Oregon ON Board presentation to Oregon Housing Council. Click Here.
December 4, 2009

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Portland Near Top in At-Risk Preservation Units Near Transit: A 2009 AARP and National Housing Trust study has found that Portland is near the top of metro areas with the percent of expiring units near transit. A link to the page with various sections of the report is below, the full report can be downloaded here.

2009-2030 Metro Housing Needs Analysis

Balancing Durable Affordability and Wealth Creation: Responding to Concerns about Shared Equity Homewnership (June 2009)
Prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation by the Center for Housing Policy
Authors: Rick Jacobus & Ryan Sherriff

Achieving The Oregon Shines Vision – 2009- Benchmark Report to the People of Oregon (pdf 324KB) (Feb 17, 2009)  Oregon Progress Board’s snapshot of Oregon’s progress toward statewide goals. Affordable Housing mentioned as an area of key concern.

Coordination in Housing Delivery 2007 (pdf 492 KB), Oct. 2007, from Housing and Community Development Commission.
2007 Report: An assessment of the degree of coordination present in the current affordable housing delivery system.  Outlines the lack of coordination in the housing delivery system, issues with separate policy directives, limited funding with too many policy priorities, and lack of unified reporting.  Prepared by the HCDC Housing Evaluation Group with the cooperation of Multnomah County, the City of Gresham, the City of Portland, the Portland Development Commission, and the Housing Authority of Portland.

Center for Housing Policy: Housing Challenges Facing Working Families in the Portland Oregon Metropolitan Area, (pdf 152KB) 2007
Portland area pages of a report by the National Housing Conference on housing affordability in thirty one American cities. Illustrates that Portland has become less affordable, and working families are having a more difficult time making rent or mortgage payments.