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Moving to Work is a long-term federal pilot program designed to learn whether public housing authorities can serve their communities better with more local discretion over funding allocation, policies, and procedures. 

On April 1, 1999, Home Forward was one of only 37 initial public housing authorities in the country (out of more than 3,000) to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and approved by Congress to participate in this program. There are now over 100. 

As part of the Moving to Work demonstration project, Home Forward prepares an annual plan and report to HUD.  Plans and reports since 2018 are available for download below. Previous years are available through a Public Records Request.

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Public Comment announcement

Each year, Home Forward must submit Moving to Work (MTW) Annual Plan to HUD, seeking approval for any new ways that we plan use our MTW flexibility. The MTW Annual Plan is also how we document the MTW activities currently in effect, share any upcoming changes which would require additional HUD waivers or authorizations, and communicate how we plan to use our MTW single source funds. Prior to submitting an MTW Annual Plan to HUD, Home Forward is required to make the draft Plan available for public review and comment.

Home Forward will be accepting written comments regarding its draft MTW Annual Plan from July 28, 2023, through August 27, 2023. Please submit written comments to Christina Dirks via email at christina.dirks@homeforward.org.

DRAFT PLAN (with mark-up)

DRAFT PLAN

 

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Attention residents

As some of you may have heard, on August 20th 2023 the Portland Water Bureau’s regular testing of water quality detected small amounts of the bacteria Cryptosporidium. Since learning of this, Home Forward staff has been in contact with the Portland Water Bureau.

We have been assured that healthy individuals can and should continue using water as normal.

If you are immunocompromised or are taking an immunosuppressive drug, you can kill any potential cryptosporidium bacteria by boiling your water for 1 minute before consuming.

  • If you are boiling the water to drink, let the water cool.
  • Iodine and Chlorine do not kill this bacteria, and to treat for potential bacteria you should boil the water.
  • If you have questions please reach out to your property manager or resident services coordinator.

Please visit the Center for Disease Control website to get additional information.