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Home Share Oregon: A partner organization at work Alleviating Poverty and homelessness
www.homeshareoregon.org
There are not enough affordable housing units in Oregon.
● Oregon builds 63 market-rate units of housing for every 100 new households in the state
There’s not sufficient housing assistance either.
● In 2018, 209,000 households in Oregon spent more than 50% of their income on housing. Of those, only 56,000 received assistance. Providing assistance to all 209,000 would cost the state over $1 billion dollars.
Seniors are more likely to live with housing insecurity due to poverty.
● Of the 737,565 seniors in Oregon, an estimated 55,317 live at or below the poverty line.
● 258,148 senior homeowners in Oregon spend 30% or more of their income on housing.
● 55% of renters 65 and older spend more than one third of their earnings on rent.
Communities of color are disproportionately affected by housing-insecurity.
● 65% of African American Oregonians live at or below 65% of the median income.
● There are 3.5 times as many American Indian and Alaska Natives who are homeless in Oregon as there are in the general population of Oregon citizens.
There are more than 1,000,000 spare bedrooms in Oregon.
Affordable housing can be accomplished by moving people into compatible, compassionate, affordable, shared housing arrangements today.
Home Share Oregon:
Home Share Oregon, powered by Silvernest technology, pairs homeowner/members with compatible renters through a safe and secure web-based application software. Those who need additional support can access help through our local service partners across the state. These services will be free to those living at or below 60% of the median family income in Oregon.
● Compatibility Matching Technology
● Complete Background Check
● Property Management Tools: Lease Templates, Insurance, etc
● Listing Service
● Legal Aid
For more information and a detailed report contact: Marissa Cade (503) 853-9352 marissa@homeshareoregon.org