Oregon

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on August 6 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT via Zoom. The meeting materials packet is available here.

The Oregon legislature approved $896 million invested in housing solutions in Oregon Housing and Community Services’ 2021-2023 biennium budget, more than double that of the last biennium:  

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on July 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT via Zoom. The meeting materials packet is available here.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) announced record funding awards at its June Housing Stability Council meeting.   

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) released two NOFAs: 

Veterans NOFA #2021-8: rental housing units funded through this NOFA must serve veterans as a set-aside population. This NOFA includes the ability to leverage OHCS Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) resources and Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credits (OAHTC).  

Small Projects NOFA #2021-9: funding eligible for projects that have at least five and not more than 40 affordable rental housing units. This NOFA includes the ability to leverage Agriculture Workforce Housing Tax Credits (AWHTC), OHCS PSH resources, and OAHTCs. 

Oregon Housing and Community Services’ (OHCS) opened the third and final round of its Landlord Compensation Fund (LCF) June 1, with assistance to cover rent accrued from April 2020 through June 2021. The program expires this summer, with an application deadline of June 18 and an award notice deadline of June 30.

Gorman & Company announced it has named William Towns, PhD, a leading scholar and advocate for housing equity among underrepresented communities, as national market president for community revitalization and public housing Towns will lead Gorman’s partnership-building efforts with local public housing authorities to advance comprehensive revitalization and redevelopment strategies, the company said. 

Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) can help low-income households with both their past due rent and utilities and up to three months of advance payments.

Oregon Housing & Community Services, in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Business Development Department, posted the 2021-2025 Proposed Consolidated Plan and the 2021-2025 Analysis of Impediments (AI) for public comment.

The Affordable Rental Housing division of Oregon Housing and Community Services launched an updated system for tracking the use of Minority, Women and Emerging Small Business (MWESB) contractors. These matrices and the MWESB Compliance Manual can be found here.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on May 7 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. PT via Zoom. The meeting materials packet is available here.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) opened the 2021 Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credit (OAHTC) pool application. The application makes $250,000,000 in OAHTC loan amount available on a non-competitive first-come, first-reviewed basis with set-asides for the following activities: