Neighborhood Partnerships

Neighborhood Partnerships' mission is to create a better Oregon in which everyone has access to opportunity, stability, and what we need to thrive. For us, this begins with financial well-being and a stable, affordable place to call home. We're a team of diligent and dedicated leaders committed to building a more equitable Oregon. We work as policy advocates, coalition conveners, and program administrators in order to increase resources, improve public policy, and spark innovation and collaboration. Neighborhood Partnerships (NP) manages the Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. With an IDA, Oregonians with low incomes have their savings for an education, home, small business or other investment matched by state funds. NP serves as funder and coordinates the IDA-related work of ten non-profit direct and network providers, with IDAs reaching communities statewide through upwards of 70 local organizations. NP convenes the statewide Oregon Housing Alliance, a legislative advocacy coalition, which works to advance housing opportunity at our state capital in Salem and at the federal level. NP staff also organize Residents Organizing for Change (ROC), a critical part of our work to engage people most impacted by housing policy change. We dedicate time and resources at every level of the organization to address disparities based on identity and to apply an equity lens to all decisions, programs, and policies.