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With rising rent prices and mortgage rates, many Jackson County residents struggle to keep or secure stable housing. Local organizations such as ACCESS, Coalición Fortaleza, and the Rogue Action Center manage emergency rental assistance, eviction prevention programs, and utility relief to help vulnerable households remain in their homes.
For prospective homebuyers, the state offers down-payment assistance programs through Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS). However, local service organizations report that demand for these programs far exceeds funding, leaving many working families who earn slightly too much for assistance programs, but too little to afford market rents or home ownership, without support.
Last reviewed August 8, 2026.
These Oregon bills match this topic by complete words or phrases in their title or description. Each card shows the latest action reported by the legislative data feed.
This Act sets up a bond fund to preserve low-cost housing and requires OHCS to report on low-cost housing barriers. (Flesch Readability Scor...
Makes changes to veteran laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). [Declares that it is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to fund the Depar...
The Act makes changes to laws about mental health and substance use disorder treatment. The Act changes a law about quality reviews of CCOs....
The Act allows ELC to change some standards for who can use a day care subsidy program. The Act tells DELC to create a work group to study a...