Oregon Housing and Community Services announced a Hood River project will receive part of nearly $23 million toward creating 157 new homes across the state.  Columbia Gorge Habitat for Humanity will receive $800,000 for its Hope Street Project, with plans for four units in Hood River.  The organization’s executive director, Chad Krause, said with the help of the Oregon Local Innovation and Fast Track Homeownership funds, the homes will be built and sold to members of the community who can’t afford market rate homes.  He added that teachers and retail workers may be able to purchase their own Habitat homes.  This year, OHCS changed how it grants LIFT funding for the development of new affordable homes through a rolling application process.