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Washington County Action Plan 2012

Cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro

Approved by the Washington County Board of CommissionersMay 1, 2012Minute Order # 12-111Approved by HUD, July 16, 2012

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2010-2015 Consolidated Plan 2012 Action Plan

Washington County Consortium

Washington County and the Cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro

Oregon

Prepared by The Washington County Office of Community Development

in collaboration with Community Development Staff from the City of Beaverton

Washington County 2012 Action Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WASHINGTON COUNTY

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................................................1 OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................................................................1 OUTCOMES .............................................................................................................................................................3 EVALUATION OF PRIOR YEAR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS...............................................................3

II. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................5

III. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION....................................................................................6

IV. RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................................7 FEDERAL PROGRAM YEAR (PY) 2012 ENTITLEMENT FUNDS......................................................................7 OTHER RESOURCES..............................................................................................................................................8

V. PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS..........................................................................14 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT..............................................................................................14

VI. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.....................................................................................................................18

VII. MEETING UNDERSERVED NEEDS ............................................................................................................25 AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS ......................................................................................................................25 NEEDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.............................................................................................................................26 HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS ..........................................................................27 BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING..........................................................................................................54 ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY................................................................................................................................56 LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS ........................................................................................................................56 OTHER ACTIONS..................................................................................................................................................56 COORDINATION...................................................................................................................................................68

VIII. MONITORING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES.................................................................................68

IX. AMENDMENTS .................................................................................................................................................71

X. FAIR HOUSING...................................................................................................................................................71

XI. PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................72 CDBG PROGRAM..................................................................................................................................................72 EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM...............................................................................................72 HOME PROGRAM.................................................................................................................................................72

LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS..................................................................................................................81

CITY OF BEAVERTON

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................................128 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES........................................................................................................................128 PAST PERFORMANCE .......................................................................................................................................129

II. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION............................................................................................................................130

III. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES..........................................................................................131

IV. RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................................................131 BEAVERTON 2012 CDBG ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................131 PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION ..............................................................................................................133 PUBLIC SERVICES .............................................................................................................................................133 PUBLIC FACILITIES...........................................................................................................................................134 HOUSING .............................................................................................................................................................134 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT............................................................................................................................135

V. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION/ALLOCATION PRIORITIES................................................................136

VI. MEETING UNDERSERVED NEEDS............................................................................................................136 AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS ....................................................................................................................136 PUBLIC HOUSING NEEDS.................................................................................................................................137 HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS ............................................................................137 REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ......................................................................................138 EVALUATE AND REDUCE LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS.......................................................................138 REDUCE NUMBER OF POVERTY LEVEL FAMILIES....................................................................................139 DEVELOP INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE......................................................................................................139 ENHANCE COORDINATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES 139 FOSTER PUBLIC HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES.........................................140

VII. MONITORING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ................................................................................140

VIII. AMENDMENTS ............................................................................................................................................141

IX. FAIR HOUSING ...............................................................................................................................................141

LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS................................................................................................................144

APPENDICES..........................................................................................................................................................161

APPENDIX A: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ......................................................................................................163

APPENDIX B: MAPS .............................................................................................................................................185

APPENDIX C: SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS......................199 TABLE 18 - ACTION PLAN YEAR 3 PY 2012-13....................................................................................................201 TABLE 3A - SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC ANNUAL OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................203 TABLE 3B - ANNUAL HOUSING GOALS ................................................................................................................207 TABLE 6-1 - HOUSING STRATEGIES 2010-2015WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEAVERTON..............208

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I. Executive Summary In September 2008, Washington County initiated the development of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan (hereafter referred to as the Consolidated Plan), the strategic planning document that provides a framework for the County in targeting the critical but limited federal resources to the highest priority needs. The County and its partners, the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro, set a high value on citizen participation and their input was fundamental to the development of this plan throughout the duration of the process. Volume I of the Consolidated Plan consists of the quantitative and qualitative data gathered through the process as well as the goals and strategies developed by the Consortium and its partners which included the Housing Authority, county departments, cities, non-profits, for-profits, faith-based organizations and citizens. Volume II contains the documentation for all the data contained in Volume I. The 2012 Action Plan implements the third year of the five-year cycle by linking the projects selected with the strategies and priorities developed during the planning process. The Action Plan describes how Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) resources will be used in the coming year to address the priority needs and local objectives established in the Consolidated Plan. The County’s 2012 program year runs from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Washington County entitlement funds are available countywide to meet the housing and community development needs of low- and moderate-income families. References to applicable sections of the Consolidated Plan (Volume I and II) are made throughout this document. However, none of those sections are duplicated here. OBJECTIVES High priority housing needs in Washington County include: Projects in which 100% of the rental units are affordable to households earning 50% MFI or

