Multifamily Housing in Oregon

Multifamily Housing Program
Apartment living is often an alternative for people who cannot afford the purchase price and maintenance costs of their own individual house. Rural Rental Housing loans are made to finance building construction and site development of multifamily living quarters for people with low, very low, and moderate incomes. Some units are reserved for people aged 62 and over, handicapped or disabled. Loans can be made in this program to construct housing that will be operated in cooperative form, but loan funds may not be used to finance individual units within a project.

Farm-Labor Housing
The Farm-Labor Housing Program is designed to provide loans or loans/grants to finance low-rent housing for domestic farm laborers. The program has two basic components: one is a loan only to farmers for on-farm housing on a non-rental basis; the other is a loan or a combination loan/grant for off-farm housing on a rental basis for the local, agricultural market.

Housing Preservation Grant Program
Grants are available to very low and low-income homeowners to repair and rehabilitate their homes and to rental property owners to repair and rehabilitate their units if they agree to make such units available to low and very low-income families. Financial assistance provided by grantees may include loans, grants, interest reduction on commercial loans or other comparable assistance.

Rental Assistance
This program provides very low and low-income rural families, including the elderly, the opportunity to pay reduced monthly rents for apartments they occupy. The program is designed to reduce out-of-pocket cash that very low and low-income families pay for rent, including utilities.

You can obtain more information by contacting the following:

State Office Contact:
Rod Hansen, Housing Program Director
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 801
Portland, OR 97232-1274
(503) 414-3353
rod.hansen@or.usda.gov

Diana B. Chappell
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 801
Portland, OR 97232-1274
(503) 414-3351
diana.chappell@or.usda.gov

Stan Rooney
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 801
Portland, OR 97232-1274
(503) 414-3328
stan.rooney@or.usda.gov


Eugene Office
Nancy Block
541-465-6443 Ext. 111
780 Bailey Hill Road, Suite 5
Eugene, OR 97401-2129
nancy.block@or.usda.gov

Medford Office
Jay DeLapp
541-776-4270, Ext. 113
573 Parsons Drive Suite 103
Medford, OR 97501-1103
jay.delapp@or.usda.gov

Redmond Office
Barbara Fenili
541-923-4358 Ext. 111
625 SE Salmon Ave., Ste 5
Redmond, OR 97556
barb.fenili@or.usda.gov

Pendleton Office
Geri Steward
541-278-8049, Ext. 131
1229 SE 3rd St., Ste. A
Pendleton, OR 97801-4198
geri.steward@or.usda.gov
 

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To file a complaint of discrimination write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).