Small Community Advocacy Grants Available
We are excited to announce availability of small community grants to elevate our voice and strengthen our housing advocacy in the state capitol. (Thanks to Meyer Memorial Trust for creating this opportunity). As you may know, the Housing Alliance is committed to securing more resources for housing that is affordable and to advocate for policy changes that will ensure…
Top 5 Affordable Home Stories in 2014
If Oregon wants to build a thriving 21st century economy, send kids to school prepared to shape the future and ensure all of us are healthy and happy we must start and end our days in a home. That vision will only become a reality because people like you continue to stand and speak up.…
One Truth About Health and Education That We All Need To Talk About
Governor Kitzhaber recently articulated: “Oregon cannot meet any of its long-term health or education goals when children are homeless, and Oregon should find the very idea of homeless families to be unacceptable.” More importantly, he walked the walk by recommending a substantial investment of other funds for housing development to the tune of $100 million…
New Legislative Money Ensures Balance in Foreclosure Negotiations For A Bit Longer
We’ve got some great news. Thanks in part to advocacy from Oregon Housing Alliance members more Oregon families will have access to foreclosure avoidance counseling through the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance (OFA) Program. Having a mediation case manager helps bring some comfort and balance to foreclosure conversations that are often difficult. The Joint Emergency Board allocated $659,300 from the general…
Release: Advocates Ask Emergency Board To Fund Inundated Foreclosure Program
Media Release Sept. 12, 2014 Contact: Omar Carrillo Tinajero, Neighborhood Partnerships 503.226.3001 x112 ocarrillo@NeighborhoodPartnerships.org Sybil Hebb, Oregon Law Center 503-936-8959 shebb@oregonlawcenter.org Advocates Ask Emergency Board To Fund Inundated Foreclosure Program Housing advocates are asking the Oregon State Legislature’s Emergency Board for $1.182 million in additional funding for the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance (OFA) Program. Since January…
8 Instagram food-art pieces that reminds us quality homes and food go together
When working families have quality affordable homes, they can spend more resources preparing delicious food for their kids. Well-fed kids can focus more on school and play. And who wouldn’t want smarter, happier kids? These 10 homes artistically use food and remind us that quality homes lead to quality food: Do you think Oregon should have…
Unexpected voices: The inside strategy that landed big victories for affordable housing in Oregon
It was late in the day on March 6th when all of a sudden text messages started to quickly pile up on the screen of Neighborhood Partnerships Executive Director Janet Byrd’s iPhone. She scanned the new messages and quickly printed out four pages of budget information. She ran her finger down the list of projects…
Without this bill, Oregon tenants will face eviction with little or no warning
Let’s say you’re a tenant who has always paid your rent, kept your home clean and been a good neighbor. Then one day you get a notice that your landlord’s property (your home!) has been foreclosed on and you have to get out right away. That was the reality for too many Americans until…
The NY Times article you shouldn’t miss and what it means for Oregon
“Few stereotypes are as well entrenched — and wrongheaded — as the perception of mobile homes as the marginal housing choice of the destitute and downtrodden.” Andrea Levere, the president of CFED (the Corporation for Enterprise Development), came out swinging with that opening remark on an opinion piece she wrote this weekend. She continued to…
Oregon Housing Advocates Storm the Capitol
Thursday, February 6th was the Housing Opportunity Lobby Day for the Oregon Housing Alliance, and with a giant winter storm hitting Oregon, it was a memorable one. Many advocates braved the cold and wintry weather to drive to Salem, while many others joined us in spirit from their homes where they were stuck in the…