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“Housing is the foundation to people’s success. If we want to get people back in the workforce and off the streets, they need a place,” the Democrat from Beaverton said June 6 after meeting with local advocates at the foundation offices in Portland.

Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) added that this facility – which has been in development since 2019 – is important because many people have to travel to other areas of the state to access these services.

“Oregonians who are struggling with substance use disorder, they’ll get a second chance here and a better future,” she said. “And we know what it takes to create that path to recovery and stability and health: Access to coordinated, compassionate culturally specific services and wraparound support.”

“Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing,” Bonamici said.  

"Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing," Bonamici said during a roundtable with some of the organizations that partnered to set up Turnkey operations in Oregon.

“Solving our most complicated and challenging concerns here in Washington County, as well as in our country — that’s going to take all of us working together, the federal delegation, state, local and community partners,” U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said.

“This project I selected for Community Project Funding because the lack of affordable housing and the need for affordable housing is something I hear about everywhere I go in Northwest Oregon,” Bonamici said. “To be able to get this funding for the infrastructure means it’s right at the front end, and we can see the project move forward more rapidly because of the funding.”

“When I saw Project Turnkey in Oregon, visited some of the sites, I thought this is a great idea. It’s turning around lives. Let’s scale it up and make it a national program,” said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.).

Last month, Bonamici introduced a bill to give the Department of Housing and Urban Development a billion dollars a year to oversee the program. The legislation would also provide rental and homeownership assistance for those in need.