Oregon

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) would like to invite you to participate in a series of webinars to learn more about the agency’s DRAFT 2023 Legislative Agenda.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) published a draft Action Plan for a $422 million disaster recovery grant, funded by the HUD.

Below are the deadlines for Oregon Housing and Community Services’ development and preservation of affordable housing. Questions about these deadlines and fund offerings should be directed to MFNOFA@oregon.gov.

In April 2022, the Oregon Housing Stability Council approved a framework to provide funding gaps for projects that, due to the market conditions and construction cost increases, have not been able to close and start development. 

Oregon submitted an application in February to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which includes new innovative proposals that would allow Oregon for the first time to spend Medicaid funds on housing services if approved.

Governor Kate Brown appointed Andrea Bell as the director of Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), effective April 1.

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will hold a Housing Stability Council meeting on April 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT via Zoom.

Oregon Housing and Community Services is updating the Individual Development Accounts (IDA) Program rules Net Worth definition to reflect new allowable amounts from $60,000 to $120,000, proposed fiduciary organization entity, Fiduciary Organization Use of Tax Credit Contributions and Related Funds and Account Holder Use of Funds per House Bill 2433 (2021).

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) closed the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) Portal and stopped accepting new applications at 11:59 p.m. PT on March 14.

Oregon Housing and Community Services will hold a hearing on its draft 2022-2023 Weatherization Assistance Program state plan from 10 to 10:30 a.m. PT on April 13. Join the meeting with this link.

Oregon Housing & Community Services announced $30 million in funding availability on a first come, first served basis for The Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Program (LAP) starting April 1, 2022.

Oregon Housing and Community Services will host a webinar from 10 to 10:30 a.m. PT on March 31 to update the rules governing the LIHTC program to update to the definitions so that they reflect the changes to the four percent LIHTC program and correctly reference the most current QAP.