Through the first and second rounds of Project Turnkey, $125 million of legislative funds were distributed to nonprofit organizations and local entities across 18 of Oregon's 36 counties, creating 1,384 units, an investment that resulted in a 36% increase in Oregon's...

Over the past year and a half, the Housing Innovation Partnership has been conducting housing research and developing innovative approaches focused on middle housing financing incentives, modular housing, and local capacity building. A set of recommendations have been...

With a housing deficit of around 140,000 units, there is no question that Oregon needs to build more housing. We have programs in place to subsidize construction of affordable housing, serving those making 60% or less of area median income (AMI). The market is able to...

Housing Innovation Partnership co-convener, Representative Pam Marsh, and Oregon State Senator, Dick Anderson, recently shared 'Governor's goal requires workforce housing' op-ed with the Oregon Capital Insider. See below.   Opinion: Governor's goal requires...

Oregon iSector Executive Director, Greg Wolf, and Board Member, Ernesto Fonseca, join a panel hosted by the World Forestry Center to speak on the opportunities of Mass Timber and modular housing to help address housing deficits faced across the country. "Affordable...

Last week, iSector Board Member Margaret Carter was honored as a Trailblazing Public Servant at the Oregon Historical Society's 2022 Oregon History Makers Awards recognizing individuals who have positively shaped the history, culture, and landscape of Oregon. As the...

The August Newsletter highlights great achievements made by Project Turnkey as it was honored at the Business Journal's Transformers Awards last Wednesday; and the iSector announces a grant awarded to them from the Ann J. and William Swindells Fund of Oregon Community...

KATU News shares article written by Oregon iSector Executive Director Greg Wolf which examines Oregon's housing deficit, addresses the need for partnerships and innovation in finding housing solutions, and shares some of the work being done by iSector's Housing...

Project Turnkey is a program that brought 19 new shelters in 13 Oregon counties thanks to about $75 million in state funding. Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) coordinated that original push, reporting the creation of 865 new units of housing at an average cost of...

Oregon iSector's Executive Director, Greg Wolf, and Board Chair, Chris Carlson, made a presentation at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs on Creating a New Sector to Support Public-Private-Civic Partnerships.  To see the video: ...