Home Forward

Home Forward
Agency overview
FormedDecember 11, 1941 (1941-12-11)
JurisdictionMultnomah County, Oregon, United States
Headquarters135 SW Ash Street
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
45°31′20″N 122°40′19″W / 45.5221°N 122.6720°W / 45.5221; -122.6720
Websitewww.homeforward.org

Home Forward, established in 1941 as the Housing Authority of Portland, is a housing authority that serves Portland, Oregon, and nearby municipalities in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. Home Forward maintains properties in Portland, Gresham, and Fairview.[1]

History

The Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) was created by the Portland City Council on December 11, 1941.[2][3] The city council created the agency in response to a massive influx of people who came to work at shipyards in the Portland area during World War II.[4] HAP developed many housing projects over the course of the war such as Guild's Lake Courts[5] and Columbia Villa.[6] (Vanport, the largest wartime housing development, was constructed independently by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, although management of the development was later taken over by HAP.)[7][8] By 1942, HAP developments housed approximately 72,000 people, making HAP the largest housing authority in the United States.[5]: 11 

HAP started using the name "Home Forward" in May 2011.[9]

Governance

Home Forward is led by a nine-member board of commissioners. All board members are volunteers who serve staggered four-year terms. Four commissioners are recommended by the City of Portland, two are recommended by the City of Gresham, two are recommended by Multnomah County, and one is recommended by the residents of Home Forward developments. The recommended board members are appointed by the Mayor of Portland and confirmed by the Portland City Council.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Browse our Communities". Home Forward. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Sanders, Richard. "Housing Authority of Portland". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "22081 – Establishing Housing Authority of Portland" (December 11, 1941). City Auditor – City Recorder – Council Resolutions, ID: AD/11209. City of Portland Archives.
  4. ^ Kramer, George (December 2006). "It Takes More Than Bullets: The WWII Homefront in Portland, Oregon" (PDF). Eugene, Oregon: Heritage Research Associates. OCLC 892120709.
  5. ^ a b March, Tanya Lyn (2010). Guild's Lake Courts: An Impermanent Housing Project (Ph.D. dissertation). Portland State University. doi:10.15760/etd.2806.
  6. ^ Historic American Buildings Survey. "Columbia Villa (Columbia Villa Housing Project)" (PDF). National Park Service. HABS No. OR-188.
  7. ^ Maben, Manly (1987). Vanport. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-118-X.
  8. ^ "Vanport Housing Project – Vanport Places". Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "New Name, Identity for Housing Authority of Portland". Home Forward. May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "Board of Commissioners". Home Forward. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Home Forward (formerly the Housing Authority of Portland or HAP)". The City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

Further reading

  • Sanders, Richard (1991). Glimpses from the Past: The Housing Authority of Portland—Fifty Years of Building a Better Community. Portland, Oregon: Housing Authority of Portland. OCLC 28909133.