We Must Understand Our Shared History

As long as people have worked to find places to live throughout history, there also have been systems designed to separate us. In this country, indigenous peoples were forcibly displaced from their native lands as America expanded from sea to shining sea.  Many...

Hannah Callaghan’s Parting Words

What are your most memorable moments at FHCO? I remember my first HUD monitoring visit in 2013 when Nicole and I worked non-stop trying to organize all four enforcement grants with paper files all organized and tests all done differently by four different test...

More Than Numbers Tell the Story of Our Work

It’s been another great year of accomplishments by the amazing staff and board at the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, but our story goes beyond just the one the numbers can tell. The story of our work to end housing discrimination and ensure equal opportunity to...

Our Favorite Acronym: AFFH

One thing you’ll notice when you delve into the housing world is we love our acronyms, and there’s one in particular that we are particularly fond of in the fair housing movement: AFFH.One thing you’ll notice when you delve into the housing world is...

Welcome Michelle!

FHCO would like to introduce our newest education and outreach team member, Michelle Scott. In a unique partnership, Michelle works part time for FHCO and also for Klamath & Lake Community Action Services, a local non-profit Community Action Agency (CAA), where...
Director’s Update

Director’s Update

Just a little more than two months removed from the 50th anniversary of the passing of the federal Fair Housing Act, we still are basking in the wake of a month of thought-provoking and engaging events. We held events from Medford to Portland and many points between...