u/Foamontoplip

I had a post up last week about living at a Home Forward property and experiencing the fallout from the new policy changes: no background checks for prospective tenants and eviction ONLY if there are FELONY CONVICTIONS while living on property.

I was maced to the face coming off an elevator because I was the main one reporting a drug activity. I was told by Home Forward to document and report to support an eviction, even though HF KNEW they were setting me up as a target.

I got a judge to sign a restraining order yesterday for the man that maced me. I am disabled and a protected class. I also got the news that I am approved for a new apartment.

All of this has happened suddenly for me and I need help with moving costs. Like a security deposit and hiring a moving company.

Does anyone know of any programs or organizations that can help?

I am 44 disabled woman with a 17 YO cat. I receive SSDI for a rare autoimmune disorder and work part time as a home caregiver for ODHS. I have ZERO criminal background or drug history. I’ve been disabled since I was 13. I come from an abusive adoptive family and my birth family abandoned me at 4. So no family support.

For the last 14 years I have lived at Ruth Haefner Plaza, a Home Forward property. Here is some information about HF as of late:

>Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews will resign from her position effective Friday, following reports that the public agency executive spent taxpayer money on lavish trips. 

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/home-forward-ceo-resigns-scrutiny-taxpayer-funded-trips/283-d6a3dcfb-6c11-4e3f-82f2-81d1982b36dc

>Against that difficult backdrop comes Home Forward’s homegrown problems: high vacancy rates, slow unit turnover times, buildings in poor condition, looser vetting of prospective tenants, and tenant concerns about drug use and dealing within buildings’ walls.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/03/11/public-pressure-on-home-forward-ramps-up/

>the board is more afraid of getting beat up by the criminals they allow to live in their buildings than being sued by an elderly crime victim.

https://www.wweek.com/news/dialogue/2026/02/16/readers-respond-to-home-forwards-tenant-screening-policies/

>Home Forward loosened its criminal background threshold for tenants in 2022.

>“I used to try to say something when people would come in the door without permission, and now I’ve been assaulted a few times.”

>Before the policy change, tenants could lose rent assistance if they were accused of drug-related crimes.
Now, the policy requires a felony conviction for drug distribution.
The same standard applies to violent criminal activity; only a felony conviction would lead to termination of benefits.

https://katu.com/news/local/ive-been-assaulted-a-few-times-is-portlands-public-housing-putting-tenants-at-risk-multnomah-county-portland-oregon

I was maced to the face a week and a half ago by a male tenant. He trapped me in the elevator and maced me. Cops were called. Home Foward has done NOTHING. They will not evict.

I need a safe apartment to go to. I gave bi weekly in home infusions for my medical condition. And I have an elderly cat. We just want to live in peace and be safe. I only have my nurse as my visitor because I’m afraid any other person could get sick or attacked while visiting.