less. Projects in which 100% of the homeownership households are affordable to households

earning 60% MFI or less. Preservation of existing subsidized rental housing units. Housing rehabilitation activities for low/mod-income households, including accessibility

improvements. Housing for special needs populations: Elderly/frail elderly, persons with disabilities (severe

mental illness, dual diagnosis, developmentally disabled, physically disabled), farmworkers, and released offenders.

Permanent housing (for homeless) and homeless services (projects that implement strategies in the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness).

The Consolidated Plan Chapter 6 presents specific five-year strategies and objectives for these and other priority need categories. It also states production targets for priority needs according to the number of units that will be assisted or produced with federal housing and community development resources.

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) The Consortium will address the following long-range strategies in PY 2012 through CDBG-funded projects and/or other actions: Develop and improve public facilities to benefit income qualifying neighborhoods and

income qualified special needs populations. Improve the infrastructure of income qualified areas to ensure the health and safety of

communities, and to increase neighborhood pride and viability. Provide limited public services that ensure the health and welfare of income qualified people

living in the community. In addition, County weatherization and rehabilitation projects will meet long range affordable rental housing and homeownership strategies: Focus public resources on the production and preservation of affordable rental housing for

income groups least served by the private housing market. Support and help sustain affordable homeownership for low income, ethnic, and racial

groups not well served by the private market by providing access to rehabilitation assistance and new homeownership opportunities.

HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) The Consortium will address the following goals in PY 2012 through HOME-funded projects and/or other actions: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term, coordinated, community-wide

plan of integrated housing and service delivery. Focus public resources on the production and preservation of affordable rental housing for

income groups least served by the private housing market. Build, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable housing units with services for extremely

low/low-income households with special needs. Support and help sustain affordable homeownership for low-income, ethnic, and racial

groups not well served by the private market by providing access to rehabilitation assistance and new homeownership opportunities.

Locate new, publicly-supported housing in healthy neighborhoods that link residents with access to transportation, employment, needed goods and services, qualify education and personal enrichment opportunities needed to thrive.

Promote equal access to quality affordable housing for all households in Washington County.

Plan and advocate for the inclusion of affordable housing as an integral element of the County’s sustainable public infrastructure.

Promote the economic stability of the County’s principal non-profit housing providers through a robust Community Housing Development Program that links funding with community accountability.

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Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) With the authorization of the HEARTH Act in May 2009, Congress made significant changes to the McKinney-Vento Act programs. One of the changes replaced the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) with the Emergency Solutions Grant (also called ESG). The regulations for the new ESG program were released in November 2011 and called for specific items to be addressed in the 2012 Action Plan. Items to be addressed included a description of the consultation process with the local Continuum of Care, a description of the methodology for allocation of funding between activities as well as explanations for why the jurisdiction funded the activities it did, a description of performance standards and outcomes, written standards, policies and procedures for certain aspects of the program. Due to the timing of the consultation process at various stages and the timing of the release of the Action Plan, this narrative was included as Appendix C. The final draft of the Action Plan will reflect the placement of the narrative in the Plan's section on homelessness. OUTCOMES The following is a summary of the outcomes that are expected to be realized through projects funded in program year 2012: Create 22 decent housing units that are affordable to low-income farmworkers. Create 48 decent housing units that are affordable to seniors and individuals with special

needs. Create 57 decent housing units that are affordable to low-income renter households. Rehabilitate (includes weatherization) 274 units to preserve the affordability of decent

housing. Provide 18,263 homeless persons (or persons on the verge of becoming homeless) with

access to suitable living environments through provision of services and shelter. Provide 1,379 persons with improved access to suitable living environments through

improvements to water/sewer, neighborhood roads and sidewalks. Provide 7,014 persons with improved access to suitable living environments through

improvements or new access to parks, a homeless shelter, senior centers, a warehouse to assist construction of single-family housing and housing for persons with developmental disabilities.

Provide 9,015 persons with access to suitable living environments through critical public services (not including CDBG-funded homeless services).

