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Community Revitalization

Catholic Charities has worked for more than 20 years to develop, rehabilitate, and manage a range of affordable housing communities across the state for those in need.

Catholic Charities has worked for more than 20 years to develop, rehabilitate, and manage a range of affordable housing communities across the state for those in need. We provide affordable homes for more than 2,000 individuals, including seniors, children and families, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, survivors of domestic violence, and refugee families. Our housing options include transitional villages, permanent single-family and shared housing, multifamily apartment buildings, and supportive housing.

There is, however, an immense need for much more affordable and supportive housing throughout Oregon, and we intend to be part of the solution. By working together and engaging other partners, we intend to create hundreds of new units of affordable housing and permanent supportive housing for our most vulnerable neighbors in Portland and across Oregon.

More than simply building housing, we aim to demonstrate how local communities can successfully plan and develop solutions for homelessness and the lack of supportive housing, creating livable social and physical environments that promote healing and inclusion. The Healthy Housing Initiative is deeply rooted in Catholic social teaching and our shared mission to provide help for everyone, especially for the most poor and vulnerable.


Wrap-around Support Services

Catholic Charities is committed to creating 1,000 units of affordable housing, including 300 units of permanent supportive housing.

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On-site Case Management
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Employment & Financial Wellness
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Immigration & Refugee Services
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Trauma-informed Life Counseling
Articles

MAKING IT A HOME

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
With building anticipation for the upcoming opening of Francis + Clare in Southeast Portland and Beacon at Glisan Landing in Northeast Portland this fall, Catholic Charities of Oregon is preparing to welcome their future residents with warmth and compassion.

Honor for Sr. Juanita’s life of service

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
As Catholic Charities marks its 90th anniversary, it notes that it began as a way to coordinate and sustain the many compassionate ministries begun by women religious in Oregon. Starting in the late 19th century, the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon ran orphanages in the area west of Portland and also taught at schools…

Volunteers needed to assist artist

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Artist Alicia Schultz will take up her paintbrush at Kenton Women’s Village Aug. 16-17 to add beauty and meaning to a new fence. For security and privacy at the tiny home village, a team of volunteers from Tivnu, a Jewish gap year group, constructed a 10-foot-tall wooden wall at the village entrance. The planks are…

Study: Tiny home villages highly effective

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Catholic Charities’ Kenton Women’s Village even more successful than average Formerly homeless people living in pod groupings like Kenton Women’s Village move into permanent housing at three times the rate of those living in more traditional homeless shelters, researchers from Portland State University have found.