OHCS
Oregon Housing and Community Services is Oregon's housing finance agency, providing financial and program support to create and preserve opportunities for quality, affordable housing for Oregonians of lower and moderate income.
OHCS administers federal and state anti-poverty, homeless and energy assistance grants as well as community service programs through funds provided by the Community Services Block Grant. OHCS works with its partners at the local level to process and deliver services more efficiently. Community Action Partnership of Oregon’s network of CAAs and OHDC provide such programs as Head Start, weatherization, job skills training, transportation and many more services and programs aimed at alleviating the impact of poverty through OHCS funding and resources.
The current agency was created in 1991, when the legislature merged the Oregon Housing Agency with State Community Services. The coordination between housing and services creates a continuum of programs that can assist and empower lower-income individuals and families in their efforts to become self-reliant.
OHCS also assists in the financing of single-family homes, the new construction or rehabilitation of multifamily affordable housing developments, as well as grants and tax credits to promote affordable housing.
