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The Oregon Housing Alliance is pleased to join leading national organizations in education, civil rights, health care and more in a campaign to increase affordable housing across America Washington, DC –  A diverse range of organizations from various sectors announced a new campaign today to increase affordable housing for America’s most vulnerable communities. The Opportunity… Continue reading The Housing Alliance joins the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign!

The Oregon Housing Alliance is spending the week in our nation’s capital, Washington DC, with the National Low Income Housing Coalition. On Wednesday, March 21, we’ll join hundreds of other housing advocates to meet with our congressional delegation to speak out for more safe and stable homes for our neighbors in Oregon. You can join… Continue reading Join us in advocating for more safe and stable homes

In 2018, the Legislature convenes for a very short and fast thirty-five day legislative session. This year, the Housing Alliance will be seeking a significant increase to the document recording fee. The document recording fee is a dedicated, ongoing source of revenue which helps prevent and end homelessness, build more affordable homes, and creates access… Continue reading Help us create housing opportunity

Join us for the 2018 Housing Opportunity Day! Take action to help ensure every Oregon has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home and have fun while doing it — join us for Housing Opportunity Day of the 2018 Legislative Session on Thursday, February 15th! This is your chance to meet your legislators… Continue reading Join us! 2018 Housing Opportunity Day!

A new tool for local jurisdictions In 2016, the Oregon State Legislature passed SB 1533, which enabled local jurisdictions to implement a construction excise tax for affordable housing and allowed inclusionary zoning. Both a construction excise tax and inclusionary zoning are powerful tools to help local jurisdictions address their communities’ housing needs and ensure everyone… Continue reading Construction Excise Tax

This post is the last in a series explaining key housing bills that passed during the 2017 legislative session. Oregon is in desperate need of more of the opportunities created by decent, stable homes that are affordable to families with low incomes. There are many existing tools used to finance affordable homes, including tax credits,… Continue reading HB 2912: A new land acquisition fund to support the development of affordable housing

This post is the second in a series explaining key housing bills that passed during the 2017 legislative session. Thank you to Caitlyn Kennedy, Rent Well Administrator at Transition Projects, for her help with this post. Alexandra was a single parent to an 8 month old and a 1.5 year old living at an emergency… Continue reading HB 2724: Amplifying the power of renter education with a landlord mitigation fund

This post is the second in a series explaining key housing bills that passed during the 2017 legislative session. Thank you to Housing Alliance member 1000 Friends of Oregon for their contributions to this post. In addition to investing in affordable homes, the 2017 Oregon Legislature passed an important policy bill, SB 1051, to help… Continue reading HB 2007/SB 1051: Policies to meet Oregon’s housing needs

This guest blog post by Rob Prasch from the Network for Oregon Affordable Housing is the first post in a series summarizing important housing bills that passed during the 2017 legislative session. A safe, stable, and affordable home is the foundation for wellbeing and opportunity. For Oregonians who cannot afford market rents, including seniors, people… Continue reading HB 2002: new tools to help preserve Oregon’s affordable homes