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Showing posts with label unemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unemployment. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Oregon Workshare: 60% of Workshare UI Claims Were From Public Employees.

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I’m pleased to report that the Oregon Employment Department has responded to my public record request with a snapshot of private and public ...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

More Mortgage Relief/Forbearance for Unemployed with FHA Loans.

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HUD PR is HERE .   Fact sheet HERE says changes will be effective for two years, starting August 1, 2011; sheet also references upcoming c...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hardest Hit Mortgage Payment Assistance Background, Including My Analysis of Eligible Submissions by County.

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OHCS staff were kind enough to provide to me with materials used for a Hardest Hit update at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee meeting las...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hardest Hit Update with Audio: Mortgage Payment Program Will Help ALL Eligible Applicants--6,000.

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Today the Oregon Ways and Means Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development heard an information update on the Hardest Hit progr...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Oregon Hardest Hit Mtg. Payment Program: Can Make 12 Monthly Payments on $1.25 Billion of Mortgage Debt AND $10 Million in Property Tax/Insurance Payments.

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I thought it might be useful to put in perspective how much mortgage debt that the $100 million in Oregon Mortgage Payment Assistance will s...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Oregon Hardest Hit: Preliminary Word-14,000 Completed Applications.

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In response to a question, OHCS staff has advised that by the Jan 14th deadline the Hardest Hit Mortgage Payment Assistance program received...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

OHCS: Halfway into Application Cycle 4,300 Mortgage Payment Assistance Applications Completed, Another 3,400 in Process.

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At about the halfway point in the application cycle, OHCS staff have advised me that 4,300 unemployed or under employed home owners have com...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Chase Agrees to Participate in Michigan Hardest Hit Program to Make Mortgage Payments for Unemployed.

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News story is HERE . PMorgan Chase & Co. said Monday it will help unemployed Michigan borrowers by participating in a fund set up by t...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

HUD Rolling Out $1 Billion Emergency Homeowners Loan Program; Hardest Hit States Not Included, but That's a Good Thing.

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HUD PR is HERE (MS Word). Program is modeled after 35 year old Pennsylvania HEMAP program. Per Homeowner with a Mortgage: Hardest Hit Stat...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Graphic of Unemployment Rate Change by County.

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Sobering, HERE . Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Monday, July 5, 2010

CORRECTED: New Excel Data Tool for Annual and Monthly Oregon Metro and Statewide Employment/ Unemployment Data, Jan. 2000-May 2010.

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MANY thanks to a OHB subscriber who pointed out errors in the formulas in this Excel workbook.  I have gone in and made changes in the Exc...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

Portland Metro Area Unemployment Rate Higher than Metro National Average, But Improved Faster than Other Metro Areas.

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WSJ has story HER E , with data indicating that Portland Metro May 2010 unemployment rate at 10.2% is still higher than national unemploymen...
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Update:Following Grants Pass Lead, Jackson County Commissioners Plan Appeal on Hardest Hit Decison to Include Portland Metro Counties in Hardest Hit Priority Counties.

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 Update: I added a bullet showing share of the number of 2009 statewide average unemployed found in 16 counties; turns out that it is slight...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Florida Posts First State Draft Allocation Method and Strategies for Hardest Hit Funding.

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As I have said previously, Oregon will benefit from the work being done by states selected in the first round of Hardest Hit funding. (Use ...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

New Data for Oregon Hardest Hit Program: 2009 Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by County/MSA.

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In a very short period of time OHCS and the Oregon Housing Council will need to make decisions on how to program and allocate the largest ho...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Intel Hillsboro Closing Will Cut 1,000 Jobs.

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Oregonian Silicon Forest Blog has story HER E . On top of yesterdays spike in unemployment, this is latest, but not the last, of bad econom...