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Many Oregon tenants are still struggling with rent; state assistance is coming
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
A sign advertises apartments for rent in North Portland. LC- Elliot Njus/The OregonianLC- Elliot Njus/The Oregonian
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A small but significant portion of Oregon tenants were unable to pay rent on time in January or make up their missed payments during the month, a sign that more renters may be taking on debt as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Nearly 1 in 5 renters in the Portland area, and a slightly smaller share statewide, had not paid their rent by Jan. 6, according to RealPage, a company that provides property management software. Most made up their missed payments by the end of the month, but roughly 7% of Oregon renters still had not paid their rent by Jan. 27, according to the company.
Since the start of the pandemic, Jan Remund and her 100-year-old mom have so far been able to make their monthly rent payments on their Bend home.
Thatâs in part because her daughter-in-law works at the rental company that manages her home and was able to negotiate a lower monthly rental payment.
But Anna Lariza Lopez and her family havenât been as fortunate. When Gov. Kate Brown shut down restaurants in March, Lopez lost her job at a La Pine food truck. Her husband, a landscaper, is heading into the slow winter months. Itâs been a rough ride for the Bend family of three.
Stillwater Crossing breaks ground; meanwhile, Stevens Road sale goes through, adding even more housing A project that could very well be Bend s biggest affordable housing project to date is now underway. Wishcamper Development Partners recently held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Stillwater Crossing a $51.6 million, 240-unit affordable housing apartment community planned for Bend. The site is north of Ponderosa Street along Atwood Drive, parallel to Highway 97. Planning for the project began in 2019, and Wishcamper closed on financing in September. Wishcamper Development Partners A look at the virtual groundbreaking of the Stillwater Crossing Apartments. According to a Wishcamper press release, the community will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for working families and people who earn le
Oregon now appears on track to allocate $63.5 million in rental assistance by end-of-year deadline
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
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The state says it is on track to allocate the entirety of its $63.5 million in rental assistance to Oregon tenants in need by the end of the year and won’t have to return any of the money to the federal government.
That’s a dramatic uptick from two months ago, when local agencies still had most of the money and appeared in danger of missing the Dec. 30 deadline and forfeiting the federal dollars.
A new report from Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state agency overseeing the rental assistance program, shows that 93.5% of the funds had been committed to specific households by Dec. 10, putting the state on track to meet the end-of-year deadline.