CommHousingFund

Community Housing Fund works with local partners to help finance the development and preservation of affordable housing --everyone needs a place to call home!

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

CHF Hero Series - Rob Drake
One of Rob’s biggest goals is to foster collaboration in all he does – “Many winds fill our sails”
Read more about Rob here:
https://t.co/rO0ta7dvo6

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Read the CHF Hero Series - Hero Adolph "Val" Valfre

Val often refers to a saying that brings clear context to our unremitting work promoting affordable housing: "We plant trees that we will never sit under.  We are building for generations to come."

https://t.co/vggMK99jUP

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

What a special occasion to honor a remarkable community housing advocate in Doug Plambeck and celebrate this groundbreaking of Plambeck Gardens. We are honored to have helped at the earliest stage to secure the land as a financial partner to CPAH.

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

CHF is ready to hire its next executive director!
https://t.co/urJwFYeio3
Help build more equitable outcomes in Washington County -- rewarding work with great staff, board and partners!

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

JOIN us next Tuesday (7/12, 6pm) for overview of new #AffordableHousing being built in WashCo, w/ tips on wait list procedures and screening criteria! With @REACHCDC @WashcoOregon REGISTER: https://t.co/o202LB5DNR

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Grand Opening - Viewfinder Apts Tigard - a great opportunity for CHF staff (@EmergingLdrsPDX Intern Montsie Garrido, & Lending and Relationships Mgr Mandie Ludlam) to mingle with some of our favorite housing champions--@RepBonamici @OregonGovBrown @WashcoOregon #HousingMatters

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Celebrated grand opening of the Viewfinder Apts yesterday--w/ @TigardOR @OregonHCS @WashcoOregon @GNCfamshelter
CHF provided an early predevelopment loan to help get this project started--happy to see it earn @djcOregon Project of the Year (Affordable & Supportive Housing)!

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

We were happy to see Third Eye Books and the new Freadom Festival in Portland for #Juneteenth! In the past, they've shipped requests for our board's equity book club (perfect customer service). As Farah Jasmine Griffin says, "Read Until You Understand."

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Washington Post today: "Rents are Rising Everywhere." WashCo is highest in Metro area up 16.6% and as Terwilliger Ctr for Housing Policy notes, "The lowest-income families are hardest hit by rising rents and lack of supply." Increase nationally was 11.3%.

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

The Gap, an annual report from @NLIHC, helps us visualize housing affordability. It's Code Red in Oregon--with only 26 affordable and available rental homes per 100 Extremely Low Income renters who need them. And sadly, too many of those closed out of the market are now homeless.

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Well this is very exciting news for our partners @habitatportland!! We look forward to the impact this will have throughout the Portland region. #CloseMinorityHomeownershipGap #BuildOpportunity

[The Oregonian @Oregonian]

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives Portland Habitat for Humanity chapter its largest donation ever https://t.co/4p9zKoircx

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

Book recommendation of the week:
You know how everyone's always asking you why we have so many homeless in Portland...

#ReadTheBook
#ItsAllAboutTheRents

@colburngregg @compatibilism

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

High homelessness in regions like PDX: #ItsAllAboutTheRents #ReadTheBook
Victim blaming won't resolve housing mkt imbalances or get people out of tents; homes with doors they can afford to open will. Thx housing partners! @WashcoOregon @CityofBeaverton @TigardOR @CityofHillsboro

[Sightline Institute @Sightline]

"Homelessness needs to be understood as a problem driven by a lack of access to housing. It is a market failure. People are forced out of stable housing or are unable to access it when housing markets don’t provide sufficient and affordable options."

https://t.co/tvuYsnLw9n

[Washington County @WashcoOregon]

Middle housing question of the week:

Would you be ok with more middle housing units per lot if they were affordable long term?

https://t.co/m0jAkfpgKB

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

https://t.co/r24BnGL8Vd Sorry--this registration link should work better!

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

It's not too late to register! Navigating Affordable Housing in Washington County--3/16, 6-8pm on Zoom. @UniteOregon @HomePlateDropin
https://t.co/zXC7wEJUzP

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

It's not too late to register! Navigating Affordable Housing in Washington County--3/16, 6-8pm on Zoom. @UniteOregon @HomePlateDropin
https://t.co/zXC7wEJUzP

[Craft3 @Craft3Org]

With a collaborative of CDFIs, including @noah_org and @CommHousingFund, Craft3 deploys capital into #affordablehousing, #smallbiz & community facilities in the SW Corridor and other rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods in #PDX. In 2021, we made 16 loans as part of this initiative.

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

The root cause of homelessness is a lack of available and affordable housing. Oregon has one of the greatest deficits in the nation. The problem is not so puzzling, and the solution is very clear. #BuildBuildBuild
Also increase access to services for mental health & addition.

[Oregonian Politics @OregonianPol]

Oregon has built 111,000 fewer homes than it needs over the past 20 years, state economist tells lawmakers. It's the root cause of homelessness.

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

We're glad to see we join a majority who believe sidewalks are essential for safe and healthy neighborhoods in @WashcoOregon! @OregonWalks They're part of a well-built home.

[Washington County @WashcoOregon]

Middle housing question of the week:
Should we require all new housing to build sidewalks?

[CommHousingFund @CommHousingFund]

@oregonhousing--Happy 2022--exciting to catch up on all the hard work and systems-building around supportive housing, and to know we are making progress on new affordable home construction!

[Tom Cusack @oregonhousing]

Meeting packet for today’s 11 AM meeting of the Washington county housing advisory committee includes Washington County specific data: https://t.co/StMwiP9G19