EVALUATION OF PRIOR YEAR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS The Consolidated Plan regulations [24 CFR Part 91.200 (c)] require the executive summary to include “an evaluation of past performance.” At the time of this writing, the Consortium has completed its first year of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The following summary is an evaluation of the past performance through year 1. In the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan, the County specified 96 goals around housing and community development activities, forty-four of which were not supported by actual production targets. Of the fifty-two supported by production targets, eighteen were specific to housing

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including homelessness, affordable rental housing, special needs housing and affordable homeownership. The other thirty-four were specific to community development [public facilities, infrastructure, public services and economic development (City of Beaverton only)]. Of the eighteen housing goals with production targets, six exceeded projections and nine housing goals did not have specific production targets for Year 1 of the Consolidated Plan. The three goals for which the County did not meet projections were in the area of affordable homeownership and homelessness. For affordable homeownership, five units in total were projected; 2 units were completed. Currently, eight additional homes have been constructed and will be sold shortly in order to meet the overall goal’s intent on leverage and production of owner-occupied units for the current program year. In addition, seven homes were projected for Beaverton’s housing rehabilitation program but only five homes were completed in the program year. In the area of homelessness, Washington County specified 1,200 persons would receive shelter, prevention and housing in the ESG program. 1,073 persons received such services. Of the thirty-four community development goals with production targets, seventeen did not have specific production targets for Year 1 of the Consolidated Plan. Of those that did not meet projections, three were in the area of - develop or improve a variety of public facilities to benefit income-qualified special needs populations and two were in the area of improve the infrastructure of income-qualified areas to ensure the health and safety of communities, and increase neighborhood pride and viability. Five public facilities were proposed for Year 1; 2 were completed by the end of Year 1 with three still underway. Original projections in the priority need areas of centers for persons with disabilities, mental health and parking facilities were not realized. The mental health clinic facility was completed as of September 2011, so it could not be included in Year 1. For infrastructure projects, the goal was to assist 1,750 persons through completed infrastructure projects. In Year 1, 232 persons were served in Tigard at the two completed projects with an additional 1,652 persons to be served by the “underway” projects in Hillsboro and Gaston. For public services, the overall goal of services to 13,290 persons was met as the County served 16,112 persons in Year 1 (includes ESG), even though two of the 13 goals were not met for Year 1. For economic development in the City of Beaverton, the goal to support commercial revitalization resulting in employment was not met, while the City exceeded projections for storefront improvement of facades downtown. The following paragraphs provide numerical accomplishment data for PY 2010. Community Development Between the two jurisdictions, Washington County and the City of Beaverton disbursed a total of $2,877,161 in CDBG funds during the reporting period to projects that benefited low and moderate-income persons. During the 2010 program year, CDBG funds were used to: Make improvements to an existing senior center in Sherwood Make improvements to an existing building to create a food pantry in Beaverton Complete two public infrastructure improvement projects involving sidewalks , street

improvements and related infrastructure serving 232 low and moderate-income persons Assist 3,912 low- and moderate-income persons, including youth and seniors, with various

public services (not including homeless activities)

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Complete nine storefront facade improvements in downtown Beaverton Many other CDBG-assisted projects were active but not completed during the year. Total CDBG funds spent by Washington County and Beaverton on planning and administration in PY 2010 was $625,030. Housing and Homelessness HOME and CDBG programs in Washington County and Beaverton provided housing assistance to 493 households during the 2010 program year, including 113 renters, 378 owners, and 2 homebuyers. In all, 99.4% of these households earned less than half of the area’s median family income (MFI). A total of 396 families, or 80.3% of assisted households in PY 2010 - had extremely low incomes (0–30% MFI). Another 13,183 (County/City) homeless persons benefited from CDBG or ESG – assisted activities during PY 2010. II. Introduction The annual Action Plan implements Washington County’s Consolidated Plan, a five-year plan addressing the County’s housing and community development needs. The County submits the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to apply for funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs. This annual Action Plan covers the program year from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. The Action Plan is a component of the five-year Consolidated Plan in that it describes and implements, on a yearly basis, the strategies and objectives contained in the overarching document.

