HUD Voucher Sept 2010 Data: Select Uses in US, Oregon, and In Oregon PHA's.

I have prepared two tables HERE that show the number of leased HUD Housing vouchers and a select breakout of uses for different voucher types, including:

• Veterans Supported Housing   
• HOPE 6  
• Enhanced  
• Home-Ownership   
• Tenant Protection
• Project-Based

First page is a table with a breakout of more than 32,000 vouchers leased in Oregon, including a breakout by Oregon PHA's. (You will notice that I also snuck in data for Vancouver Housing Authority at the bottom of the Oregon PHA table). Final two pages are a table that show the US and state distribution of more than 3 million vouchers.

All data is as of September 2010.

Observations: 

1. The data indicates that three Portland metro counties [Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington] accounted for only 37% of all the vouchers under lease in Oregon; this means that almost 2 out of 3 leased HUD housing vouchers in Oregon are outside those three metro Portland counties. Any funding reductions for vouchers would thus have a statewide impact.
2. The three Portland metro PHA's in Oregon had an even LOWER share of the statewide total for enhanced vouchers (5%), tenant protection vouchers (19%), and home ownership vouchers (4%). 
3. All of the HOPE VI and Project based vouchers reported under lease in Oregon were in the three Portland metro counties.  
4. (Oregon PHA's also manage another 5,000+ HUD funded public housing units, so voucher program in Oregon is about 6 times larger than public housing. Any funding reductions for the voucher program therefore would have a MORE significant impact in Oregon than in states where public housing represents a greater share of affordable rental housing.  

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.