Rural Clackamas County Housing Solutions Survey

Clackamas County is working with Focus Strategies to create a plan to help with housing challenges in rural parts of the county. Rural Clackamas County refers to cities like Sandy, Molalla, Estacada, Canby and unincorporated areas such as Boring, Zigzag and the Mt. Hood area.

The goal is to work with the community to find the best ways to help people in a housing crisis. A housing crisis includes situations like sleeping on someone’s couch, sleeping in a car or RV, sleeping outside, or being at risk of losing housing.

This survey is part of a community effort to gather lots of ideas for this plan. Focus groups and community input sessions will also be used to come up with solutions. These ideas will be carefully thought about and prioritized to go into the final plan.

This survey is open to anyone who lives, works, or is connected to rural Clackamas County and wants to give input.

The survey will be open until October 1st. Thank you for adding your voice to this planning process!

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* 1. Do you have ties to rural Clackamas County? This includes areas like Canby, Estacada, Molalla, Sandy, and unincorporated areas of Clackamas County. Please check all that apply.

I do not have ties to rural Clackamas County

I live in rural Clackamas County

I work in rural Clackamas County

I am a non-profit service provider serving rural Clackamas County

I am a government employee serving rural Clackamas County

I have experienced a housing crisis in rural Clackamas County

I am an elected official representing residents of rural Clackamas County

I own a business in rural Clackamas County

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How long have you had ties to rural Clackamas County?

I do not have ties to rural Clackamas County

Less than one year

1-5 years

5-10 years

Over 10 years

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* 3. Where in rural Clackamas County do you have ties (select all that apply)?

I do not have ties to rural Clackamas County

Canby

Estacada

Molalla

Sandy

Mt. Hood area

Unincorporated area

Other (please specify)

Share Your Thoughts

In this section you can let us know what ideas you have to help people in rural Clackamas County who are struggling with housing challenges. If there are some groups who your ideas are focused on (for example, seniors, veterans, families), please name those groups in your answers.

You can skip any of the strategy areas you want to. Don’t worry if your solutions cross over categories. You don’t need to write them down twice.

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* 4. Keeping Housing You Have: Some people have homes, but they are struggling to hold on to them. They might even be just about to lose their housing. What could be done to help people in rural Clackamas County keep the housing they already have?

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* 5. Finding Housing: Once people lose their homes, they often struggle to find a new place to live. Do you have ideas about what could be done for people in rural Clackamas County to make it easier to get back into housing?

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* 6. Basic Health and Safety While Unhoused: People who don’t have housing often struggle with basic things like food, clothing, showers, bathrooms, and shelter from the weather. What do you recommend should be done to help people who are unhoused meet these basic needs?

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* 7. Things That Support Housing Stability: People often struggle with housing because of other challenges. They might not have access to things like transportation, jobs that pay enough to afford rent, healthcare, or addiction treatment. Do you have suggestions for how to address any of these types of needs?

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* 8. Teamwork: Teamwork is often important in solving housing issues. How could local groups, like social service agencies, schools, hospitals, business groups, the police or others, work together better to help people in rural Clackamas County stay in their homes or find new ones?

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* 9. Do you have any other ideas of how to help those in a housing crisis that you would like to see in the community plan?

Demographic information

The next questions are optional, but they are important. The answers help us understand how well the information from this survey represents the input of the community as a whole. Your answers will not be shared.

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* 10. What race/ethnicity do you identify as? Please check all that apply.

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino/a

Indigenous Mexican, Caribbean, Central and/or South American

Middle Eastern and/or North African

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

Prefer Not to Answer

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What gender do you identify with?

Female

Male

Not singularly ‘Female’ or ‘Male’ (non-binary, genderfluid, agender)

Transgender

Prefer Not to Answer

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What is your age?

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* 13. What is your household composition?

Single individual

Couple with no children

Family with dependent children (including single parents)

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What is your current housing situation?

I am renting

I live in a home I own

I am living with friends or family because I don’t have another place to live

I am living in a shelter, car, or outdoor location

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Have you experienced a housing crisis in rural Clackamas County? Please select all that apply.

I am at risk of losing my housing now

I have been at risk of losing my housing in the past

I have been evicted from my housing

I have been unhoused: couch surfing, living in a motel room, a shelter, a car, outdoors

I have not experienced a housing crisis in rural Clackamas County

Other (please specify)

Thank you for taking time to complete this survey. Your input is essential to the success of this planning process. If you have questions or additional thoughts to share, please email mandy@focusstrategies.net.