In Washington County, three jurisdictions receive formula allocations through the federal programs described above. Washington County is a CDBG and ESG entitlement agency and a HOME Participating Jurisdiction and as such receives an annual allocation under each of the programs. In addition, the Office of Community Development acts as the lead agency for the County’s HOME Consortium as well as for the development of the Consolidated Plan. The City of Beaverton receives its own allocation of CDBG funds annually and runs its program separately from Washington County. Beaverton CDBG funds must benefit Beaverton residents exclusively. Because the City participates in the HOME Consortium with the County, the HOME funds can be used throughout the County, including the City of Beaverton. Under an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City, the City opts to leave its portion of HOME funds with the County’s allocation. The City participates jointly in policy-making and project selection. The City of Hillsboro surpassed a population threshold of 50,000 prior to year 2000, which entitled it to a direct allocation of CDBG funds. However, the City opted to remain in the CDBG Consortium as a joint recipient. Under an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City, the County administers the City’s funds and manages its projects. The City of Hillsboro is also a member of the HOME Consortium and also opts to leave its portion of HOME funds with the County’s allocation. The City participates jointly in policy-making and project selection.

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The programs covered by the Action Plan include: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. Washington County and the City of Beaverton each receive CDBG funds which can be used for activities such as housing, public services, community facilities, public improvements, economic development and community revitalization. The City of Beaverton’s CDBG program is described on page 105. HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program. The HOME program is authorized under Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act for the purposes of 1) Expanding the supply of affordable housing for low- and very low-income families with an emphasis on rental housing; 2) Building state and local nonprofit capacity to carry out affordable housing programs; and 3) Providing coordinated assistance to participants in development of affordable low-income housing. The County and the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro are partners in the HOME Consortium with Washington County being lead agency. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program. ESG funds will be used as allowed in the HEARTH Act including emergency shelter, essential services related to street outreach, provision of rental assistance to provide short and medium term housing to homeless individuals or families or those at risk of homelessness, housing relocation and/or stabilization services, Homeless Management Information System and Administration.. Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). HOPWA program funds are administered by the City of Portland on behalf of the seven county regions: Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Columbia and Yamhill in Oregon and Clark and Skamania Counties in Washington. HOPWA funds – sources and uses - are not reflected in this document. III. Citizen Participation and Consultation Washington County’s Office of Community Development (OCD) adheres to its Citizen Participation Plan, which was approved during the current Consolidated Planning process. In conformance with the Consolidated Plan regulations, two public hearings are held each year. The following steps were taken for both public hearings to broaden public participation. Washington County and the City of Beaverton held a public hearing in Hillsboro on October 13, 2011 to give local residents and interested program participants an opportunity to present information and views on housing and community development needs and review program performance as part of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Public hearing minutes from the September hearing are included in the Appendix. There were no interested parties present and therefore no testimony was summarized. A second round of public hearings was held on the public comment draft of the 2012 Action Plan. The first was held during the work day on April 5th, 2012 in Beaverton at 2:00 p.m. Public hearing comments and minutes are included in the Appendix. The second hearing was held at 7:00 p.m. on April 12th, 2012 as part of the regularly scheduled Policy Advisory Board (PAB) meeting. There was no testimony provided at this hearing. The 30-day public comment period ran from March 13th through April 12th.

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The following steps are taken for the public hearings to broaden public participation: Staff mailed out a public notice bulletin to over 300 interested parties. The public notice is published in the The Oregonian, Beaverton Valley Times, and the online

version of El Hispanic News at least two weeks prior to the public hearings. The County’s website includes a copy of the public notice as well as a downloadable copy of

the draft 2012 Action Plan. The public notice is e-mailed to the Housing and Supportive Services Network and Housing

Advocacy Group listserves. Periodic updates to both groups are provided by OCD staff. Announcements about the hearings will be made at the groups’ March and April meetings.

Copies of the draft Action Plan are distributed to 15 library locations within the Washington County Cooperative Library Service.

Copies of the minutes for public hearings and a summary of comments received are located in the Appendix. IV. Resources FEDERAL PROGRAM YEAR (PY) 2012 ENTITLEMENT FUNDS The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will allocate federal entitlement resources to Washington County for projects and activities to be carried out in PY 2012. Community Development Block Grant Program $2,499,301 CDBG Program Income $136,746 HOME Investment Partnerships Program $1,118,807 HOME Program Income $252,438 Emergency Solutions Grant $157,499 Total $4,164,791 The County estimates it will invest approximately $4,164,791 in new entitlement funds (including program income) in an array of housing and community development activities in PY 2012.

