The Community Development Network

Community Development Network (CDN) 2007 Accomplishments
PAMWG 2007 Industry Challenges and Opportunities Report
CDN's Property and Asset Management Work Group (PAMWG) released a report at CDN's October 18 Public Forum that highlights some of the challenges they face to preserve and maintain their vital niche in the housing market. While the primary challenge is a shortfall in public funds to meet the housing need, downward economic trends and systemic inefficiencies have the potential to destabilize the housing of many of Portland’s most vulnerable residents.
To read a summary of the PAMWG report, click here.
To download the report presentation, click here.
CDN Permanent Supportive Housing Report Highlights Need for Resources, Provides Best Practices Tool Kit
The Community Development Network’s Permanent Supportive Housing Project (PSH) final report, PowerPoint presentation, and web-based PSH Toolkit are now available online at http://www.portlandonline.com/bhcd/index.cfm?c=43436.
To read more about the PSH Project, click here.
Case Study Highlights Housing Messaging, Media Advocacy in Oregon
The Berkeley Media Studies Group has just released a case study on the effectiveness of the housing messaging and media advocacy work in Oregon over the past 3 years. Highlighting the work of the Housing Alliance, Affordable Housing NOW!, CDN, and the Neighborhood Partnership Fund (NPF), the study examines the evolution and application of housing messaging and media advocacy from the NPF initiated “Talking About Housing: A Media Working Group” through AHN’s current advocacy for an 30% Urban Renewal Housing Set Aside, and the Housing Alliance 2007 Housing Opportunity Agenda.
The case study is available a both at the Berkeley Media Studies Group website and Media Evaluation Project website.

Affordable Housing NOW! Information Sheets

Affordable Housing NOW! & Housing Alliance Information Sheets
Housing and Children's Education
Housing and Hunger in Oregon
Affordable Housing, the Environment and Livability
What is Affordable in the TriCounty Area: Wage-Rent Comparison
Housing Alliance: Occupation vs Housing Cost for Multnomah County
Housing Alliance: Occupation vs Housing Cost for each Oregon County
CHART: Comparison of housing prices and household income
Housing Creates Jobs, Helps the Economy
Affordable Housing = Complete Communities
AHN Declaration of Support, Declaration Sign-On
Frequently Asked Question about Affordable Housing NOW!
Guide to Housing Terms and Acronyms

Regional Poverty Maps
Regional Poverty Shifts, 1989 to 1999
Regional Poverty Concentrations, 1999
Multnomah County Shifts, 1989 to 1999

If you are having trouble downloading the documents, please contact Michael Anderson at (503) 335-9884 or click here.

Calendar of Oregon Opportunity Network Events

Opening Doors
Building Community

Oregon ON Banquet November 6
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
5:30pm - 9:00pm

Join us as we unveil the exciting new look and future plans for Oregon ON! Keynote speaker is Julie Spezia from Housing California.

Contact Karen Walker at 503-223-4041.

Thank you to our Diamond Sponsor: WaMu

If you would like to be a Banquet Sponsor please contact Karen Walker at 503-223-4041.

Nov 6 & 7 Statewide Peer Network Meeting
United Methodist Church
Portland, OR

For agendas, registration and more information, please contact Terrie Hendrickson at 503-223-4041.

Oct 29 Portland Policy Council

Oct 30 Statewide Policy Council

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Affordable Housing NOW!

Affordable Housing NOW! is a movement of affordable housing advocates and tenants whose goal is to secure new resources for affordable housing for the Portland Metro area. To find out more, click here.

To join Affordable Housing NOW! click here.

Resource Spotlight

Report: Without Housing

“Without Housing: Decades of Federal Housing Cutbacks, Massive Homelessness and Policy Failures,” documents the correlation between these trends and the emergence of a new and massive episode of homelessness in the 1980s which continues today. It particularly focuses on radical cuts to programs administered by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), which administers funds for rural affordable housing. Available at http://www.wraphome.org/, the report also demonstrates why federal responses to this nationwide crisis have consistently failed.

Affordable Housing NOW! Calendar

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