2005 Oregon Photo Gallery

See how HUD funds benefit your community.

FHA-insured mortgages make homeownership possible for about 20,000 households in Oregon each year. Nearly 7,000 of those are first-time homebuyers.

Community partners such as the African American Alliance for Homeownership, and the Asian Homebuying Association, work to increase minority homeownership with events like these homebuying fairs.

Buckman Heights' affordable rental housing puts the environment first with easy access to short term car rentals for tenants who don't own a car, but occasionally need one.

Alberta Simmons Plaza combines elderly housing with street level commercial space to anchor the renewal of MLK, Jr. Blvd., in Portland.

Columbia Villa was once Oregon's largest public housing project; now it's being replaced by New Columbia, a new neighborhood of homes for rent and to buy.

Young people who have dropped out of school get a second chance with HUD's Youthbuild program, by learning a construction trade while building or renovating affordable housing.

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