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The CDBG, HOME, and ESG program resources will be allocated as follows:

TABLE 1 Allocation of Program Resources HOME CDBG ESG CDBG Projects Public Facilities $687,131 Infrastructure $515,348 Public Services $393,5231 Housing Rehab $315,546

Emergency Solutions Grant $157,499 HOME Projects HOME - $1,136,724 CHDO Operating Grants $55,856 CDBG/Housing Admin $724,499 HOME Admin $128,6652 Contingency or Unprogrammed $50,000

Program Totals $1,371,245 $2,636,0473 $157,499 GRAND TOTAL $4,164,791

Details on specific projects and activities are provided in the Listing of Proposed Projects on page 80. Washington County’s Office of Community Development receives and administers CDBG entitlement funds on behalf of a consortium comprised of eleven cities - including the City of Hillsboro CDBG entitlement—and unincorporated areas of the county. In addition, Washington County is the Participating Jurisdiction under the HOME Program. The County works with Community Housing Development Organizations, non-profits, for-profits, and the Housing Authority of Washington County to develop affordable housing. The cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro are consortium partners in the HOME program. In previous years, Washington County subcontracted the administration of the Emergency Solutions Grant dollars to Community Action to provide for consistent and uninterrupted dispersal of funds. The current Consolidated Plan continues to support Emergency Solutions Grant assistance as a high priority. The authorization of the HEARTH Act and its implementing regulations changed how the ESG funds are used and allocated. Washington County will now be administering the Emergency Solutions Grant in order to adhere to the new regulations of the HEARTH Act. OTHER RESOURCES The Consortium’s Consolidated Plan estimates that some $4.1 billion4 is needed to address priority housing and community development needs in Washington County through 2015.

1 This amount does not exceed the 15% public service cap for CDBG. 2 This amount does not exceed the 10% Admin cap for HOME. 3 100% of the CDBG funds will be used for activities that benefit persons of low/mod income. 4 It can be assumed that there is a high degree of duplication in these estimates due to the nature of the needs collection process. What remains true despite the duplication is that the need far outweighs the resources available.

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Clearly, multiple sources of financing must be combined with federal grant funds to even begin to address some of these needs. As a result of both federal mandate and local policy, each of the County’s entitlement programs require or encourage some level of “match” or ”leveraging” - financing from other sources in addition to the requested entitlement funds. For instance, locally adopted policies for the HOME program require that 25% of the project cost be accounted for by matching funds. In addition, the County’s CDBG funding process awards a higher point value to project proposals that will leverage significant additional resources. Under the ESG program, there must be a dollar-for-dollar match from other public and private sources. Historically, the CDBG and HOME entitlement programs have been utilized in tandem with a broad variety of funding sources to support community development and housing activities, often to attract other public and private investments. Many of these resources are competitive, or are available under limited circumstances; therefore, dollar amounts cannot be predicted overall. However, based on information contained in current project applications, the County has compiled a detailed summary of resources expected to be leveraged by the projects proposed for Washington County CDBG, HOME and ESG funding in PY 2012 (see Table 2). Altogether, $4.4 million in CDBG, HOME, and ESG project dollars will leverage another $31.1 million in public and private resources for a leveraging ratio of 1:7 resulting in a total community investment of just under $35.5 million. Twenty-five county CDBG projects will attract a total of $4.0 million in additional public and private investment, while three HOME-assisted development activities (not including CHDO operating grant activities) will leverage another $27.1 million. Approximately $7.6 million in private, and other resources, including bank loans, investor equity, and cash and in-kind donations, are expected to be leveraged by county federal funds, making up 21% percent of all resources going to assisted projects. Aside from the federal entitlement funds, 66% of the funds (including tax credit financing) are coming from public sources. HOME match is projected at $595,093 which is 26.3% of the HOME funding awarded, exceeding the 25% HOME requirement (based on potential drawdown ratios). The match comes from a variety of sources for these rental projects, including a NeighborWorks grant, an Enterprise Green Communities grant, a cash contribution from the seller towards Passive Haus construction, Farmworker Tax Credit equity, an interest rate reduction on the Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credits, waived fees from the City of Beaverton, tax abatement from the local jurisdiction, the State of Oregon Document Recording Fee funds, the State’s General Housing Account Program (GHAP) funds, State weatherization funds, State Housing Trust Funds, grants from Metro’s Transit Oriented Development and Green programs, incentive payments from the Energy Trust of Oregon, and the donated value of land confirmed by the sellers for two projects and the City on another. An additional resource for housing and community development projects is program income received from some entitlement-funded activities. The HOME program requires that a local HOME Investment Trust Fund be established for deposit of repayments (principal and interest) of HOME funds advanced for affordable housing development. HOME trust fund resources may be utilized only for HOME-eligible housing programs. CDBG-funded rehabilitation programs generate

