The City of Portland Housing Bureau has announced it will allow Portlanders struggling from health or financial impacts of COVID-19 the opportunity to apply for $500 in cash assistance. The funds can be used for food, dependent care, medicine, rent and utilities, and transportation.
Applications will be accepted online at www.pdxassist.com on Thursday, December 10, from 3pm to 6pm. The application window will remain open for three hours and all applications submitted during that time will be accepted. Once the application window has closed, applicants will then be selected from the applicant pool at random using a lottery system.
The total value of the 4,000 cards being made available at this time is $2 million. The money is part of the $38 million in housing relief measures by the City of Portland and Portland Housing Bureau in response to COVID-19, including $19.5 million for rent assistance and $1.6 million in housing stabilization support.
According to a release from the City of Portland, most of the funding is being distributed in collaboration with more than 30 culturally specific community organizations.
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