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OHCS warns federal shifts could slow projects, community partners warn of homelessness risk
Summary
Oregon Housing and Community Services updated the Senate committee on federal funding status, noting projects tied to HUD could face delays as Congress finalizes HUD’s budget. Community partners warned HUD’s new NOFO and policy shifts could reduce permanent supportive housing and risk returning thousands to homelessness in Oregon.
Oregon Housing and Community Services Executive Director Andrea Bell told the Senate Interim Committee on Housing and Development on Nov. 17 that the agency continues to receive federal funds but is monitoring disruptions as Congress finalizes federal budgets and grant terms. "We receive as a department a little over more a little more than $530,000,000 in federal funding," Bell said, noting that federal programs account for roughly 15% of OHCS resources and include both supply-side and supportive-service programs.
Bell said the recent federal government shutdown has ended and that Congress advanced a stopgap reopening through Jan. 30, 2026, but she cautioned that HUD’s final budget is still unresolved and differs…
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