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program income through the low-interest loans that are made available to homeowners. Unfortunately, these are fluctuating resources which make it difficult to estimate future revenues. Additional sources of public funding are expected to be targeted to affordable housing projects within the County. Two HOME funded projects are looking to obtain a 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) award. One HOME funded project (Bienestar’s Juniper Gardens Apartments) has already obtained a $3,000,000 award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development financing program. One HOME funded project (CPAH’s Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing) is expecting to receive a twenty-year abatement from Washington County on property taxes associated with this project. Other funds not reflected in Table 2 include over $18.9 million in Section 8 voucher funding providing approximately 2,610 vouchers and 25 HUD-VA Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers and Continuum of Care funding (Supportive Housing Program and Shelter Plus Care) totaling over $1,977,815 million which will go to various programs targeted to homeless activities (an award of $127,980 is still pending from HUD). More detail on the homeless programs and funding sources can be found in Tables 7 and 8 starting on page 31.

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TABLE 2 Resources Expected to be Leveraged by Washington County CDBG, ESG and HOME Projects, PY 2012

ID Project Name

HUD Entitlement

Source Entitlement

Funding Other

Federal Other

Nonfederal Total Public

Total Private

HOME Match

Total Resources

HOUSING

4501 Community Action – Comprehensive Weatherization

CDBG $20,000 $100,000 $55,000 $175,000 $175,000

4502 Community Action – Self Help Weatherization

CDBG $25,000 $25,000 $50,000 $50,000

4578 Rebuilding Together – Washington County

CDBG $10,000 $10,000 $33,500 $43,500

4504 OCD – Housing Rehabilitation Program

CDBG $160,546 $160,546 $160,546

4506 OCD – HARDE Program CDBG $100,000 $100,000 $100,000

4603 REACH, CDI – Orenco Workforce Housing

HOME $750,000 $7,461,254 $1,075,000 $9,286,254 $3,537,853 $191,643 $13,015,750

4604 Bienestar – Juniper Gardens Phase II5

HOME $250,000 $3,000,000 $2,024,751 $5,274,751 $262,657 $88,050 $5,625,458

4605 CPAH – Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing6

HOME $1,260,146 $7,051,296 $1,764,600 $10,076,042 $280,110 $315,400 $10,671,552

4804 CPAH – CHDO Operating Grant

HOME $27,928 $27,928 $27,928

4801 Bienestar – CHDO Operating Grant

HOME $27,928 $27,928 $27,928

Housing Subtotal $2,631,548 $17,612,550 $4,944,351 $25,188,449 $4,114,120 $595,093 $29,897,662

5 This is a multi-year project funded with previous HOME dollars. Projected start date is December 2012. 6 This is a multi-year project funded with previous HOME dollars. Projected start date is July 2013.

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TABLE 2 Continued Resources Expected to be Leveraged by Washington County CDBG, ESG and HOME Projects, PY 2012

ID Project Name

HUD Entitlement

Source Entitlement

FundingOther

FederalOther

Nonfederal Total

Public Total

Private HOME Match

Total Resources

HOMELESS

4305 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew's Rent Assistance

CDBG $40,000 $40,000 $140,000 $180,000

4304 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony's Rent/ Utility Assistance

CDBG $28,800 $28,800 $60,000 $88,800

4312 Community Action – Basic Needs CDBG $35,000 $78,962 $113,962 $36,300 $150,262

4313 Community Action – Homeless Prevention & Intervention

CDBG $60,000 $68,950 $168,590 $297,540 $297,540

4332 Open Door Counseling Center – Housing Supportive Services

CDBG $45,695 $302,539 $53,958 $402,192 $378,996 $781,188

4357

Emergency Solutions Grant ESG $157,499 $50,000 $100,000 $314,998 $7,499 $314,998

Homeless Subtotal $366,994 $371,489 $459,009 $1,197,492 $615,296 $1,812,788

INFRASTRUCTURE

4130 Washington County LUT – SW 173rd Avenue Sidewalk Improvements

CDBG $191,663 $191,663 $383,326 $383,326

4102 City of North Plains – NW Claxtar St. Pedestrian Safety Improvements

CDBG $249,385 $86,718 $336,103 $336,103

4110 Laurel Acres Water Association – Well Water Improvements

CDBG $74,300 $74,300 $4,700 $79,000

Infrastructure Subtotal $515,348 $278,381 $793,729 $4,700 $798,429

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TABLE 2 Continued Resources Expected to be Leveraged by Washington County CDBG, ESG and HOME Projects, PY 2012

