The Dark Money of Affordable Housing: Why Oregon's Secrecy is a Recipe for Disaster The recent surge in low income housing spending in Oregon has left many perplexed. With $1.
4 billion spent over the past five years and dozens more projects lined up for an additional $850 million, one might expect a corresponding decrease in homelessness rates.
However, Margaret Van Vliet, former director of Oregon's state housing agency, notes that "for all the public money we're spending, it seems we're digging a deeper hole.