Northwest Housing Alternatives Inc

Property development nha is a leading developer of affordable rental communities and community facilities throughout oregon. Nha combines federal, state, and local government programs with financing from banks, private investors, and charitable foundations in order to develop and preserve affordable housing. During 2024, nha completed construction on 65 new apartment homes. As of december 31,2024, nha had 92 new apartment homes under construction.

Homeless intervention services - this department includes annie ross housing services and pathways. Annie ross housing services (arhs) - arhs provides housing navigation, barriers removal, rental assistance, ongoing case management, and shelter services to clackamas county families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. During 2024, arhs provided programming to 85 families. Pathways - pathways is a state-supported rental assistance program that provides case management and housing support for individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness (spmi) who are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. The pathways program supports a caseload of 30 households at any given time. Pathways has a staff of 2.0 fte and a contracted peer support position through mental health association of oregon (mhaoo). During 2024, pathways provided programming to 33 households.

Resident services - nha links residents of multi-family and senior properties across the state to services that keep them stable in their housing and connected to their community. Core services include eviction prevention, information and referral, and onsite programming targeted to a specific building's population. During 2024, resident services responded to 2,828 requests for services, and coordinated 697 onsite events for nha residents. 93% of residents maintained or improved their housing stability as a result of resident services interventions. Additionally, the department continued an individual development account (ida) program in partnership with casa of oregon. This program provides nha residents with a matched savings account that can then be used to fund post-secondary education, purchase of their first home, start of a retirement savings account, or purchase of a vehicle. Group homes - nha owns and manages 53 group homes with a total of 238 units across oregon. The group homes serve individuals living with developmental disabilities, chronic mental illness, and individuals in recovery. The homes are leased to licensed care providers. Asset management - nha provides asset and partnership management to 51 multifamily properties totaling 2,616 units. The funding and regulatory requirements for these properties include lihtc, hud 202 & 811, home, cdbg, oregon housing trust fund, and other sources. These properties provide affordable housing for the community and some properties provide specialized housing for individuals with chronic mental illness or in recovery from addictions. Our asset management insures the financial viability, physical longevity, and risk management of our multi-family assets. Advocacy and public policy - nha seeks to advance the importance of affordable housing in the public policy sphere and works to promote anti- racism across all aspects of our work.