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Reasons Why

• 44% of Oregon renters cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rents.

• High housing costs force many families to choose between paying rent or meeting other basic needs.

• Between 1988 and 2003 housing values in OR rose 183%.

• From the late ’70s to the late ’90s, the poverty rate for working families with children doubled from 7.3% to 15.2%.

• In 2007, 82% of low-income households were renting housing more expensive than they can reasonably afford.

• The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found that OR ranks 49th in rental affordability.

Source: 2009 Network for Oregon Affordable Housing

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October 2009 Article on the Case for Preservation
Affordable Housing Finance
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September 2009 Report on Affordable Housing near Transit and the 50+ Population
Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities: A report by AARP and the National Housing Trust
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January 2009 Report on Ongoing Housing Preservation Needs
Oregon Housing and Community Services
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2008 Report on Poverty
Oregon Housing and Community Services
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2008 Preservation Projection
Oregon Housing and Community Services
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Comparison of Occupations, Wages and Housing Costs by County
Oregon Housing Alliance
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September 19, 2008
Low-Income Housing: Another crisis looming?
TIME
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