Innovative Housing, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides high-quality affordable housing to individuals and families, along with services to help our residents maintain their housing, access opportunities, and break the cycle of poverty.
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600,000 Oregonians lived in poverty in 2010. This is an increase of nearly 120,000 from 2007 to 2010.
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Fact Sheet, November 9, 2011
More than 1 in 5 Oregon children live in poverty.
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Fact Sheet, November 9, 2011
Nationally, Oregon is in the top 4 states for absolute shortage of affordable housing units.
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Housing Spotlight, February 2012
Oregon has one of the highest proportions of homeless families in the United States, seven times the national average. Oregon had an estimated 2,944 homeless families on a single night in 2008.
Institute for Children and Poverty National Survey of
Programs and Services for Homeless Families Spring 2010
Housing affordability steadily eroded in Oregon from 2008 to 2010. 26% of working households are now "severely burdened" by housing costs.
Center for Housing Policy
Housing Landscape 2012
One night in January 2011, the state counted 22,116 homeless individuals, including 4,500 homeless families and 580 unaccompanied homeless youth. 22% attributed their homelessness to an inability to pay rent.
Oregon Housing and Community Service's
January 2011 Point-in-Time Report
In Multnomah County there were 2,727 unduplicated men, women, and children sleeping on the street, in cars, in abandoned buildings, or in emergency shelters on a cold January night in 2011.
2011 Point-In-Time Count of Homelessness
City of Portland/Multnomah County
There has been a 35% increase in unsheltered homeless families in Multnomah County since 2009.
2011 Point-In-Time Count of Homelessness
City of Portland/Multnomah County
