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Council highlights affordable housing outreach; Family Promise details shelter expansion and CDBG week proclamation
Summary
City staff announced a Welcome Home community conversation on affordable housing and Family Promise of Tualatin Valley described shelter expansion and service statistics. Council also adopted a proclamation recognizing National Community Development Week and urged support for CDBG and HOME programs.
City staff and an outside agency grant recipient briefed the Tualatin City Council on March 24 about affordable housing outreach, local shelter services and federal community development programs.
Steve Cooper, assistant community development director, announced a Welcome Home community conversation to be held March 27 at the Tualatin Public Library community room. Cooper described Welcome Home as a nonprofit coalition representing about 60 area organizations that advocates for affordable housing and noted the group's role in local bond measures and other advocacy. He explained that "affordable housing" in common use means housing that does not consume more than 30% of household income and that affordability is typically achieved by adding subsidy to housing costs.
Myra Mendoza, director of programs at Family Promise of Tualatin Valley, described how the organization used project funding to purchase a 114-room hotel, with 70 rooms used for family shelter, and said volunteers and partners support food, clothing, case management and enrichment activities. Mendoza gave 2024 service figures: 58,775 bed nights of shelter provided and a reported 84% of households exiting shelter transitioned to stable housing. Mendoza also stressed the importance of prevention and diversion services; she said in 2024 "2,508 individuals were able to stay housed" through prevention efforts.
Separately, Councilor Brooks read and the council adopted a proclamation recognizing the week of April 21'April 25, 2025 as National Community Development Week and urged support for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The proclamation noted that, over the program's history, Tualatin has received $1,810,617 in CDBG funds. Brooks urged residents to contact federal representatives to support continued funding.
Cooper encouraged community attendance at the March 27 Welcome Home conversation and provided the group's website (WelcomeHomeCoalition.org) for more information. Mendoza asked for continued community financial support as county and federal funding remain uncertain.
