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Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that the City of Portland and Habitat for Humanity of Oregon have each secured a $2 million federal Healthy Homes Production grant to make health and safety repair to local housing as well as support cost-effective and efficient healthy homebuilding methods in their communities.

Wyden said, “housing that’s affordable must also be safe and free of environmental dangers for Oregonians who deserve to know they’re not somehow exposing themselves to hazards when they walk through their front door”. Wyden said, “These federal investments in our state will help to achieve that essential home safety goal for children, families and older Oregonians. I’ll keep battling for similar resources throughout Oregon”.

Merkley said, “Every Oregonian deserves the security that comes from having a safe affordable place to live”. Merkley said, “This funding will help ensure more Oregonians of all ages have that foundation to build a better life, and I’ll keep working to make sure all of us have that chance”.

A release said the Healthy Homes Production grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are designed to maximize the number of vulnerable residents protected from housing-related environmental health and safety hazards and the number of housing units where these hazards are now controlled. They are also designed to identify and remediate housing-related health and safety hazards in privately owned, low-income rental and/or owner-occupied housing, especially in units where families with children, adults 62 years and older, or families with persons with disabilities reside.

More information is linked: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-merkley-portland-and-habitat-for-humanity-of-oregon-earn-total-of-4-million-in-federal-healthy-homes-grants