Voter-approved programs · Metro (the regional government)
Supportive Housing Services
Everything the Record publishes about this program, in one place: the tax, the ballot measure, the money by fiscal year, council votes, what was promised next to what was reported, the auditors' findings, and outcome measures. Each figure carries its source and date. Sections with nothing verified yet say so.
1 · What it is
Supportive Housing Services is Metro's regional program on homelessness.
- Who pays
- Higher earners in the Metro region, through a Metro personal income tax of 1% on taxable income above $125,000 (single) or $200,000 (joint). This is the SHS tax the Record tracks.
- Who runs it
- Metro collects the tax and distributes it to Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, which spend it on services.
as of 2026-10-15 · source 1 · source 2
Rates, as published
| SHS marginal personal income tax rate current | 1% | source as of 2026-10-15 |
In plain terms
Supportive Housing Services is a regional Metro program addressing homelessness, paid for by a 1 percent personal income tax. The program sets a 10-year goal of moving 5,000 households into permanent supportive housing, which combines a place to live with ongoing services, and stabilizing another 10,000 households. In its third year (fiscal year 2023-24), the tax brought in about $335.1 million in actual collections.
AI-drafted plain-language summary, reviewed by an editor — not the verbatim official record. See the sources for the exact wording.
Summary as of 2026-06-24
2 · What voters approved
The ballot measure
The measure that created this program is not in the Record's verified election results yet. It appears here, linked to Voters and the Council, once the editor has checked its certified result.
3 · Money over time
Revenue, spending and fund balance by fiscal year
- Fund revenue, all sources (audited)
- Tax collections (Metro annual report)
- Spending (audited)
- Unappropriated ending fund balance (audited)
FY2021-22
FY2022-23
FY2023-24
FY2024-25
| Fiscal year | Measure | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021-22 | Fund revenue, all sources (audited) | $242,772,268 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2021-22 | Spending (audited) | $69,714,261 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2021-22 | Unappropriated ending fund balance (audited) | $177,201,219 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2022-23 | Fund revenue, all sources (audited) | $347,881,698 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2022-23 | Spending (audited) | $156,949,260 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2022-23 | Unappropriated ending fund balance (audited) | $354,271,744 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2023-24 | Fund revenue, all sources (audited) | $336,818,008 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2023-24 | Tax collections (Metro annual report) | $335,136,020 | sourceas of 2026-10-15 |
| FY2023-24 | Spending (audited) | $310,567,665 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2023-24 | Unappropriated ending fund balance (audited) | $377,151,193 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2024-25 | Fund revenue, all sources (audited) | $327,062,604 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2024-25 | Spending (audited) | $443,178,578 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
| FY2024-25 | Unappropriated ending fund balance (audited) | $256,578,770 | sourceas of 2026-08-03 |
Audited figures are from Metro's Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (budgetary basis); fund revenue includes every revenue source of the fund, not only the tax. Tax collections for one year are from Metro's regional annual report. No budgeted-revenue series for this fund is in the Record's data yet.
Follow the money, FY2023-24
Per Metro's regional annual report: of $335,136,020 collected, $309,800,000 went to the three counties, which spent $249,100,000. County ending balances totaled $364,800,000.
| County | Budgeted | Spent | Ending balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah | $190,100,000 | $143,500,000 (75% of budget) | $128,000,000 |
| Clackamas | $92,700,000 | $54,400,000 (59% of budget) | $107,600,000 |
| Washington | $96,200,000 | $96,200,000 (100% of budget) | $129,200,000 |
as of 2026-10-15 · report 1
4 · Council decisions acting on it
Council votes linked to this program
No council votes are linked to this program yet. A vote is listed here only through a documented link — the vote's verified fiscal classification names this program, or the ordinance or resolution itself cites the ballot measure — never because its title mentions the program. The full record is in the Council Vote Ledger.
5 · What was promised, and what was reported
Promised vs. delivered
Promise records quote the promising document and render only after the editor verifies them. Delivered figures are the program's own reports and audited statements. Each is shown as recorded; the Record computes no percent-of-goal and draws no conclusion.
