By the Tillamook County Housing Commission Outreach Committee Renters, home buyers and employers looking for employees are well aware of our county’s housing crisis. Shortages of attainable housing cause problems for all…
Category: Housing
NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Help Wanted Hurts Everyone
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, Up and down the Coast, we are seeing help wanted signs. Businesses can’t find workers. And the result is that some fast-food outlets…
Oregon’s eviction moratorium extended until June 30, 2021; Rental assistance still available in Tillamook County.
In December, Oregon lawmakers passed HB 4401, extending Oregon’s eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021. This law, however, includes significant differences from the previous Executive Orders issued by Governor Brown. The key…
Tillamook Habitat for Humanity Celebrates Many Firsts with Hebo Home Groundbreaking
By Mallory Gruben Photos by Don Backman Tillamook Habitat for Humanity’s latest housing project fulfills a number of firsts for the organization and its partner families. The build in Hebo is Habitat’s…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS SOUGHT
The Board of Commissioners is seeking representatives from Tillamook County to serve on the Tillamook County Housing Commission. Formed by the Board in June 2018, the Housing Commission is charged with creating,…
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT JAN. 27 – 1 TO 3 PM – “GRAB & GO” AT 904 MAIN AVE., TILLAMOOK
Do you live in Tillamook County and lack a safe, stable place to call home? Project Homeless Connect is Jan. 27 from 1-3 p.m. All services will be provided outside at 904…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Portland Oregon Puts Hygiene First
EDITOR’S NOTE: Homelessness exists in all our communities, and sometimes here it’s not as visible as it is in Portland. There are so many people that are houseless, “couch-surfing”, living in their…
Feds Investing $7.2 Million for Affordable Rental Housing in Morrow, Tillamook and Yamhill Counties
Resources will help preserve 122 units in Heppner, McMinnville, Newberg and Tillamook Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today welcomed more than $7.2 million in federal resources to…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HOUSING COMMISSION MEMBERS SOUGHT
The Board of Commissioners is seeking representatives from Tillamook County to serve on the Tillamook County Housing Commission. Formed by the Board in June 2018, the Housing Commission is charged with creating, maintaining, and…
Housing Challenges in Tillamook County during COVID-19: The Invisible Ones
By Laura Swanson The Facebook post on a new group Tillamook County Homelessness Update page from Amber Hall, started like this: “I sent this email to the Tillamook County commissioners office on…
