Rental Assistance & Housing
Franklin SUN Client Assistance Request form (limited utility assistance)
Multnomah County Emergency Housing Resources Info about shelters and transitional housing.
Rose Haven is the only day shelter and community center specifically serving women, children, and gender-diverse people in Portland.
Affordable Housing Options through Relay Resources has a variety of affordable housing openings. Some involve waitlists, while others do not. Sign up for email updates.
Utility Debt Relief The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) has approved debt relief programs to benefit residential customers of Portland General Electric (PGE), PacifiCorp, Idaho Power, NW Natural, Avista, and Cascade Natural.
Habitat for Humanity Home Repair & Preservation helping Portland homeowners with low incomes restore and maintain their homes.
Local Rent & Utility Assistance Programs
CALL 211 or 1-866-698-6155 | TEXT your zip code to 898211 (TXT211) | EMAIL help@211info.org | Monday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm
211info connects people with health and social service organizations. Child care and parenting, utility assistance, emergency management, food, health, housing & shelter, resource department.
Impact NW Dancing Tree Family Center - Housing & Safety Net
503-721-1740 | Monday-Thursday | 9:00am-7:00pm
Energy assistance; housing and rent assistance; pathways to food security; help with applying for SNAP, TANF, or LIHEAP.
Note: Families have had the best luck with monetary assistance when they take their bill and go in person to speak with someone.
Family Stability Programs with bilingual/bicultural case managers that provide culturally specific and intensive support around securing stable and affordable housing and locating emergency rent and utility assistance.
Our Just Future (formerly Human Solutions) - Housing Stability
503-548-0200 or 503-405-7875 | Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Our supportive services engage families to stabilize their housing, further their education, increase income, improve health and wellness, create positive child development, and broaden their social and safety networks. We outreach to community partner agencies and organizations for referrals to provide wrap around services for families.
Native American Youth and Family Center
503-288-8177 | Monday-Friday, 9:00am-6:00pm
NAYA’s wrap around services include programs that are essential to the health and wellbeing of a family when times are difficult. Programming such as emergency energy assistance, clothing closet, food pantry, homeless services and domestic violence interventions exist to respond to the real life emergencies that impact Native families and individuals. Appointments for Water Bill discount program.
SEI
IRCO - Africa House Rental and Energy Assistance
Africa House Rental Assistance: 503-802-0082 | Africa House Energy Line: 503-234-1959 | Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
IRCO is able to offer culturally and linguistically specific services designed to empower families, including case management, life skills training, relationship building, health education, and anti-poverty assistance.
Rental Assistance Hotline: 503-234-2048 | Energy Assistance Hotline: 503-235-4932 | Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
IRCO is able to offer culturally and linguistically specific services designed to empower families, including case management, life skills training, relationship building, health education, and anti-poverty assistance.
503-288-0130 | Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 1:00pm-5:00pm, and Tuesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm.
Tenant membership organization, serving primarily low-income tenants. For questions about tenant rights, hotline hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 1-5pm, and Tuesdays 6-8pm.