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PHB Director Helmi Hisrick summarized accomplishments and near-term steps: the city supported six new tax-increment financing (TIF) districts in 2024, and under the bureau’s current policy the affordable-housing set-aside will direct a substantial portion of TIF proceeds toward housing in those districts. Hisrick said the bureau raised grant funds in 2024 — PHB reported $20 million in grants to implement production-strategy programs, including approximately $7 million in federal ‘pro housing’ grants to support specific actions.

Danelle Norby, housing investment manager, outlined preservation risks. PHB reported there are about 24,000 regulated affordable rental units in Portland and that roughly 400 buildings (about 17,900 units) carry city affordability restrictions. Norby said the sector faces three urgent challenges: operating shortfalls driven by expense growth, deferred capital needs, and expiring regulatory agreements that could lead to conversions to market rate.

Norby told the committee that operating expenses grew faster than rent-restricted income between 2019 and 2023 — she cited a roughly 7.1% average annual growth in operating costs for properties in PHB’s portfolio during that period, versus pre‑COVID underwriting assumptions of about 3% annual increases — and that many nonprofit sponsors have deployed organizational reserves to keep projects afloat. PHB said it expects to make preservation-focused capital funds available in the near term and has allocated grant dollars for rehabilitation work; the bureau identified a watch list of at‑risk projects and said it will prioritize acquisitions and rehab where possible.

Brianne DeDecker, manager of the Rental Services Office, presented renter demographics and service activity: median renter income in Portland is markedly lower than homeowner income, housing cost burden is increasing, and eviction filings escalated after pandemic-era protections and rental‑assistance dollars ended; PHB-funded eviction-legal-defense efforts served nearly 3,000 households from program launch through late 2024.

Committee members asked for follow-up on several points: verification of grant figures and leverage claims, how PHB will allocate preservation funding, strategies to reduce vacancies in newly constructed subsidized units (the bureau cited a mismatch between restricted rents at 60% AMI and many renter incomes), and supports to strengthen property-management capacity across the affordable-housing sector.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Portland City Council Homelessness & Housing Committee 04/22/25","oneSentenceSummary","Portland Housing Bureau briefed the committee on its housing production strategy and a preservation-focused follow-up, saying tax-increment financing and federal grants will support production while hundreds of regulated affordable units face operating and capital risks.","taxTitle","Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon","taxId",2765,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6574324,"Mayor Wilson sets December target as unsheltered population grows; plan centers on shelter expansion, neighborhood engagement",1130,2683000,3813000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2&start=2683&end=3813","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2/thumbnail_2683000.jpg","/articles/6574324/Portland/Multnomah-County/Oregon/Mayor-Wilson-sets-December-target-as-unsheltered-population-grows-plan-centers-on-shelter-expansion-neighborhood-engagement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6574324-ab2fa7ecb5fb993a0d38c3f9e90daf7c/orig.mp4?Expires=1777696787&Signature=DyRqo405tuHZkh187c3xy-13BS1fJjNnhMNmuc4vdiujAKjguNJ9Pplsr13G1qodOI2Ur6psAEi5j9XPD1fmdLq~4-ECsLTEcl24wFpLCEoBjlIXsEISNMkhGfBpuOQ~j6rmuwbcUHytCwkpA8BZqaUs7qimYMfO5U9YXDoWjE8Mai9Wa-pmI1mgvMRxCQMpLF7MlqXin20I8SOmc2zn5D9e22AixImIKA7j5MHVgYVXgj7Anwcq7apaq4mJkdfGM3-IEa2n4E1XuFSZaKWMFNDhjrJIMXMTKobvwYHvepB36~~Gscyarq78ZRJTnYE6zvC7ngNBObbSOWghEs5sZQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mayor Wilson provided a quarterly update to Portland’s Homelessness and Housing Committee on April 22, saying the city must rapidly increase shelter capacity and coordination after Multnomah County published by-name homelessness data showing a growing unsheltered population.

Wilson told the committee that the unsheltered count in the city rose “from under 5,000 to nearly 7,000” over roughly a year and that existing shelters are “effectively full,” which limits authorities’ ability to enforce encampment and RV rules. He warned that street deaths had increased — citing 456 deaths in 2023 and an expected rise near 600 for 2024 — and said the city must act to prevent further loss of life.

