Call to Action: Talking Points
🔊 Talking Points: Support for Affordable Homeownership
🏡 Why These Investments Matter
- Oregon is facing a housing crisis—we must invest now to create more affordable homeownership opportunities and prevent families from losing the homes they already have.
- These programs help Oregonians build stability, equity, and long-term financial security—especially first-time homebuyers and those from communities historically excluded from ownership.
✅ Support Funding the Governor’s Recommended Budget
- LIFT Homeownership
- DevNW and other organizations have shovel-ready projects that depend on LIFT funding to move forward.
- Continued investment helps meet the Governor’s housing production goals and ensures more families can access homeownership.
2. Downpayment Assistance
- For many low- and moderate-income buyers, downpayment assistance is the difference between renting and owning.
- These programs expand access and reduce barriers for first-time homebuyers.
3. Homeownership Development Incubator
- Supports inclusive development, including workforce housing that is urgently needed in urban and rural communities alike.
- Helps build a pipeline of affordable homes for working families across the state.
4. Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
- Preserves Oregon’s certified, third-party counseling network that helps homeowners in crisis avoid foreclosure.
- This support ensures ongoing housing stability and prevents displacement.
5. Regional Housing Centers Stabilization
- Keeps trusted local organizations open and accessible, offering the homebuyer education and financial coaching families need.
- These centers help people make informed, lasting decisions about buying and keeping their homes.
🧾 Support Funding For These Critical Bills
HB 3235 – Amplify Oregon Mortgage Product for CLT Buyers
- Expands access to innovative mortgage tools designed for Community Land Trust homebuyers.
- Helps make permanently affordable homeownership a reality for more Oregon families.
HB 3503 – Conversion of Housing Authority Homes to CLT Ownership
- Allows up to 70 homes to be preserved as permanently affordable by transferring them into CLT ownership.
- This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect affordability for future buyers.
❤️ Personal Impact (Optional)
Donors:
- “As someone who financially supports this work, I want to see my investment matched by strong public policy that expands what’s possible for Oregon families.”
Clients/Homeowners:
- “Programs like downpayment assistance and homebuyer education helped me become a homeowner. I want others to have the same opportunity.”
- “Foreclosure prevention counseling helped me keep my home—without it, I might not have had anywhere to go.”