HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupport Ltr - HousingWorks - HUDDRAFT Letter of Support for Housing Works' Application to HUD
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners strongly supports Housing Works'
application for Housing Choice Vouchers. The vouchers will provide an important tool
for Housing Works to assist families lacking adequate housing.
Through the Family Unification Program, Housing Works promotes family stability by
working with families who are living in substandard or dilapidated housing, homeless,
displaced by domestic violence, living in an overcrowded unit, or living in housing not
accessible to its disabled child.
There is a continuing need in our communities for rental assistance to support Family
Unification Program -eligible families in their choice of decent, safe and affordable
housing units. Housing Choice Vouchers will provide Housing Works another option to
address the growing housing needs of families in Central Oregon.
Housing Works has formed strong community partnerships with the Family Unification
Program and is working closely with the State of Oregon Department of Human Services
and District 10 Child Welfare Program (which administers child welfare services for
Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties).
Deschutes County is proud to have Housing Works as our region's housing authority and
supports Housing Works' application to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban
Development for rental assistance vouchers under the Family Unification Program.
Sincerely,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Tammy Baney Dennis Luke Alan Unger
Chair Commissioner Commissioner