Oregon Regular Unemployment Benefits Paid Jan to April 2020: $401 Million.

My tweet below has data submitted by Oregon to Department of Labor. It does NOT include PUA payments OR $600 bonus payments, OR the state IOU for the first week of payments. 

After subtracting state and local income tax 30% of those unemployment payments would yield $103 million available for housing expenses for those four months. Total HUD voucher funding in Oregon for 12 months of CY 2019 was $250M. 
 

Using data submitted to DOL, my calculation of Oregon state unemployment compensation from Jan to April 2020. The # of first claims paid monthly went from 10K to 139K AND benefits went from $45M to $401M. Avg monthly benefit WAS $434, so may not include $600 bonus? pic.twitter.com/Kpr6Zqvkja

— Tom Cusack (@oregonhousing) May 21, 2020

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.