, […]
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$10M for early childhood education, affordable housing opportunities

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) and BuildUp Oregon have announced the launch of the OHCS Co-location Fund aimed at expanding access to early childhood education and affordable housing across Oregon. BuildUp Oregon will administer the $10 million in OHCS funds allocated by the Oregon legislature through House Bill 5011 to support co-locating early care […]
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Bend, La Pine, Redmond affordable housing projects funded

Affordable housing developments in three Deschutes County cities — including Redmond — are set to receive millions of dollars from Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state’s housing department. The Majestic Gardens Apartments, with 66 units scattered across Redmond, Veneta, Harrisburg and Junction City, received $5.7 million to preserve those locations. The funds and the […]
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Oregon Senate bills address housing crisis in Lane County

Following Oregon Senate and board meetings in early March, Senate Bills 1530 and 1537 were officially signed on March 5. Both of these bills look to address homelessness and housing issues by investing money into possible solutions that involve extending affordability. SB 1530 appropriated large funds of money to the Oregon Housing and Community Services […]
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Why rent is still high for many in Portland

Underproduction of new housing units is fueling Portland’s affordability crisis. Portland saw a slight dip in rental prices for both middle-tier and high-end units at the end of last year, per data from real estate firm CoStar Group. But local housing experts don’t expect renters will feel any relief soon. Why it matters: A yearslong […]
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Royal Oaks housing for 2020 fire survivors delayed again

Defective modular units to be replaced, not rehabbed, state says. Fire survivors who hope to get housing from a state program at the Royal Oaks Mobile Manor just north of Phoenix will be delayed again after Oregon Housing and Community Services announced it will not rehabilitate defective modular homes they purchased. The agency and the […]
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