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Oregon Housing and Community Services

Asset Building Program
"Investing in the personal and financial growth of individuals to build strong communities throughout Oregon.”
 
The Oregon Individual Development Account Initiative invests in the personal and financial growth of individuals to build strong communities throughout Oregon. The IDA initiative is supported by funding from the Oregon IDA Tax Credit. The tax credit allows Oregonians to support people like Julie and get a 75% credit on their State tax returns. For more information go to http://neighborhoodpartnerships.org.
About the Oregon IDA Initiative
bullet General Information 
bullet Factsheet for Donors
bullet Information for Participants 
Asset Building 
"I just bought a house!" says Julie, who
became a homeowner with help from the
IDA initiative delivered by the United Way of the Columbia/Willamette
and the Portland Housing Center.
IDAs in the News
bullet Portland Tribune - NAYA's and Portland Housing Center's IDA Program 
bullet The Oregonian - Talks about the IDA tax credit 
bullet CBS Evening News with Katie Couric 
bullet The Oregonian - About single women and homeownership 
bullet Portland Business Journal - Highlights MercyCorps Northwest 
bullet USA Today - Lane MicroBusiness and Mercy Corps NW's IDA Programs 
 
Oregon Law and Rules 
bullet ORS 315.271 for tax credit
bullet ORS 458.670 for program
bullet OAR 813.300 for program
 
Learn more about ... 
bullet Oregon's IDA Initiative - Building strong communities through Oregon. 
bullet Homeownership Initiatives - Americans' #1 Asset 
bullet Microenterprise Development - Starter Engines for a Strong Economy 
bullet Saving for Further Education - Lifelong Learning 
bullet Oregon Helps - Find Out Which Services You Qualify 
bullet CASH Oregon - Free Tax Preparation and Financial Education 
bullet Prosperity Planner - Find Out What Wages are Needed to Cover Basic Living Expenses in Your Area 
bullet Housing Calculator - Find Out if You're Spending Too Much on Rent and Utilities in the Portland Metro Area 
bullet Beehive - Budgeting Tools Made Easy 
 
Readings
bullet Assets & the Poor by Michael Sherraden
bullet Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by Thomas Shapiro
bullet Building a Real Ownership Society by Larry Brown, Robert Kuttner & Thomas Shapiro
bullet Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
bullet Black Wealth, White Wealth by Oliver & Shapiro
bullet Cracking the Millionaire Code by Mark Victor Hansen
bullet Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development by the Search Institute
bullet Economics of Poverty & Discrimination by Bradley Schiller
bullet Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne
bullet Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by T. Shapiro
bullet It Takes a Nation by Rebecca Blank
bullet Nation of Victims by Charles Sykes
bullet Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter
bullet The Working Poor by David Shipley
bullet Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
 
Related Resources
bullet Oregon MicroEnterprise Network
bullet Corp. for Enterprise Development
bullet Center for Social Development
bullet Institute on Assets and Social Policy
bullet First Nations Development Institute
bullet One Economy Beehive
bullet Valley Individual Development Accounts (VIDA) Program
bullet Partnership to End Poverty
bullet Oweesta
 
For More Information 
bullet Make a contribution and utilize the Oregon IDA Tax Credit
bullet OHCS Contact Loren Shultz, Ph: 503.986.2008
   

Page updated: December 14, 2009