!Emergency/Crisis and Local Assistance Resources: Housing Resources

Information about services and tools for students during remote learning during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Rent/Tenant Relief Information

Home Foreward
Home Forward works with local community agencies to provide a range of services — emergency hotel voucers, rent payment, help with eviction prevention, and help with housing placement — to people who are homeless or at risk of eviction.
Impact NW
Impact NW provides a safety net for families in crisis, with services that connect them to housing and energy assistance while supporting them as they move toward independence.

Charter Communications
Starting on March 16, Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with a K-12 student or college student who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription. Installation fees will be waived for new student households as well. To enroll, call 1-844-488-8395.
Comcast
"They will make it easier for low-income families who live in a Comcast service area to sign up by offering new customers 60 days of complimentary Internet Essentials service, which is normally available to all qualified low-income households for $9.95/month.
They are also increasing Internet speeds for the Internet Essentials service from 15/2 Mbps to 25/3 Mbps for all new and existing customers, which will be the speed of the service going forward. "

Uhaul Student Storage
30-days free storage for college students impacted by campus closure.
Portland Water Bureau
Will not disconnect service of Bureau of Environmental Services and Water Bureau customers for nonpayment. Customers will continue to be responsible for sewer/stormwater/water charges due now and accrued during this time. The Bureau of Environmental Services and the Water Bureau offer financial assistance in the form of: Payment arrangements, Bill discounts for sewer and water charges, Crisis vouchers, The Utility Safety Net program.

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Transition Projects (TPI) Resource Center
Continuing to deliver services during COVID-19. The Transition Projects Day Center is open seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Day Center is the point of access to all other services TPI offers, and is the first place people should visit if they are looking to meet basic needs or be connected to emergency or residential shelter services.

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