November 11, 2015
VETERAN’S DAY
Special Edition
Debi Christensen (right), housing portfolio manager at PCRI, ac-
cepts a “Home for Every Veteran” award from Multnomah County
Chair Deborah Kafoury.
Helping Veterans with Housing
A Portland housing agency
serving a diverse population, in-
cluding Portland’s African-Amer-
ican community, is one of the
local partners recognized by Mult-
nomah County for their participa-
tion in “Home for Every Veteran,”
an initiative aimed at ending vet-
eran homelessness before the end
of the year.
PCRI (Portland Community
Reinvestment Initiatives) was one
of the local partners recently rec-
ognized by Multnomah County
for opening doors and removing
barriers for veterans seeking hous-
ing.
Since January, PCRI has housed
six residents referred by the Vet-
erans Administration’s Portland
Community Resource and Refer-
ral Center.
Unprecedented housing de-
mand, skyrocketing rents, and
near-zero vacancy rates are seen
as barriers making it even harder
than normal for veterans and oth-
er renters to find stable housing in
the Portland area.
housing, clothing, employment,
medical programs and other criti-
cal services.
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