Posted on March 28th, 2017 in Announcements, News
How can Portland’s faith communities use their land and resources to respond to the affordable housing crisis?
Representatives of several faith communities, Warner Pacific College, and local affordable housing providers joined together on Saturday, April 29 to learn how communities of faith can collaborate with housing developers to create homes for low-income people.
CONFERENCE RESOURCES
Possibilities Conference Program
Presentation Slides
- ECONorthwest
- Hacienda CDC
- Lombard Street Renewal
- Portland Bureau of Housing – State of Housing 2016
- Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
- ROSE Community Development
Videos
- Sacred Land, Common Ground – Gethsemane Lutheran
- Fulfilling Old Dreams in New Ways – Rivergate Community
Possibilities Conference Speakers
| Steve Messinetti, Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East – Portland Has developed affordable homes on property owned by faith communities |
Rev. Karen Ward, St. Andrew and All Souls Episcopal – Portland Working on plans to develop affordable housing on church property in the St. John’s neighborhood |
| Apostle Steven Holt, Kingdom Nation Church – Portland Chair of Community Oversight Committee for N/NE Neighborhood Housing Strategy |
University Park United Methodist – Portland Moving forward with affordable housing development on church property in N. Portland |
| Pastor Joanne Engquist, Gethsemane Lutheran Church – Seattle Developed affordable housing on church property in downtown Seattle |
Rob Justus, Housing Developer – Portland Working with faith communities to develop housing on their land |
| Nick Sauvie, ROSE Community Development – Portland Affordable housing developer in SE Portland |
Rivergate Community Church – Portland Worked with Habitat for Humanity to build 12 affordable homes on its property in N. Portland |
| Lorelei Juntenen, Project Director at ECONorthwest – Portland ECONorthwest is an economic forecasting and planning firm. She will discuss the basic economics of housing development, and the role that land values play in determining the feasibility of affordable housing development. |
Travis Phillips, Director of Housing Development at Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI) PCRI established the Pathway 1000 initiative, which seeks to develop 1000 new homes over the next 10 years, prioritized for residents involuntarily displaced or at risk of displacement from North and inner Northeast Portland. |
| Portland Housing Bureau |
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