Home Forward Explained

Home Forward
Jurisdiction:	Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Headquarters:	135 SW Ash Street Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates:	45.5221°N -122.672°W

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.^[1] Home Forward maintains properties in Portland, Gresham, and Fairview.^[2]

History

The Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) was created by the Portland City Council on December 11, 1941.^[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.

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

• Louisa Flowers, the namesake of a housing development by Home Forward

Further reading

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

External links

• • "Housing Authority of Portland" in The Oregon Encyclopedia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Efiles - 165303 (D/42253) . 2023-03-13 . efiles.portlandoregon.gov.
2. Web site: Browse our Communities. Home Forward. June 22, 2019.
3. Web site: Efiles - 22081 - Etablishing Housing Authority of Portland (AD/11209) .
4. Web site: Kramer . George . It Takes More Than Bullets: The WWII Homefront in Portland, Oregon . Eugene, Oregon . Heritage Research Associates . December 2006 . 892120709.
5. March . Tanya Lyn . Guild's Lake Courts: An Impermanent Housing Project . Ph.D. dissertation . Portland State University . 2010 . 10.15760/etd.2806. free .
6. Web site: Historic American Buildings Survey . Historic American Buildings Survey . Columbia Villa (Columbia Villa Housing Project) . National Park Service . HABS No. OR-188 .
7. Book: Maben, Manly . Vanport . Portland . . 1987 . 0-87595-118-X.
8. Web site: Vanport Housing Project – Vanport Places . 2023-03-13 . en-US.
9. Web site: New Name, Identity for Housing Authority of Portland . Home Forward . May 18, 2011 . June 19, 2019.
10. Web site: Board of Commissioners . Home Forward . June 28, 2019.
11. Web site: Home Forward (formerly the Housing Authority of Portland or HAP) . The City of Portland, Oregon . June 28, 2019.