September 18, 2007

Four Housing Projects Aim To Help End Homelessness

The Portland Development Commission has partnered with the Bureau of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Authority of Portland and Multnomah County in a collaborative project funding process in order to meet the city of Portland’s Permanent Supportive Housing/Ending Homelessness and Preservation goals.  The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), process focuses directly on the City of Portland’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness policy target.

Four projects have been funded by the committee thus far.  Approximately $5 million of the total $10.5 million in available funds have been reserved for the following projects:

• Miraflores: New construction of a 32 unit project located in the Portsmouth neighborhood of North Portland, to be developed by Hacienda Community Development Corporation.
• Arbor Glen: An existing 97 unit project located on SE 145th Avenue, with Human Solutions as the General Partner. The target population is formerly homeless families.
• Eastgate Station: New construction of 61 units of family and special needs affordable housing to be developed and managed by Specialized Housing Inc., located at NE 120th Avenue and Burnside.
• Shaver Green: Located at 4011 NE MLK Blvd, this project will include 85 units of new construction with a focus on workforce housing serving populations in the 30-60% median family income range.

This unique funding model also allows the project partners to provide free technical assistance to the developers to help assure success of the projects.

“This NOFA process is the first of its kind in Portland. Several agencies are pulling together to end homelessness in the city,” said Komi Kalevor, PDC Housing Development Finance Manager.

Developers with all levels of experience are strongly encouraged to apply for the remaining funds in the NOFA.  For more information please contact Dan Williams at 503-823-1352, or williamsd@pdc.us. In addition to the remaining funding, up to 50 Section 8 project-based vouchers are also available.

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