Governor Kotek, Oregon Housing and Community Services Announce Current and Projected Homelessness Initiative Outcomes

Gov. Tina Kotek and Oregon Housing and Community Services have announced current and projected outcomes as a result of the governor’s homelessness initiative work since her first day in office. This includes her Emergency Homelessness Response and collaboration with the agency and local partners to implement a transparent, outcomes-oriented budget to make progress on addressing homelessness.

The announcement is accompanied by a data dashboard that shows the progress for the goals set within the governor’s Executive Order 24-02. The dashboard shows 80% completion of the goal to rehouse 650 households experiencing homelessness and progress toward the goal to prevent 11,856 households from homelessness. These numbers are in addition to the goals exceeded during the first year of the Emergency Homelessness Response within EO 23-02. 

Preliminary analysis of the initiative shows that by the end of the 2023-25 biennium:

• 2,400 or more existing shelter and navigation beds will be maintained;
• 1,700 or more new shelter beds in Oregon communities will be added;
• 2,700 or more households will be rehoused;
• 24,000 or more households will be prevented from becoming homeless;
• 2,800 or more affordable housing units will be produced with state resources; and
• Infrastructure for 25,000 or more affordable and market rate housing units will be provided.

“I want to acknowledge the unwavering focus and collaboration with the legislature, state agencies, local governments, and communities for the progress we’ve made since I first took office,” Kotek said.