April 11, 2023 3:15 a.m. 

On Monday, Governor Tina Kotek announced how much funding each region within Oregon’s homelessness state of emergency will receive from the state, as well as the specific outcomes local communities are expected to receive with the emergency dollars.

The funding amounts are based on many factors, including the appropriation made available by the legislature, detailed plans that local communities submitted, and a detailed formula developed by Oregon Housing and Community Services.

*Portland/Gresham/Multnomah County: $18.2 million to rehouse 275 households and create 138 shelter beds

*Eugene/Springfield/Lane County: $15.5 million to rehouse 247 households and create 138 shelter beds

*Central Oregon: $13.9 million to rehouse 161 households and create 111 shelter beds

*Salem/Marion, Polk Counties: $10.4 million to rehouse 158 households and create 79 shelter beds

*Medford, Ashland/Jackson County: $8.8 million to rehouse 133 households and create 67 shelter beds

*Hillsboro/Beaverton/Washington County: $8.0 million to rehouse 121 households and create 61 shelter beds

*Clackamas County: $4.4 million to rehouse 130 households

House Bill 5019 appropriated $85.2 million for local homeless emergency plans.

Oregon Housing and Community Services will reserve $3 million to ensure the goals of the emergency order are achieved. An additional $3 million will be used for a statewide landlord incentive, available to landlords participating in local re-housing efforts. The requests from all regions within the emergency order totaled $98.8 million, so there were not enough funds to provide each region with its full funding request.

In addition, the early funding package included $33.6 million to help prevent homelessness for an estimated 8,750 households. This funding will be distributed statewide through existing eviction prevention programs.

The legislature also approved $26 million to address homelessness in the counties that do not meet the threshold of the emergency order.