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Funding to Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness Awarded to Seven Continuum of Care Regions
This week, Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (ODEM), and Governor Kotek’s office endorsed community plans and announced funding amounts for the seven areas named in Executive Order 23-02. The funding will be used to add at least 600 low-barrier shelter beds and rehouse at least 1,200 unsheltered households in emergency areas. Below is the breakdown of funding allocated to each region included in the emergency declaration:
- Portland/Gresham/Multnomah County: $18.2 million to rehouse 275 households and create 138 shelter beds;
- Eugene/Springfield/Lane County: $15.5 million to rehouse 247 households and create 230 shelter beds;
- Central Oregon: $13.9 million to rehouse 161 households and create 111 shelter beds;
- Salem/Marion, Polk Counties: $10.4 million to rehouse 158 households and create 79 shelter beds;
- Medford, Ashland/Jackson County: $8.8 million to rehouse 133 households and create 67 shelter beds;
- Hillsboro/Beaverton/Washington County: $8.0 million to rehouse 121 households and create 61 shelter beds; and
- Clackamas County: $4.4 million to rehouse 130 households.
ODEM and OHCS are working closely with Linn, Clatsop and Malheur counties to develop community plans.
Recognizing that unsheltered homelessness impacts communities in every part of Oregon, the Legislature also approved $26 million in HB 5019 to address homelessness in the counties that did not meet the threshold of the emergency order when Governor Kotek issued it on Jan. 10, 2023. Counties not included in the original declared emergency areas will receive funding in July to create new shelter beds and rehouse people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. The LOC and the Association of Oregon Counties are working with OHCS to ensure cities and counties can inform funding decisions for these balance of state communities.
If you have questions about the emergency orders, please email EO2302.questions@hcs.oregon.gov or oem.recovery@oem.oregon.gov.
Contact: Ariel Nelson, Lobbyist - anelson@orcities.org
Last Updated 4/14/23