Multnomah County, where Portland is situated, will open its housing choice voucher program, commonly known as Section 8, to new applicants from Monday to Friday, which is administered by the public housing authority Home Forward.Home Forward, which receives $84.9 million per year from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer the program in the area, is expecting to be inundated with over 20,000 applications to secure a spot on the waitlist to enter the lottery.
"This is great news for our low-income Portlanders and families," Portland trial attorney Kristin Olson told the Washington Examiner."I’m thrilled for anyone who is able to receive assistance through Section 8, and I am glad that it is finally open again." Oregon has the second-highest rate of substance use disorder in the country and sees about two opioid overdose deaths per day.