211 Housing Information

Your local 211 is the best resource for help finding options to pay your rent, mortgage, or utility bills and stay in your home. You can call 211 to speak with someone immediately or use the search on this page to find more contact information. Be ready to answer questions about your current living situation, income, and any children or other dependents living with you.

Community Alliance of Tenants

Tenant membership organization, serving primarily low-income tenants. 

To learn more about renter's rights, call the Renter's Rights Hotline at 503-288-0130, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1:00pm-5:00pm, and Tuesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm.

What you can do if you get a Termination Notice from your Landlord and an Eviction Notice from a judge

Multnomah County Emergency Rent Assistance to apply call 2-1-1 or dial 503-222-5555 from a cell phone. Please note that funds are not eligible to pay for mortgage payments, utilities, or for direct cash assistance.

Eligibility Requirements:

• A resident of Portland or Multnomah County
• Experienced both of the following impacts due to COVID-19:
  • One or more individuals within the household have qualified for unemployment benefits. Experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 outbreak
    
  • One or more individuals within the household can demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
• Household income at or below 80% of Area Median Income (AMI)

Impact Northwest

503-721-1740 for housing inquires

503-294-7444 for energy and utility assistance

IRCO Housing Assistant and Support

Main office location: 10301 NE Glisan St., Portland, OR 97220

503-234-1541

IRCO offers a wide range of culturally specific and responsive housing and stabilization supports to help individuals and families obtain or remain in safe and stable homes in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Malheur Counties. Services include outreach and engagement, housing navigation and placement, case management, eviction prevention, utility assistance, and rental assistance.

Just Our Future Housing Assistance

503-548-0200 or 503-405-7875

Our Just Future provides housing stability programs for families who are at risk of homelessness.

Latino Network Short-Term Rental Assistance

503-283-6881 ext. 146

Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

Family Stability Programs with bilingual/bicultural case managers that provide culturally specific and intensive support around securing stable and affordable housing and locating emergency rent and utility assistance.

Multnomah County Emergency Housing Resources

Provides a list of shelters and transitional housing available.

Relay Resources

Offers a variety of affordable housing options. Some involve waitlists, while others do not. Sign up for email updates.

Rose Haven

The only day shelter and community center specifically serving women, children, and gender-diverse people in

Portland.

Short-term rental assistance is available with SEI.

Book online or call 503-713-5590.