Description:
Description:
Home Forward is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Home Forward manages several funded programs and has a total of 3,005 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Home Forward administered a total of 9,062 Section 8 Vouchers. Home Forward currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Home Forward is located at 135 SW Ash Street, Portland, OR, 97204 and serves the city of Portland. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Home Forward at, (503)802-8300 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
Home Forward we are committed to providing our most vulnerable neighbors with access to affordable housing and services.
Conceived during the Great Depression and born at the start of World War II, Home Forward, then known as the Housing Authority of Portland, quickly became a national symbol of hope, creating housing for 72,000 people in our first two years of existence: more than any public agency in the country. Since then, we have continued to lead and innovate in fostering economic stability and potential for our residents, as they move themselves forward into new homes and new lives.
The mission of Home Forward is to assure that the people of the community are sheltered. Home Forward has a special responsibility to those who encounter barriers to housing because of income, disability or special need. Home Forward will continue to promote, operate and develop affordable housing that engenders stability, self-sufficiency, self-respect and pride in its residents and represents a long-term community asset. Home Forward will be a community leader to create public commitment, policy and funding to preserve and develop affordable housing.
Current Status | Active |
Size of Home Forward compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | 64 |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 9,062 |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 3,005 |
Waiting list for the Home Forward is currently | Open |
Fair Market Rents are HUD's determination of the average rents in a particular area for each bedroom size. The FMRs are set each year based on the rental rates of unsubsidized units so that participants in HUD programs have equal access for affordable housing. Here are the Fair Market Rents for Clackamas County, OR:
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Housing Authority of Washington County
Hillsboro OR
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Housing Authority of Clackamas County (HACC)
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Housing Authority of Yamhill County (HAYC)
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Housing Authority of the City of Kalama
Kalama WA
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Population: | 394,972 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.58 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 20% |
Homeownership Rate: | 68.8% |
Housing Units: | 159,153 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $32,781 |
Median Household Income: | $64,352 |
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