HDC is excited to partner with four culturally specific and rural affordable housing providers, OHCS, and Meyer Memorial Trust to implement the Housing Equity Capacity Building Strategy (HECBS).
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Yaquina Hall was a historic building pegged for redevelopment. The Southfair Apartments was an aging housing community in need of thorough renovation. Salem Housing Authority created a single development project to achieve ambitious goals for both.
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Our affordable housing development and asset management experts have three great workshops planned for you. There’s still time to register for in-person or virtual attendance.
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Curious to learn more about how this new financial incentive program can benefit you? Connect with RLRA Risk Mitigation Program team in person to get all your questions answered!
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The RLRA Risk Mitigation Program makes it easier for landlords and tenants to use RLRA (regional long-term rent assistance) vouchers to reverse homelessness in Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah counties!
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Jake Kirsch believes that expanding housing access is a pillar of antipoverty work and that prosperity is possible for all. He enjoys working with all stakeholders to reduce barriers to housing.
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Should you submeter for water? Before you do, make sure you understand the real benefits and costs.
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Build an accurate operating proforma. Deepen the cash-flow waterfall. Follow these recommendations and more to set up housing operations for success.
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How do decisions development teams make during a project’s design and construction process impact long-term property operations and resident quality of life? This panel of asset management pros will tell you!
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Planning to be at the Industry Support Conference and still deciding which sessions to attend? Make sure to check out these panel discussions and trainings led by HDC staff.
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The fund, established by the City of Portland and administered by HDC, reimburses eligible owners for excess repair and operating costs associated with operating PSH.
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Urgent tasks eat up too much of our time. The good news is that you can prioritize long-term planning with the help of these essential time management and time saving practices.
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The past twelve months delivered powerfully uplifting outcomes to the organizations we partner with and the communities they serve. Here are some that are warming our hearts.
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You’ve decided to make asset management planning a priority—and now you need some tips on how to go about building your plan. This post is for you.
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Heavier compliance burdens. Steeper pathways to financial sustainability. For housing owners, asset management is a bigger, more complicated, and more important job than it used to be.
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A passionate educator and group facilitator, Kimberly specializes in helping new asset managers gain the skills and tools they need to do their jobs.
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Often, the unfunded capital needs of affordable housing properties are understood as unanticipated crises that owners are responsible for fixing. What if we shift the frame?
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How can we get to a place where there is reliable funding to support the long-term physical needs of Oregon’s affordable housing? We can start with two steps.
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Affordable housing is part of our public infrastructure, like roads and schools. Whose responsibility is it to pay for the physical needs of these properties as they age?
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Our client needed to understand her affordable-housing portfolio’s future capital needs on an aggregate level. But her data was siloed in property-specific CNAs that didn’t speak a common language.
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