Resources for Housing Professionals
Are you an affordable housing professional in Oregon or Washington? Check out these free tools, information resources, and recorded training presentations.
Tools and Templates
A Guide to Preserving and Restructuring Affordable Housing
Produced by HDC for the City of Seattle in 2011, this 100-page guide (PDF) outlines a systematic approach to preserving and restructuring affordable housing properties.
Basic Development Pro Forma Template for Affordable Rental Housing
Use this template to model your development’s financial structure and operating performance. See this article and the Development 201: Financial Pro Forma Strategies for Affordable Housing Development (2024) video below for more tips.
Training Videos
HDC staff are regular presenters at the annual Housing Oregon conference. Below are video recordings of training sessions we presented and moderated in 2024, 2023, and 2022. These and other conference videos can be found on the Housing Oregon YouTube site.
From Feasibility to Stabilization: How Asset Managers and Developers Can Collaborate to Create Operationally Resilient Affordable Housing Properties (2024)
Regional Long-Term Rental Assistance (RLRA) and the Risk Mitigation Program (2024)
Understanding Affordable Housing Rents: From Calculation to Implementation (2024)
Developing and Owning Affordable Housing: What Board Members and Organizational Leaders Should Know (2024)
Development 201: Financial Pro Forma Strategies for Affordable Housing Development (2024)
Housing Development 101, Part 1 (2023)
Housing Development 101, Part 2 (2023)
Housing Development 101, Part 3 (2023)
LIHTC Lease-Up Preparation Through Development, Asset and Property Management Integration (2023)
Regional Long-Term Rental Assistance (RLRA) Risk Mitigation Program (2023)
What Development Teams Can Learn from Asset Managers (2022)
PHB Risk Mitigation Pool and RLRA Risk Mitigation Program Documents
The Risk Mitigation Pool is a fund established by the City of Portland to provide financial protection to landlords that operate permanent supportive housing. The RLRA Risk Mitigation Program is a similar fund operated jointly by Clackamas County, Washington County, and Multnomah County. HDC administers both programs. Visit our PHB Risk Mitigation Pool and RLRA Risk Mitigation Program pages to learn more, download claim forms, and submit completed forms. For even more information about the RLRA Risk Mitigation Program, watch the presentations recorded at the Housing Oregon Conference in 2023 and 2024 above.
Data and Analysis: Condition and Performance of Oregon Affordable Housing
Updated data coming soon!