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State Data Overview
Across Oregon, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Oregon
Key Facts
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146,026 OR 23%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-110,475
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$32,400
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$69,534
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 71 hours per week or 1.8 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 86 hours per week or 2.1 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro MSA $36.96 Hood River County $36.23 Corvallis MSA $35.08 Bend-Redmond HMFA $34.31 Albany MSA $32.60 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $24.63 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $21.94 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $19.45 Retail Salespersons $18.17 Fast Food and Counter Workers $17.32 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Thaddaeus Elliott
State PartnersOregon Housing Alliance
c/o Neighborhood Partnerships
P.O. Box 42567
Portland, OR 97242
P 503-226-3001
F 503-226-3027
www.oregonhousingalliance.orgCameron Herrington, Director of Policy & Advocacy
[email protected]Housing Oregon
PO BOX 8427
Portland, OR 97207
P: 971-347-8801
www.housingoregon.orgBrian Hoop, Director
[email protected]Kevin Cronin, Director of Policy and Advocacy
[email protected]Cristina Palacios, Director of Member Services and Industry Support
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Thaddaeus Elliott with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$10,567,910
HTF State Resources2020
Proposed 2020 HTF Annual Action Plan, with HTF Allocation Plan, page 61-71 (PDF)
2019
Draft Annual Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan, pages 60-70 (PDF)
Project Recommendations, page 61 of OCHS Meeting Materials (PDF)
2018
Draft Annual Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan is pages 56-64 (PDF)
HTF Allocation Plan [Appendix Z of 2016-2010 ConPlan] (PDF)
Final Annual Action Plan, HTF discussed pages 58-67 (PDF)
HTF Allocation Plan [Appendix Z of 2016-2010 ConPlan] (PDF)
2017
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Proposed 2017 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2016
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Oregon Housing and Community ServicesOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationMegan Bolton
Assistant Director of Research
503-986-2133
[email protected]Andrea Matthiessen
HOME/Housing Trust Fund Program Manager
Affordable Rental Housing Division
503-986-0963
[email protected]NHTF-specific pages
Grants and Tax Credits
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Oregon (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Oregon (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Oregon and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Oregon and Nationwide
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