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Clackamas County outlines mounting shortfalls in housing and homelessness funding
Summary
County staff told commissioners that federal and state reductions and rising costs are creating structural gaps: HUD flat funding has produced a roughly $1 million shortfall for the voucher program, the Emergency Housing Voucher program is ending early (39 households, ~$500,000), state SHS funding declines reduce eviction prevention and rapid rehousing, and inflow to the homelessness system averages 582 people per month with only 332 exiting, leaving a monthly delta of ~250.
County staff briefed the Board of County Commissioners on March 3 that Clackamas County faces widening fiscal pressure across the housing and homelessness response system.
Mary Rumbaugh, director of Health, Housing and Human Services, said federal, state and local revenue sources are flat or declining while program costs and community need continue to rise. Shannon Callahan, the Housing Authority executive director, told the board the Housing Choice Voucher program serves more than 2,300 families and that HUD provided flat funding while program costs to maintain current service are rising by an estimated 3.69 percent — a gap Callahan characterized as about $1,000,000 for the coming year.
Callahan also said HUD has notified housing…
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