Supportive Housing Services
What voters were told
$250,000,000
2021-05-01 · auditor restatement Editor-approved in batch
What the audited books show
$327,062,604
FY2024-25
Across 4 years reported: $242,772,268–$347,881,698/yr .
source · audited figures · audited figures · audited figures · audited figures
10-year goals, and what Metro reports
A goal is set beside a count only when the count measures the same thing. Where the Record has no such count, it says so rather than placing a different measure next to the goal. No percent-of-goal is computed.
| 10-year goal | Count of the same measure |
|---|---|
| 5,000 households into permanent supportive housing auditor restatement Editor-approved in batch | Not yet in the Record's data. Metro reports permanent supportive housing placements separately from its total housing placements; the separate count has not been captured yet. |
| 10,000 households stabilized auditor restatement Editor-approved in batch | Not yet in the Record's data as a count of its own. |
Other counts Metro reports — not measures of either goal above
- 9,022 households placed in housing, all SHS-funded placement types (cumulative) (through-FY2024-25)
- 19,134 households with homelessness prevented (cumulative) (through-FY2024-25)
The placement count includes every SHS-funded housing placement, not only permanent supportive housing, so it is not a count toward the permanent-supportive-housing goal.
* Stated by the Metro Auditor. The original December 2020 SHS work plan that first set these goals has not been located as a machine-readable primary source; when it is, this record should be re-sourced to it.
Other promise records on file
* Stated by the Metro Auditor. The original December 2020 SHS work plan that first set these goals has not been located as a machine-readable primary source; when it is, this record should be re-sourced to it.
On the accountability ledger
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Metro corrective action plan for Multnomah County SHS underspending
In progress“The scale of Multnomah County's underspending in year two led Metro to initiate a corrective action plan that laid out a strategy and timeline for the county to distribute the unspent funds”
The record:Metro's FY2023-24 regional annual report states the plan was initiated; the same report shows Multnomah spent $143.5M of its $190.1M year-three budget (75%) with a $128.0M ending balance. The next annual report is the check on further progress.
as of 2026-07-22 · source 1 · on the ledger →
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SHS 10-year goals: 5,000 supportive-housing placements; 10,000 households stabilized
Editor-approved in batch In progress“Ten-year regional goals: connect at least 5,000 households that have experienced long-term homelessness (with at least one disability and a very low income) to permanent supportive housing, and stabilize at least 10,000 households at risk of or experiencing short-term homelessness in permanent housing”
The record:Cumulative, years 1-4 (through June 30, 2025), per Metro's FY2024-25 regional annual report: 4,887 households placed in permanent supportive housing, the measure the 5,000-household goal counts. The report separately states that 9,022 households were placed in permanent housing of all types (permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing and other programs) over the same four years; that broader count is not the same measure as the supportive-housing goal. Toward the 10,000-household stabilization goal, the report counts 4,135 households placed in permanent housing and an additional 19,134 households served with homelessness prevention (cumulative, years 1-4). Year four alone: 2,936 households placed in permanent housing, 1,394 of them in permanent supportive housing, and 4,064 households prevented from losing their homes.
as of 2026-09-23 · source 1 · source 2 · on the ledger →
6 · Audits and recommendations
What the auditors found
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Supportive Housing Services Follow-Up Audit
November 2025
The finding, as recorded from the report
"The Housing Department made progress implementing most of the recommendations from our January 2024 audit... Of the eighteen recommendations, nine were implemented, seven were in process, and two were not implemented. Some areas could benefit from continued improvement."
Figures the report states
- $1,200,000,000 — SHS tax revenue generated in the first four years (Exhibit 1)
- $310,000,000 per year — Average annual SHS tax revenue over the first four years
- $250,000,000 per year — Projected annual SHS revenue at program launch
- 18 recommendations — Total audit recommendations from January 2024 audit followed up
- 9 recommendations — Recommendations fully implemented
- $21,000,000 — Metro Housing Department SHS expenses in FY 2024-25 (excluding county distributions)
- 5,000 households — 10-year goal: households experiencing homelessness connected to permanent supportive housing
- 10,000 households — 10-year goal: households at risk of/experiencing homelessness stabilized in permanent housing
as of 2026-06-24 · audit report
The Record carries each audit's headline finding and the figures it states. Recommendation-by-recommendation status is not in the Record's data yet; where an auditor reported a count of recommendations by status, it appears above in the auditor's own words.