The mayor described a multi-part approach: expanding emergency shelter, protecting existing shelter assets, securing outside funding for immediate needs (cleaning, trash removal, RV removals), and increasing housing production long term. He said the administration had opened three shelters since taking office and is working to open more; he also noted work on “social housing” and a housing roadmap introduced recently at council.

On neighborhood relations, Wilson and city staff described an “engagement zone” approach: when a shelter opens, the city will implement a roughly 1,000-foot radius outreach and problem-solving program, provide outreach workers, post nearby camps for cleanup, and hold regular neighborhood problem-solver meetings to address concerns quickly. Council members said good neighbor agreements and resources to implement them will be critical to opening more sites.

Committee members pressed the mayor on operational details: whether the 90-day stay limit at some temporary sites risks cycling people through the system, whether providers are delivering case management and housing-placement dollars, and how the city will address provider performance as some sites transition from county to city contracts. Scott Parker Knapp, director of Portland Solutions, said some providers call their services “care coordination” and that housing placement dollars typically come from state and county sources; the mayor’s office said it is working with the joint office to secure placement funds for city-run sites.

The briefing was informational. Committee members asked for follow-up details on provider contracts, deployment of placement dollars, and monitoring of service linkages to measure whether shelter stays lead to long-term housing.","Mayor Ted Wheeler (transcript uses Mayor Wilson) briefed the committee on his shelter plan, called for rapid capacity-building, cited rising street deaths, and described engagement zones and ‘good neighbor’ approaches as part of a coordinated emergency response.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6574328,"Multnomah County by-name homelessness dashboard prompts new questions about scale and funding allocation",501,1370000,1871000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2&start=1370&end=1871","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2/thumbnail_1370000.jpg","/articles/6574328/Portland/Multnomah-County/Oregon/Multnomah-County-by-name-homelessness-dashboard-prompts-new-questions-about-scale-and-funding-allocation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6574328-6bbbb4fab843bf72171ed73c8fa009ad/orig.mp4?Expires=1777696787&Signature=SKn8JDXpfHMqSRCuQaLHW7Dm~7YEalUgHvHKU3~Ev71sPkYfxaP9sVSpa30SL8jFVmBHn777jFdMjZ8a3sTYKoMYwyiUAoB4aR5SX9n-rjEqnMOVWkzDLGFn91CS4neZiPEnH18Gu-UkjN-~aety4GVGBLuN4ebRAysG4ewwKv4mhv2-p22w8qQvIzbYmisasTuxv~GfGpxTRPGVJ0dmhCeAgJVjEsBGipjpbPG-cHEzYogFIoGWspGiuk-qItyJbUZojSyvp6Da5k2XUiTM9uBsZXvvO4An-yjXhkbD5OdsBmfakxaYusTl7uhrLzNjp7xfrxAmRN5mMXhKEN7N6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Homelessness and Housing Committee on April 22 heard an update from Councillor Mark Zimmerman on the Homelessness Response System Steering and Oversight Committee (SOC), which earlier this month received a new Multnomah County “by-name” homelessness dashboard and an Eco Northwest report on the impacts of the region’s supportive housing services funding.

Zimmerman said the county’s dashboard — the first by-name list publicly available in the region — reveals the scale of need in new detail. He told committee members that the regionwide count in the dashboard had grown “well above 14,000 folks who are homeless now,” and cautioned that the increase likely reflects both newly unhoused people and improved accounting.

Zimmerman and other council members raised questions about the distribution of SHS funds, which he said are allocated to counties based on population rather than need. He said Multnomah County represents roughly 85% of people counted in the point-in-time homelessness data but receives about 45% of SHS funding, a disparity he said warrants discussion if the funding model is to be extended.

Committee members noted other findings they want to examine further: high shelter occupancy, rapid returns to homelessness for some people placed in permanent housing, and whether services such as behavioral health and workforce supports are reliably linked to shelter placements. Councilor Ryan and others asked for longitudinal data on retention in housing and on whether placements include sufficient case management and behavioral-health connections to reduce recidivism.

