Portland Housing Center

your partner in home ownership

One-Stop Homebuying Shop

Learn how Portland Housing Center meets all your homebuying needs.

Down Payment Assistance

We offer several options to qualified households, bringing homeownership within reach.

Lending Services

Our in-house loan officer can help you find the right loan for your needs.

Customer Stories

Read about people just like you who have become homeowners with our help.

$155,985,425+

In mortgages brokered or funded since 2003

31+

years of experience serving first time homebuyers

8,975 +

Homeowners served

Financial Fitness Helps Muhammad’s Family Get on the Same Page Financially

NeighborhoodLIFT is available in Portland-Multnomah County!

NeighborhoodLIFT is a national down payment assistance program sponsored by Wells Fargo and NeighborWorks® America. It provides eligible homebuyers with $20,000 to use toward down payment and closing costs on qualified homes. For veterans and service members, teachers, paraprofessionals, law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians, the program provides $22,500. Interested?

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Customized services that meet your needs.

Quality financial & home buyer education.

Buying a home can be challenging. At Portland Housing Center, we help you buy a home you can afford in the short- and long-term. We’ll help match you to the services you need to become a successful homeowner.

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Individualized home buyer counseling.

One on one meetings with a HomeBuying Specialist can help you develop an Action Plan and overcome any challenges that might be keeping you from purchasing a home.

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Matched savings and down payment assistance for qualified households.

Portland Housing Center offers several types of down payment assistance, including Loans, Grants, and Matched Savings Accounts. We can help connect you to other available resources as well. Learn more about some of the types of down payment assistance available in our area.

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Affordable, fixed rate mortgage loans to finance your dream.

Portland Housing Center offers first and second mortgage loans, specializing in serving first time homebuyers. By providing loans that are safe and competitive, our Lending Team can help you make informed, unbiased decisions, and purchase a home you can afford and keep.

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4 days ago

Thank you Homestreet Bank (Portland Affinity) for your generous support and continued partnership! We are proud to have you as one of our partner lenders, with a shared desire to serve and serve well. Check presented to PHC by Homestreet Affinity Loan Officer and PHC Board Member, Deona DeLong. ... See MoreSee Less

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Portland Housing Center

1 week ago

Thank you, Banner Bank, for your $10k donation for Fiscal Year 24!!! Pictured: VP, Residential Loan Officer, Roberta Banegas & PHC Executive Director ... See MoreSee Less

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Portland Housing Center

2 weeks ago

As a NeighborWorks Chartered Member, PHC benefits from grants, technical assistance, training and lots of other resources. We are pleased to have been selected to receive a NeighborWorks Supplemental Grant for $50,000 for the National Homeownership & Lending Programs Wealth Building opportunity. ... See MoreSee Less

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Portland Housing Center

1 month ago

Join us in congratulating our newest homeowners Jim and Penny! They used PHC lending services as well as the Washington County Down Payment Assistance. At Portland Housing Center, we believe that if it’s YOUR TIME to purchase, the market will allow it to happen. Our dedicated staff, education offerings, first mortgage lending products and partners who give THROUGH us, and of course the dedication of our wonderful clients is how this couple achieved their goals.Allow us to help and serve YOU! #phchomeowner #homeownership #mortgagelending #firstmortgage #portland #housing #hudapproved #washingtoncountyDPA ... See MoreSee Less

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Portland Housing Center

1 month ago

NeighborhoodLIFT Celebration and Peer to Peer Convening August 2023, at the Loew’s Ventana Canyon in Tucson, ArizonaLet’s Invest for Tomorrow (LIFT) was originally a pilot that included two markets for a one-time distribution of funds. It grew into a long-term, national program which as of December 31, 2022, had created 25,751 new homebuyers over 11 years in 81 markets. With the support of 64 network organizations, NeighborWorks America deployed $355 million in downpayment assistance. Portland Housing Center is proud to have been a trusted partner in deploying these funds and creating new homeowners. #community#housing#PHC #PortlandHousingCenter #homeowners #wealthcreation #homeownershipcenter #counselingandeducation ... See MoreSee Less

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Portland Housing Center

One-Stop Homebuying Shop

Down Payment Assistance

Lending Services

Customer Stories

NeighborhoodLIFT is available in Portland-Multnomah County!

Customized services that meet your needs.

Quality financial & home buyer education.

Individualized home buyer counseling.

Matched savings and down payment assistance for qualified households.

Affordable, fixed rate mortgage loans to finance your dream.

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