7 · Outcomes context
What the program and others report
Reported counts sit here beside the money, not as its result: the Record draws no causal line between a program's spending and any outcome.
| Reported figure | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHS-funded new housing placements (households, year three alone) | FY2023-24 | 2,803 | source as of 2026-10-15 |
| SHS-funded new housing placements (households, year four alone) | FY2024-25 | 2,936 | source as of 2026-08-03 |
| SHS-funded housing placements (households, cumulative years 1-3) | through-FY2023-24 | 6,086 | source as of 2026-10-15 |
| SHS-funded housing placements (households, cumulative years 1-4) | through-FY2024-25 | 9,022 | source as of 2026-08-03 |
| SHS-funded homelessness preventions (households, year three alone) | FY2023-24 | 3,127 | source as of 2026-10-15 |
| SHS-funded homelessness preventions (households, year four alone) | FY2024-25 | 4,064 | source as of 2026-08-03 |
| SHS-funded homelessness preventions (households, cumulative years 1-3) | through-FY2023-24 | 15,070 | source as of 2026-10-15 |
| SHS-funded homelessness preventions (households, cumulative years 1-4) | through-FY2024-25 | 19,134 | source as of 2026-08-03 |
Homelessness counts and shelter beds, Portland region
HUD's point-in-time count and housing inventory count for the Continuum of Care that covers Portland (Multnomah County). SHS is a three-county tax; these counts cover Multnomah County only. Portland changed its counting method in 2022 and again in 2025.
| Year | People counted (PIT) | Shelter beds | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4,015 1 | — | source 1 as of 2026-08-01 |
| 2022 | 5,228 2 | — | source 1 as of 2026-08-01 |
| 2023 | 6,297 3 | 2,648 4 | source 1 · source 2 as of 2026-08-01 |
| 2024 | 7,384 5 | 3,820 6 | source 1 · source 2 as of 2026-08-01 |
| 2025 | 10,526 7 | 4,187 8 | source 1 · source 2 · source 3 as of 2026-08-01 |
"—": no figure published for that year.
1 HUD point-in-time count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), count night 1/23/2019. Safe Haven programs are included in the Transitional Housing category.
2 HUD point-in-time count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), count night 1/26/2022. Safe Haven programs are included in the Transitional Housing category.
3 HUD point-in-time count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), count night 1/24/2023. Safe Haven programs are included in the Transitional Housing category. Methodology: 2,340 of Multnomah County's 2023 unsheltered figure came from a by-name list of administrative records rather than an in-person street survey (PSU 2025 PITC report, Table 6).
4 HUD Housing Inventory Count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), January 2023. Safe Haven beds: none reported this year. HUD's own Emergency/Safe Haven/Transitional combined year-round total, not a sum we computed.
5 HUD point-in-time count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), count night 1/30/2024. Safe Haven programs are included in the Transitional Housing category. Unsheltered figure carried forward — identical to the prior published count, no fresh street count this year. HUD marks the Unsheltered and Total columns with '**' in this report; the per-CoC PDF does not print the footnote text.
6 HUD Housing Inventory Count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), January 2024. Safe Haven beds: none reported this year. HUD's own Emergency/Safe Haven/Transitional combined year-round total, not a sum we computed.
7 HUD point-in-time count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), count night 1/22/2025. Safe Haven programs are included in the Emergency Shelter category. Methodology change: Multnomah County drew its 2025 unsheltered count primarily from a by-name list of administrative records; 5,090 of 10,526 people were 'presumed unsheltered' via records match rather than counted in person (PSU 2025 PITC report). Cross-checked against Multnomah County's own 2025 PITC report (10,526 people): the two sources agree.
8 HUD Housing Inventory Count, CoC OR-501 (Portland, Gresham/Multnomah County), January 2025. Includes 20 Safe Haven beds. HUD's own Emergency/Safe Haven/Transitional combined year-round total, not a sum we computed.
Charts and the eight-city comparison: point-in-time counts · shelter beds · SHS and shelter capacity, side by side
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