OHCS’ Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) division provides financial resources to create and preserve quality, affordable rental housing for Oregonians of low and moderate incomes, oversees long-term property performance and programmatic compliance, supports permanent supportive housing investments and HUD’s rent-assisted portfolio of housing.
The division consists of three essential sections:
- Development Resources and Production
- Portfolio Administration
- Planning and Policy
Together these sections ensure the viability of public investments in affordable rental housing, and broadly prioritize making investments that intentionally serve to further racial justice for Oregonians. Programs such as the state Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) program, Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) & General Housing Account Programs along with federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and HOME, among others, live within ARH.