Washington County Public Housing Statistical Data


Public Housing Units

Section 8 PH Units

Total Current PH Units

Metro Bond  PH Units

Total PH Units Plus Metro Bond

CITY

All Households 

Current % PH

% PH After Metro Bond

210

37

247

31

278

DURHAM

540

45.73%

51.49%

526

130

656

83

739

FOREST GROVE

7757

8.46%

9.52%

1916

1033

2949

371

3320

BEAVERTON

37857

7.79%

8.77%

1039

308

1347

170

1517

TIGARD

19841

6.79%

7.64%

604

116

720

91

811

TUALATIN

10729

6.71%

7.56%

39

6

45

6

51

NORTH PLAINS

700

6.43%

7.24%

1715

370

2085

263

2348

HILLSBORO

35941

5.80%

6.53%

79

30

109

14

123

CORNELIUS

3336

3.27%

3.68%

124

24

148

19

167

SHERWOOD

6461

2.29%

2.58%

83

236

319

40

359

ALOHA

17367

1.84%

2.07%

1224

274

1498

189

1687

PORTLAND (Note 3)

86506

1.73%

1.95%

1

5

6

1

7

BANKS

575

1.04%

1.18%

0

18

18

2

20

King City

1819

0.99%

1.11%

0

1

1

0

1

Gaston

248

0.40%

0.45%

0

2

2

0

2

Lake Oswego

N/A

N/A

N/A

7560

2590

10150

1278

11428

TOTAL

229676





CURRENT STATUS

Washington county

Oregon Health Authority Data On Public Housing Units: 7560

Section 8 Public Housing Units: 2590

TOTAL Public Housing Units: 10,150

TOTAL Housing Units: 229,676

% Public Housing Units of TOTAL Housing Units: 4.44%

Population: 588,957

% TOTAL Public Housing Units/Population: 1.72%


AFTER METRO BOND

Washington county

Oregon Health Authority Data On Public Housing Units: 7560

Section 8 Public Housing Units: 2590

METRO Bond Units: 1,278

TOTAL Public Housing Units: 11,428

TOTAL Housing Units: 229,676

% Public Housing Units of TOTAL Housing Units: 4.97%

Population: 588,957

% TOTAL Public Housing Units/Population: 1.94%


Notes

  1. Column One provided by Oregon Health Authority Public Housing Database. OHA Public Housing Unit data includes some but not all Section 8 locations.
  2. Column Two provided by the Public Housing Authority of Washington County. There are likely some duplicates with column one.
  3. Column Four calculated, e.g. (C2÷10150)×1278
  4. Column Four - The tax base used to calculate the percentage of the Metro Bond going to Washington county is $59,446,698,000 / $181,451,451,000 = 33%
  5. Column Four - The Metro Bond distribution used to calculate the percentage of the Metro Bond going to Washington county is $587,520,000 X 33% = $192,481,922
  6. Column Four - Metro Bond units were based on passage of both bond and amendment 33% X 3900 = 1,278 Units.
  7. Column Seven, All Households, and population data provided by https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/washingtoncountyoregon/PST045217
  8. Portland designation is for mailing only. Property is in Unincorporated Washington county.
  9. Metro has designated that half of the 1278 Public Housing units be assigned to <=30%MFI status. Washington County Commissioners, who control the Public Housing Authority of Washington County, have not divulged the future locations of these 639 Public Housing units nor have they informed voters where the existing <=30%MFI units are located.