Real rental assistance provided by Community Connection of Northeast Oregon

Lower income families living in Northeast Oregon have a valuable resource to help with rent when money gets tight. This agency provides cash towards rent to provide relief to financially distressed renters in four counties.

Serving Baker, Grant, Union and Wallowa Counties, Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc. provides a series of rental assistance programs that serve families living in these local communities. Tenants who find themselves in trouble due to financial emergencies can get help with their rent to ensure that they can continue to keep a roof over their heads and provide for their families.

  • Rental Assistance. If you need general help with rent payments, there are multiple options available to help you meet your monthly housing costs. A case manager will determine your needs and match you to the proper solution.
  • Eviction Prevention. There is help available if you find yourself falling behind on rent payments. If you have received an eviction notice, Community Connection will intervene if it is possible to help you avoid becoming evicted from your rental unit.
  • Rental Readiness. Do you lack the credit rating to get approved for your next apartment? Stop paying application fees only to have your rental application get denied. Instead you could benefit from the Rental Readiness program. This program helps you improve your credit, get help with rental references and ultimately prepare you for affording your next rental property.
  • Rehabilitation. Get help from the agency to update your habits as well as your homestead.
  • First Time Homeownership. You can get the help you need to stop the cycle of increasing rents. Instead, you could get over the initial obstacles to homeownership (credit rating, down payment, etc.) with the help of agency case managers.

The main office for Community Connection of Northeast Oregon is located in La Grande. To contact the agency and get help in your local community, call 541-963-3186.

Be sure to also ask about the utility assistance that is available through the agency, as this can further reduce your monthly bills.