A sold-out event uniting 1,300 advocates, 94 workshops, and powerful conversations on housing justice

The 2025 Annual Housing Oregon Conference and Gala built on past success and reached new milestones, selling out for the third consecutive year with more than 1,300 housing advocates from across Oregon gathering on September 15 & 16, 2025.

The 2025 Conference was hosted at the Oregon Convention Center, which offered expanded space for more vendor booths, a modular home display, therapy dog, and a photo booth that brought extra energy to the gathering.

Thanks to our 90+ sponsors and vendors for their financial support.

Highlights included two powerful plenary sessions addressing Pathways to Social Housing: L.A. and Seattle Successes and First Steps in Oregon as well as the Impact of Federal Policy and Funding Cuts on Low-Income Communities and the Nonprofit Sector. There were ninety-four workshops addressing the most pressing affordable housing topics, and morning peer group gatherings that allowed participants to connect in person after many months of virtual meetings. A special highlight was our keynote speaker and YouTuber Uytae Lee, who brought fresh insights on the power of storytelling to inspire action and change.

As part of our ongoing tradition, we also celebrated the outstanding contributions of our peers at our Gala by presenting thirty-eight Leadership Awards to selected nominees who went above and beyond in the past year to make housing justice a reality.

Accessibility and inclusion remained central to our mission. With the support of ninety-two generous sponsors and partners, we continued to provide Spanish interpretation and, for the first time, American Sign Language interpretation. These steps helped ensure broader participation and engagement across our statewide housing community. Most workshops will be uploaded to the Housing Oregon YouTube channel later this fall.

This unique event was made possible by the incredible work of our conference committees, volunteers, members, and staff—as well as the ongoing and new sponsors who continue to champion affordable housing solutions.

The Housing Oregon team extends our deepest gratitude to everyone who helped make the 2025 conference and gala another unforgettable success. Housing justice is possible because of you.