Zimmerman and colleagues said the SOC will need to move from data presentation toward substantive review and guidance to implementation bodies; they also noted leadership changes coming to Multnomah County’s homeless services department and said data transparency via the dashboard should enable more targeted policy decisions.

The briefing was informational; committee members urged the SOC and joint office partners to provide follow-up data on recidivism, service overlays and SHS allocation models.","Councillor Mark Zimmerman and others briefed the committee on a new by-name dashboard from Multnomah County and an Eco Northwest report; the data show a larger-than-expected regional homeless population and renewed scrutiny of how supportive-housing-service (SHS) funds are allocated.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6574332,"Portland marks Fair Housing Month, honors student poster winners; fair-housing advocates warn of federal funding cuts",831,394000,1225000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2&start=394&end=1225","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3086730-e9f071b51c43a70e85bb06043d6eb3d2/thumbnail_394000.jpg","/articles/6574332/Portland/Multnomah-County/Oregon/Portland-marks-Fair-Housing-Month-honors-student-poster-winners-fair-housing-advocates-warn-of-federal-funding-cuts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6574332-2a77a05c755f7f61516e9c7e4392b248/orig.mp4?Expires=1777696787&Signature=QbzXtmAdfyVyvzYwfMMkder4z-4HsoTv6O84Q0qg57B9wp8to4wbXweN1niYyR8b4PDO9-kMl~wa1h1516HyNRYVbNpnBd9CblmAhjslOZZ9BVCFPuUuHlHYtkChlfubU5HVtnefkq~tLrx~Zt7sfzMaHJtqTjYIs12UIfCTVQUB9jgj5fFwxlGOtM64e5Xa3qHb5ZySeLKKqdG9SyXtwD4u9FrYzR6oT9RQMW8Sv4Qb3K1U6cGXr0vwrWsJN6o7yKuXua9Br3UwCrKPpj0faIkAFip7-2IsDuMT1M8deFskwuSoF-ZkyfDGDKgqixWu7FbGeEimPOov8bP~NcYU9g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Portland’s Homelessness and Housing Committee heard a presentation on Fair Housing Month on April 22 and recognized student winners of the Fair Housing Council of Oregon’s annual poster contest, while the council and nonprofit partners warned that federal funding reductions are straining fair-housing enforcement statewide.

Josh Roper, policy and planning director for the Portland Housing Bureau, told the committee that Mayor Wilson had proclaimed April Fair Housing Month and framed fair housing as a “promise to ensure every Portlander has access to safe, stable, and equitable housing.” Roper noted the bureau’s continuing investments in audit testing, education and enforcement in partnership with the Fair Housing Council of Oregon.

John Miller, executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, described the nonprofit’s statewide outreach and enforcement work and said national cutbacks in HUD funding have already affected dozens of fair-housing organizations. “Around the country, 79 organizations have lost their fair housing funding including ours,” Miller said, adding that the council is seeking local replacements for lost federal support and pushing back on federal policy moves that would reduce enforcement capacity.

Miller also presented winners from the council’s student poster contest. He said the contest drew 78 entries from nine schools across the state, with winners from Portland, Milwaukie, Tigard, Bend and other communities. He described the grand-prize entry and noted that cash prizes accompany contest awards; the grand-prize design will be reproduced as an official poster in English and Spanish for distribution to city offices.

Committee members thanked the students and praised the city’s partnership with the Fair Housing Council. Chair Avalos and Vice Chair Dunphy both said youth engagement on fair housing is important to shaping future policy priorities.

The presentation and discussion were informational; there were no committee actions or votes recorded on the item.","City and nonprofit leaders marked April as Fair Housing Month, presented winners of a statewide student poster contest and warned that HUD funding cuts are straining enforcement and testing work in Oregon.","actionData","errors"]

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Portland Housing Bureau details production strategy and preservation risks; bureau warns rising costs threaten existing affordable units

Mayor Wilson sets December target as unsheltered population grows; plan centers on shelter expansion, neighborhood engagement

Multnomah County by-name homelessness dashboard prompts new questions about scale and funding allocation

Portland marks Fair Housing Month, honors student poster winners; fair-housing advocates warn of federal funding cuts