Politics & Government
Multnomah County Neighborhoods' Public Housing Numbers Revealed
New data exposes Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's discredited neighborhood concentration of public housing policy.
Below is a reflection of Portland mayor Ted Wheeler’s policy of targeted, UNLIMITED Neighborhood Concentration of PUBLIC HOUSING, which allows Wheeler to load the neighborhoods of his choosing with up to 100 percent PUBLIC HOUSING.
Judge for yourself.
Multnomah County Neighborhoods
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| State Data On Public Housing Units | Section 8 Public Housing Units | Total # Households | Neighborhood | % Public Housing Households |
| 1,636 | 320 | 1,964 | Old Town Community Association | 99.59% |
| 266 | 96 | 691 | Lloyd District Community Association | 52.39% |
| 651 | 230 | 1,811 | Eliot | 48.65% |
| 2,906 | 1,014 | 8,353 | Portland Downtown | 46.93% |
| 325 | 117 | 1,028 | Hollywood | 42.99% |
| 1,306 | 458 | 4,192 | Pearl District | 42.08% |
| 1,073 | 377 | 3,627 | Portsmouth (Richard Ellmyer's neighborhood) | 39.98% |
| 572 | 203 | 2,352 | Humboldt | 32.94% |
| 366 | 131 | 1,537 | Boise | 32.35% |
| 601 | 213 | 2,800 | Gresham-Northwest | 29.07% |
| 514 | 183 | 2,690 | King | 25.90% |
| 676 | 239 | 4,603 | Buckman Community Association | 19.88% |
| 371 | 133 | 2,622 | North Tabor | 19.22% |
| 1,389 | 487 | 9,801 | Hazelwood | 19.14% |
| 216 | 79 | 1,700 | Central City | 17.36% |
| 381 | 136 | 3,119 | Madison South | 16.59% |
| 543 | 193 | 5,134 | St. Johns | 14.33% |
| 429 | 153 | 4,321 | Goose Hollow (Nick Fish's neighborhood) | 13.47% |
| 775 | 273 | 7,809 | Lents | 13.43% |
| 834 | 294 | 8,506 | Northwest District Association | 13.26% |
| 109 | 42 | 1,142 | Vernon | 13.21% |
| 308 | 111 | 3,243 | Kerns | 12.92% |
| 119 | 45 | 1,302 | Glenfair | 12.62% |
| 536 | 190 | 5,882 | Sellwood-Moreland | 12.35% |
| 256 | 93 | 3,159 | Foster-Powell | 11.05% |
| 156 | 58 | 1,963 | Reed | 10.91% |
| 129 | 49 | 1,703 | Cathedral Park | 10.44% |
| 222 | 81 | 2,983 | Piedmont | 10.16% |
| 514 | 183 | 7,291 | Cully Association of Neighbors | 9.56% |
| 689 | 244 | 10,817 | Powellhurst-Gilbert | 8.62% |
| 500 | 178 | 8,212 | Centennial Community Association | 8.25% |
| 273 | 99 | 4,500 | South Portland | 8.27% |
| 225 | 81 | 3,848 | Irvington Community Association | 7.96% |
| 156 | 57 | 2,774 | Arbor Lodge | 7.69% |
| 173 | 63 | 3,222 | Mt. Scott-Arleta | 7.33% |
| 202 | 73 | 3,813 | Multnomah | 7.22% |
| 94 | 36 | 1,854 | Brooklyn Action Corps | 6.99% |
| 21 | 10 | 458 | Crestwood | 6.83% |
| 271 | 97 | 5,671 | Troutdale | 6.49% |
| 72 | 28 | 1,600 | Historic Southeast | 6.25% |
| 144 | 53 | 3,176 | Mill Park | 6.20% |
| 87 | 33 | 2,084 | Woodlawn (Chloe Eudaly's neighborhood) | 5.77% |
| 109 | 41 | 2,756 | Overlook | 5.44% |
| 97 | 37 | 2,497 | Bridlemile | 5.36% |
| 84 | 32 | 2,762 | South Tabor | 4.21% |
| 99 | 37 | 3,541 | Hillsdale | 3.85% |
| 89 | 34 | 3,243 | Hosford-Abernethy | 3.79% |
| 134 | 50 | 5,107 | Brentwood-Darlington | 3.59% |
| 50 | 20 | 2,009 | Sullivan's Gulch | 3.50% |
| 726 | 255 | 28,712 | Rockwood | 3.42% |
