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About Us
Lead Projects
Funding Successes
Asset Management Projects
HCV Program
FSS
Financials
Resident Services

Fostering Dignity Through Housing.
Fostering Dignity Through Housing.

We are all blessed to live in one of the most beautiful regions in the Country.
But with this beauty comes rapid growth. The Central Oregon region is the
fastest growing region in the State and one of the fastest in the nation. With
that growth comes higher rents and fewer places to live for both our long-
time residents as well as the new comers. Since the end of the great reces-
sion, the median rent in Central Oregon has more than doubled while the
median income has increased by port from the cities and counties
less than a quarter. In all of our within Central Oregon. Without
communities, homelessness and their help we would not be able to
displacement is becoming a per- do what we do. We look forward
vasive and visible issue. to building even more
Like all of our partners, Today we provide affordable housing units
Housing Works has been housing stability for in the coming years. But
working hard to keep up more than 4,000 even with our successes,
with the need. We have we know that we are not
Central
built hundreds of new meeting all of the need
Oregonians
affordable housing units that we see in our com-
since the end of the munities. But we know
Great Recession and we have al- that with the support of the people
most 200 more under construction, of the region and with the hard
or soon to be under construction, work of all of our partners that we
right now. We have also been able can and are making a difference.
to add more Housing Vouchers for Sincerely,
veterans and the most vulnerable
members of our community. We David Bandt, Executive Director
are receiving unprecedented sup-