July 20, 2021 3:10 a.m.

Governor Kate Brown is urging Oregonians seeking help to pay current and future rent and utility payments to apply immediately for rental assistance through: https://www.oregonrentalassistance.org/

Brown said historic amounts of rental assistance are now available and urged Oregonians to apply as soon as possible.

Brown said, “Housing is a basic human need, which is why I have continued to work with the Legislature and our congressional delegation to devote state and federal resources to ensure that Oregonians hardest hit by the rent impacts of the pandemic have a warm, dry, safe place to live”.

Brown’s release said that qualified Oregonians can apply for rental assistance through the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help pay back current and future rent. The release said Oregonians may still qualify to receive assistance even though Oregon’s residential eviction moratorium expired on June 30th.

For more information about the end of the state’s eviction moratorium and protections for renters in the state, go to: https://oregonlawhelp.org/resource/safe-harbor-grace-period-and-other-tenant-protections-as-the-moratorium-ends