Spanning the years 1947 to 1970, the housing series includes a wide variety of printed materials related to housing in Portland. The series features correspondence, memos, newspaper clippings, state laws, petitions, reports, brochures, leaflets, newsletters, fact sheets, programs, meeting minutes, survey forms and results, circulars, typewritten and handwritten notes, studies, annual reports, periodicals, interview transcripts, lists, pamphlets, and press releases. The bulk of the material in the series concerns efforts to provide housing for low-income families, regenerate the inner city, and combat housing discrimination, primarily focusing on Portland's Albina and Irvington neighborhoods. Significant portions of the series include seven folders containing information about the Model Cities program in Portland (part of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's Great Society initiative) and six folders pertaining to the Housing Authority of Portland. The Housing Authority folders contain materials documenting the Vanport flood, a historically critical event that forced the relocation of a large portion of Portland's Black community.