Home Forward, which serves as the city of Portland’s housing authority and provides rental assistance to thousands of Portlanders and owns 6,678 units of subsidized housing, says it’s facing a $35 million budget shortfall next year.

Home Forward spokesman Rylee Ahnen says that the largest budget reduction Home Forward is staring down is from the federal Housing Choice Voucher program, which provides Section 8 vouchers to low-income families. Ahnen says the nonprofit is bracing for a $14 million reduction in the program in 2026, thanks to insufficient funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to cover the costs of the program. Already, that program has taken a hit this year: WW reported in August that Home Forward could offer no additional vouchers through that

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