December 20, 2024

Merkley, Wyden: $19.7 Million in Federal Housing Funding Coming to Oregon for Statewide, Tribal Initiatives

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $19,742,170 to revitalize and modernize manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing communities across Oregon.

“As communities and Tribes in every corner of the state face their biggest housing affordability crises in decades—with rents dramatically outpacing incomes—we must do everything we can to invest in solutions to the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis,” Merkley said. “At my town halls in all 36 Oregon counties, I hear about housing challenges in communities big and small across our state. This $19.7 million federal award will support affordable and safe manufactured homes to help more families have a safe, decent place to live.”

“Manufactured housing plays a significant role in making the cost of a home less expensive throughout Oregon,” Wyden said. “That’s what makes this federal investment such a welcome development in the battle to keep designing an affordability housing blueprint statewide for communities and Tribes. I’m glad these resources have been secured, and will keep working to build out similar housing opportunities for Oregonians in every nook and cranny of our state.”

The funding comes from HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development, which is awarding Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) grants, to preserve long-term housing affordability for residents of manufactured housing and manufactured housing communities (MHCs), to redevelop MHCs, and to primarily benefit low- and moderate-income residents. PRICE grants support manufactured housing across America— providing a home to over 22 million Americans and helping to solve our nation’s housing affordability crisis.

The PRICE grants awarded to Oregon are as follows:

  • Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services: $13,750,000
  • Burns Paiute Tribe: $5,992,170