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 Robin Boyce and NeighborWorks America’s Harold Nassau to lead portfolio strengthening clinic at national training institute, May 9-10
Tuesday, May 07, 2013HDC’s Brian Sweeney to speak about Gray’s Landing ecoroof at the Portland Ecoroof Symposium this Thursday
Tuesday, April 30, 2013Portland 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, 2013A big thanks to Wells Fargo for renewing HDC’s $200,000 EQ2 (Equity Equivalent Investment) loan!
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HDC supports “We Are the Safety Net” campaign to protect critical funding for housing and homeless services. Join the effort at tonight’s City of Portland budget hearing.
Thursday, April 11, 2013Due to budget challenges, the City of Portland is considering making severe cuts to funding for essential housing and homeless services. If enacted, these reductions would negatively impact thousands of low-income residents struggling to escape and avoid homelessness. You can help protect our community’s basic safety net by joining the “We Are the Safety Net” campaign and showing your support at tonight’s budget hearing (6:30 to 8:30 pm, Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn Street).
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Three closings in one week! Kehillah Housing, Lancaster Bridge and Easton Ridge projects will create and preserve 328 units of affordable housing for low-income individuals, families and developmentally disabled adults.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013Financing an affordable housing project is a long, labor-intensive process, so it’s always a happy day at HDC when a project finally closes. But it’s a really special occasion when three projects close in one week! Kudos to HDC staff and to the project sponsors for bringing these important projects to the construction starting line. Each one will create or preserve critically needed housing for low-income people in communities around the region:
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Seven groups graduate from AMPP II; final presentations highlight “dramatic” asset-management capacity gains
Friday, March 15, 2013
Gray’s Landing goes LEED Platinum, joins ranks with two other mid-rise housing projects in Oregon
Tuesday, February 19, 2013Housing Development Center congratulates our client REACH Community Development—and development partners Walsh Construction and Ankrom Moisan Architects—on earning LEED Platinum certification for Gray’s Landing. The U.S. Green Building Council announced the award, which recognizes high-performance green homes, on February 1.
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HDC trains asset management leaders in Spokane; new SAMWG peer-support group will carry work forward
Tuesday, January 29, 2013Working in partnership over a seven-month period, Housing Development Center and Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium (SLIHC) have completed a major asset management capacity-building project in greater Spokane, Washington.
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