| 94 | 36 | 3,894 | Sunnyside | 3.33% |
| 92 | 35 | 3,887 | Creston-Kenilworth | 3.27% |
| 54 | 22 | 2,314 | Parkrose | 3.27% |
| 525 | 185 | 23,148 | Fairview | 3.07% |
| 86 | 33 | 4,001 | Concordia | 2.97% |
| 58 | 23 | 3,000 | Gresham-Northeast | 2.71% |
| 103 | 39 | 5,290 | Richmond | 2.68% |
| 62 | 25 | 3,317 | Wilkes Community Group | 2.61% |
| 52 | 21 | 2,891 | Roseway | 2.53% |
| 52 | 21 | 3,156 | Kenton | 2.32% |
| 70 | 27 | 4,367 | Pleasant Valley | 2.23% |
| 52 | 21 | 3,400 | Powell Valley | 2.15% |
| 92 | 35 | 7,373 | Gresham-Centennial | 1.72% |
| 40 | 17 | 4,007 | Rose City Park | 1.42% |
| 15 | 8 | 1,704 | Sabin Community Association | 1.36% |
| 63 | 25 | 6,937 | Montavilla | 1.27% |
| 15 | 8 | 1,834 | University Park | 1.27% |
| 94 | 36 | 14,376 | North Gresham/Central | 0.90% |
| 14 | 8 | 2,494 | Hayhurst | 0.88% |
| 7 | 5 | 4,100 | Kelly Creek | 0.30% |
| 30 | 13 | 15,755 | Gresham Butte | 0.28% |
| 1 | 3 | 1,767 | Laurelhurst | 0.25% |
| 19 | 10 | 15,364 | Gresham-Wilkes East | 0.19% |
| 1 | 3 | 2,336 | Argay Terrace | 0.19% |
| 24,165 | 8,400 | 350,696 | TOTALS | 9.29% |
These neighborhoods have ZERO PUBLIC HOUSING Units.
- Alameda
- Ardenwald-Johnson Creek
- Arlington Heights
- Arnold Creek
- Ashcreek
- Beaumont-Wilshire
- Bridgeton
- Collins View
- East Columbia
- Eastmoreland
- Far Southwest
- Forest Park
- Grant Park
- Hayden Island
- Healy Heights
- Hillside
- Homestead
- Linnton
- Maplewood
- Markham
- Marshall Park
- Mt Tabor
- Northwest Heights
- Parkrose Heights
- Russell
- South Burlingame
- Southwest Hills - Mayor Wheeler
- Sumner
- Sunderland
- Sylvan-Highlands
- West Portland Park - Amanda Fritz
- Woodstock
- Gresham - Hollybrook
- Gresham - Mount Hood
- Gresham - Southwest
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Public Housing is a class of housing defined as, Means Test (<=80%MFI) + Government Subsidy (any government any type) + rental agreement.
State Data On Public Housing Units is provided by the Oregon Department of Housing And Community Services.
Section 8 Public Housing Units: Mayor Wheeler refused to allow the Public Housing Authority of Multnomah County to disclose the addresses of the 8400 Section 8 units in Multnomah county.
Section 8 Units were apportioned to neighborhoods using a formula relating to the amount of Public Housing units indicated by the Oregon Department of Housing And Community Services.
If you would like more precise locations ask Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, Multnomah County Executive Deborah Kafoury, or the Metro Executive Tom Hughes.
Total # of Households was gleaned from Internet government sites and other sources.
— Richard Ellmyer
North Portland political activist for 42 years.
Author of more stories on the politics, players and policies of Public Housing in Oregon over the last seventeen years than all other journalists and elected officials combined. Author of The Ellmyer Report, a newsletter that informs, educates and influences on public policy. Occasionally distributed to more than a quarter of million readers in Oregon and beyond.
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