November 14, 2025
Portland Housing Bureau
1900 SW 4th Ave, Ste 7007
Portland, OR 97201
503-823-2802
REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
On or about November 25, 2025, the Portland Housing Bureau will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of the Home Repair Grant Program, funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds, authorized by Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended, Public Law 93-383, as amended; to undertake the following multi-year program/project:
TIER 1 BROAD REVIEW PROJECT:
HOME REPAIR PROGRAM
The Home Repair Grant Program is a multiyear project (2025-2030). The City will carry out minor rehabilitation projects on single family homes (1 to 4 family dwelling) with low-to-moderate household income. Project area is within the Portland city limits, although City policy is to exclude homes in the 100-year floodplain.
Program activities include minor repairs and will help address deferred home maintenance. Repair activities will always address health and safety concerns and will not add to the structure footprint. Home Repair Grants will primarily complete small interior repairs, such as moisture mitigation, accessibility/aging in place modifications, small electrical repairs, and HVAC system repairs. Exterior repairs included in the grant program are exterior paint, siding repairs, roof repairs, and accessibility (handrails, ramps etc.) modifications, among others.
An estimated 700 single-family homes will be repaired over the life of the program. Home Repair Grant Program will work with owner-occupied units with household incomes below 80 percent Area Median Income. The Portland Housing Bureau Home Repair Programs will assist low-to-moderate-income households with approximately $900,000 in CDBG funds annually. This program will not include any new construction, will not extend the footprint of the built structure, and is limited to existing homes.
TIERED REVIEW
The proposed Home Repair Grant Program to be funded is categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act requirements, but subject to compliance with some of the environmental laws and authorities listed at § 58.5 of 24 CFR Part 58. In accordance with §58.15, a tiered review process has been structured, whereby some environmental laws and authorities have been reviewed and studied for the intended target area listed above. Other applicable environmental laws and authorities will be complied with, when individual projects are ripe for review. Specifically, the target area has been studied and compliance with the following laws and authorities has been established in this first tier:
- Airport Hazards
- Coastal Barrier Resource Act
- Air Quality / Clean Air Act
- Coastal Zone Management Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Explosives and Flammable Hazards
- Farmland Protection
- Floodplain Management
- Noise Abatement and Control
- Sole Source Aquifers
- Wetlands Protection
- Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Tier 2 Site Specific Review: The site-specific reviews will cover the following laws and authorities not addressed in the Tier 1 broad review:
- Historic Preservation Act
- National Flood Insurance Program
- Contamination and Toxic Substances
Mitigation Measures: For the Tier 2 site-specific laws and authorities, mitigation will be implemented as required.
Should individual aggregate projects exceed the threshold for categorical exclusion detailed at §58.35(a), an Environmental Assessment will be completed and a separate Finding of No Significant Impact and Request for Release of Funds published. Copies of the compliance documentation worksheets are available at the address below.
An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project, and more fully describes the tiered review process cited above, is on file at the City of Portland Housing Bureau, 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 7007, Portland, OR 97201 and may be examined or copied Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. by sending a request to anna.shook@portlandoregon.gov . During the comment period this review is also available at https://cpd.hud.gov/cpd-public/environmental-reviews.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the Portland Housing Bureau. All comments received by 5:00 pm on November 24, 2025 will be considered by the Portland Housing Bureau prior to authorizing submission of a Request for Release of Funds and Environmental Certification to HUD. Please send written comments or email comments to anna.shook@portlandoregon.gov.
ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION
The City of Portland certifies to HUD that Anna Shook in her official capacity as the Certifying Officer for the City of Portland consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD/Portland's approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Portland to utilize HUD program funds.
OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS
HUD will consider objections to its release of funds and the City of Portland's certification for a period of fifteen days following either the anticipated submission date (cited above) or HUD's actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if the objections are on one of the following bases:
(a) that the Certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Portland;
(b) the City of Portland has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58;
(c) the City of Portland has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD;
(d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality.
Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. Potential objectors should contact the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development at Portland_RROF@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.
This Notice shall satisfy the above-cited two separate but related procedural notification requirements.
Anna Shook, Analyst II
Certifying Officer Designee
Anna.Shook@portlandoregon.gov