Partners in Responding to and Preventing Homelessness
In January 2023, Governor Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency to address homelessness. Oregon’s emergency homelessness response is a collaboration among the governor’s office, Oregon Housing and Community Services, Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Oregon Health Authority, and other state agencies to build sustainable and integrated housing and behavioral health systems of care while maintaining efforts to prevent loss of shelter, housing, and service capacity, while supporting individuals with the highest and most complex needs.
Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC) Groups across Oregon are leading efforts to address homelessness in their community. Each MAC Group identifies interventions based on the needs of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in its region and aims to help people find safe and affordable housing. By building strong relationships with landlords, MAC groups can find available units for those who need them, address the unique needs of their community, and ensure that everyone has a place to call home. Landlords who want to participate in rehousing Oregonians can find contact information for their region here.
Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC) Groups
- Central Oregon
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Jackson
- Lane
- Linn
- Malheur
- Marion & Polk
- Multnomah
- Washington