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Oregon awards $30 million in Healthy Homes grants to nonprofits and tribes to repair low‑income housing
Summary
The Oregon Health Authority has distributed $30 million in Healthy Homes grants — $3 million to nine tribes and $23 million to 34 organizations — to fund repairs, weatherization and hazard abatement for low‑income homeowners and rental properties. Grantees will report metrics in contracts; OHA says it will return with outcomes.
The House Housing and Homelessness Committee heard an update Jan. 29 on the statewide Healthy Homes Grant Program, which the Oregon Health Authority has used to award $30 million to organizations that repair and make safer homes for low‑income residents.
Gabriela Goldfarb, Environmental Public Health Section Manager in the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division, told the committee the program combines broad eligibility with local delivery: “We need funding that will fill gaps, and that's an incredible advantage that this…
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