Supporting organizations, strengthening communities

We help mission-driven property developers create and preserve housing and community facilities that thrive and endure

  • Gray's Landing

    South Waterfront’s first affordable housing

    In a rising riverfront redevelopment, Gray’s Landing provides homes for low-income families and formerly homeless veterans, plus offices for REACH Community Development.
  • Rockwood

    Support for families

    The Rockwood Building combines affordable housing with essential services for low-income residents in East Multnomah County.
  • Chaucer

    Downtown housing for the elderly and disabled

    In a restored historic building, Chaucer Court provides affordable homes that are close to transit and urban amenities.

Based on 2011 data, 32% of homeless individuals in Oregon are children under the age of 18.

HDC

News

HDC’s Robin Boyce and NeighborWorks America’s Harold Nassau to lead portfolio strengthening clinic at national training institute, May 9-10
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Washington, D.C.–based NeighborWorks America is one of the country’s preeminent leaders in affordable housing and community development. Several times a year in different cities, the NeighborWorks Training Institute offers training, certification, networking opportunities and other resources to professionals who work in community development and affordable housing. This month, the NeighborWorks Training Institute comes to Portland—and Housing Development Center joins the faculty!  

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HDC’s Brian Sweeney to speak about Gray’s Landing ecoroof at the Portland Ecoroof Symposium this Thursday
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Portland is a global hotspot for ecoroofs. This Thursday, May 2, ecoroof enthusiasts will gather at Portland’s World Trade Conference Center for a symposium discussing “the true costs and benefits of green roofs and how they provide return on investment.” Organized by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, the symposium will feature presentations by City of Chicago Green Projects Administrator Michael Berkshire, as well as local green building experts including HDC’s own Senior Project Manager Brian Sweeney. 

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Wells Fargo recommits $200K EQ2 capital to HDC for another six years!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

A big thanks to Wells Fargo for renewing HDC’s $200,000 EQ2 (Equity Equivalent Investment) loan! 

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