Northeast Oregon Housing Authority will provide housing vouchers
By Paul Hall on Thursday, May 13th, 2021 in Northeastern Oregon News Northeastern Oregon Top Stories
Union, Baker, Wallowa and Grant Counties – (Information provided by Federal resources from American Rescue Plan) Some Oregon counties and cities will receive about $12.8 million in federal resources from the American Rescue Plan to provide emergency housing vouchers for individuals and families who are homeless; at risk of homelessness; fleeing, or trying to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking.
The $12.84 million in HUD funding will be distributed as follows to Oregon public housing agencies to help them assist individuals and families who are homeless; at risk of homelessness; fleeing, or trying to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking; or recently homeless:
· Housing Authority of Clackamas County, $441,912
· Housing Authority of Portland, $4.65 million
· Housing Authority of Douglas County, $214,572
· Housing Authority of Lincoln County, $154,080
· Housing Authority & Community Services of Lane County, $1.19 million
· Housing Authority of Umatilla County, $205,044
· Housing and Urban Renewal Agency of Polk County, $123,156
· Housing Authority of the City of Salem, $268,908
· Housing Authority of Jackson County, $451,608
· Housing Authority of Yamhill County, $455,136
· Klamath Housing Authority, $248,508
· Linn-Benton Housing Authority, $1.17 million
· Coos-Curry Housing Authority, $303,324
· Housing Authority of Washington County, $962,100
· Mid-Columbia Housing Authority (Wasco, Hood River and Sherman counties), $123,528
· Housing Authority of Malheur County, $129,708
· Northwest Oregon Housing (Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties), $451,680
· Josephine County Housing Community Development Council, $330,780
· Northeast Oregon Housing Authority (Union, Baker, Grant, and Wallowa counties), $171,276
· Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority (Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties), $795,012
“I am pleased HUD has issued these Emergency Housing vouchers because there is a great need in the four counties that we serve, and the new vouchers do not have the waiting list restrictions that the regular Housing Choice voucher program has,” said Sarah Parker, Interim Executive Director of the Northeast Oregon Housing Authority. “What this means to homeless families is that there is help available now for long-term stabilization and not just for a few days or a month.”
