Home Forward Launches Public Dashboard as Part of Transparency and Accountability Commitment

Home Forward Launches Public Dashboard as Part of Transparency and Accountability Commitment For Release: May 21, 2026 Media Contact: rylee.ahnen@homeforward.org Portland, OR – Home Forward today announced the launch of a new public dashboard designed to provide community members, residents, partners, staff, and stakeholders with greater visibility into agency performance and progress. The initial version of the […]

Home Forward Announces Leadership Transition

Portland, OR – Ivory Mathews is resigning from her position as CEO of Home Forward, effective May 1, 2026. The Board Chair has accepted her resignation on behalf of the Board.

Statement from the Board of Commissioners

We appreciate the dedicated staff across our organization who continue to show up every day for our residents and communities. The work they do in the face of significant systemic, political, and social pressures is difficult, meaningful, and important.

Home Forward Announces New Commitments to Strengthen Transparency, Accountability, and Performance

Home Forward today announced a series of actions to strengthen operational performance, increase transparency, and ensure continued accountability to residents, partners, and the broader community.

Ivory N. Mathews Sworn in as Senior Vice President of NAHRO’s Board of Governors

Home Forward CEO Takes National Leadership Role; Agency Honored with Two NAHRO Awards of Merit

Residents and Partners Celebrate Phase Two Grand Opening of T. Joyce Phillips Affordable Housing Community

Home Forward, Metro, Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), the City of Portland, development partners, residents and Concordia neighborhood community members came together today to celebrate the grand opening of T. Joyce Phillips (formerly Dekum Court) redevelopment effort.

Members of Congress, Mayor Wilson Join Home Forward, PCC, NAYA, Metro and Other Partners to Celebrate Grand Opening of chaku kumtuks haws in Northeast Portland

The community will provide affordable housing to 84 families and community members and is co-located with the PCC Opportunity Center with on-site early learning provided by NAYA

Home Forward welcomes new Tenant Advisory Council members

After receiving nearly 1,200 applications, Home Forward has selected 19 individuals who receive housing support from Home Forward to serve as members of the Tenant Advisory Council (TAC).

Home Forward Converts Market-Rate Apartments to Affordable Housing with Acquisition of Goose Hollow Lofts

Located in the heart of SW Portland and close to public transit, the centrally located apartments will make rents affordable for people working and living in the community.

Home Forward joins Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, NAYA and other partners in celebration of newly redeveloped Tistilal Village

Home Forward provided eight federally-funded property-based vouchers to Tistilal Village, which will make rents deeply affordable at around 30% of a resident’s income.