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PDC Housing Goals

The PDC receives financial resources from the City of Portland, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), private lenders and from designated urban renewal areas in the form of Tax Increment Financing. With these resources, the PDC provides development support to projects that fulfill the City's housing goals.

As a public lender, the PDC evaluates each prospective project to assess its effectiveness in furthering City housing goals; therefore, developers are encouraged to learn more about these goals and current priorities.

The City's Comprehensive Plan Housing Policy, adopted December 16, 1998, states that the City's primary housing goal is to:

"Enhance Portland's vitality as a community at the center of the region's housing market by providing housing of different types, tenures, density, sizes, costs, and locations that accommodate the needs, preferences, and financial capabilities of current and future households."

— Goal 4 of the City Comprehensive Plan

Specific projects may be approved for funding because they meet one or more of the City's objectives, including affordability, increasing use of public transportation, neighborhood revitalization, urban renewal or sustainable development. For more information on the policies that drive the PDC's housing programs, budget allocation and public lending decisions, please refer to the City's Comprehensive Plan Housing Policy, the City's Consolidated Plan, City Council Resolutions that outline housing budget allocation, the Urban Renewal Plans for approved Urban Renewal Districts and the PDC's Five Year Business Plan. You may also contact the PDC Housing Policy Manager at 503-823-3412 for additional information.



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