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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More than 530,000 Oregonians — including 160,000 children — lived in poverty in 2009.
Census Bureau's
American Community Survey, 2009
Oregon's unemployment rate, at 9.6%, is among the 12 highest in the nation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
April 2011
In 2008 Oregonians incurred an estimated $9.8 million of fees taking out 250,213 payday loans worth $67.3 million.
Oregon Department for Consumer
and Business Services
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
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
Since 1970, average household incomes in Portland have risen about 42 percent while the cost of housing has risen about 100 percent.
The City Club of Portland Report:
Affordable Housing In Portland, 2002
