The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program helps eligible low-income households with their past due rent.
Eviction Moratorium
Starting February 1st 2021, to receive the benefit of the Eviction Moratorium (no rent due until 2/28/22)
1. Complete a “Declaration of Financial Hardship” (in other languages or get a paper copy at any MultCo Library)
2. In MultCo get legal advice and support from Community Alliance of Tenants or Legal Aid Services of Oregon
REACH: North and East Portland properties https://reachcdc.org/reach/properties/
Human Solutions: call 503-548-0200 or visit: https://humansolutions.org/services/affordable-housing/
CALL 211 or 1-866-698-6155 24 hours a day/7 days a week | TEXT your zip code to 898211 (TXT211) | EMAIL help@211info.org - 211info is maintaining a centralized rent assistance waitlist open 9am January 5th, 2022
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.
David DiMatteo at 503-283-6881
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
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.
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.
Contact us today to schedule an appointment or for more information. Phone: 503.988.3509 | Email: bienestardelafamilia@multco.us
**Spanish/Latinx -- helps family with rent and utility assistance if they are currently quarantined. Offers culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate services focusing on Multnomah County's growing Latinx Community, as well as serving other diverse groups and the community at large.
AFC Rental Assistance Hotline: 503-234-2048
AFC 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.
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 | email: ashaa@irco.org
Currently not open to public, may call, email, or show up and ring bell for assistance outside of building
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.
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 available for enrollment in Portland Water Bureau discount program.
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.