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State officials, governor outline sustainable shelter program in House Bill 3644; committee opens public hearing and introduces separate committee bill
Summary
Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Housing and Community Services staff told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on Feb. 24 that House Bill 3644 would create an outcomes‑based, regionalized statewide shelter program and requested funding to sustain existing shelter operations.
State officials and the governor told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness on Feb. 24 that House Bill 3644 would create an outcomes‑based, regionalized statewide shelter program to maintain and align emergency shelter capacity, rehousing services and prevention efforts.
Governor Tina Kotek and officials from Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) said the bill grows out of an emergency response established after rising unsheltered homelessness. “Shelter is not the goal. Rehousing is the goal,” the governor said, describing the bill as a way to systematize recent, largely one‑time investments and set consistent expectations, reporting and regional planning requirements.
OHCS officials Matthew Schawbold of the governor’s office and Liz Weber, director of the Housing Stabilization Division at Oregon Housing and Community Services, described the executive‑order work that scaled temporary shelter capacity, street outreach and…
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