ID Project Name

HUD Entitlement

SourceEntitlement

Funding Other

Federal Other

Nonfederal Total

Public Total

Private HOME Match

Total Resources

PUBLIC FACILITIES

4235 City of Hillsboro – Dairy Creek Park CDBG $185,718 $185,718 $185,718

3231 City of Hillsboro –Walnut Street Park CDBG $75,000 $75,000 $75,000

4209 Good Neighbor Center – Homeless Shelter New Roof

CDBG $29,000 $10,000 $39,000 $39,000

4221 City of Forest Grove – Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade

CDBG $58,000 $7,000 $65,000 $65,000

4228 City of Sherwood – Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Facility Upgrade

CDBG $179,600 $41,663 $221,263 $221,263

4211 Community Services, Inc.– Developmental Disability Housing Acquisition

CDBG $150,000 $100,000 $250,000 $214,000 $464,000

4208 Willamette West Habitat for Humanity.– Warehouse Acquisition

CDBG $9,813 $9,813 $640,188 $650,001

Public Facilities Subtotal $687,131 $158,663 $845,794 $854,188 $1,699,982 PUBLIC SERVICES

4318 Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families

CDBG $50,000 $50,000 $260,335 $310,335

4331 Essential Health Clinic - Each and Every Project

CDBG $75,000 $75,000 $472,378 $547,378

4334 Bienestar – Resident Services CDBG $25,579 $7,470 $33,049 $190,060 $223,109

4333 CPAH – Resident Services CDBG $25,579 $25,579 $127,450 $153,029

4336 Fair Housing Council of Oregon CDBG $7,870 $7,870 $10,443 $18,313

Public Services Subtotal $184,028 $7,470 $191,498 $1,060,666 $1,252,164

TOTAL RESOURCES $4,385,049 $17,984,039 $5,847,874 $28,216,962 $6,648,970 $595,093 $35,461,024

% of Total Resources by Category 12.4% 50.7% 16.5% 79.6% 18.7%

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V. Priorities, Objectives and Accomplishments Table 3 summarizes the housing and community development needs to be addressed by CDBG, HOME, and ESG activities in PY 2012. Each funded project addresses a priority need and specific objectives set forth in Washington County’s 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. Washington County expects projects assisted with 2012 CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds (including program income) to benefit altogether a total of two community housing development organizations, 401 housing units, and 30,668 low- and moderate-income persons. As part of providing services to the persons mentioned above, five public facilities will be renovated and improved. Some of the CDBG projects span multiple program years. The accomplishments identified for low- and moderate-income persons may not be fully realized in this fiscal year but over a two or three-year time period. Applicants utilized the objectives included in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan at the time of application. The objectives for 2010-2015 are reflected in this document. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT The accompanying Listing of Proposed Projects (on page 67) describes the projects to be undertaken in Washington County with federal resources. Excluding administrative funds, all of the projects undertaken during PY 2012 will address high and medium-priority needs. The County’s Policy Advisory Board (PAB) approved the proposed list of projects on February 9, 2012 for recommendation to the Washington County Board of Commissioners. The PAB rated and ranked these projects in January 2012. Table 3, on the following page shows the priority needs as identified in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. More detail on specific objectives can be found in the Action Plan Year 3 table in the Appendices. Table 3A in the Appendix shows the specific CDBG objectives to be addressed by projects proposed for CDBG funding in PY 2012. These and other program objectives are outlined in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan.

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TABLE 3 Priority Needs and Objectives to be Addressed by Washington County Entitlement Programs, PY 2012

Priority Need & Subcategory Priority Level ID Project Name

Entitlement Source Funding

Accomplishment Units Type

HOMELESSNESS

H Emergency Solutions Grant ESG $157,499 687 Persons

Other Public Services H 4305

St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew’s Rent Assistance

CDBG $40,000 4,000 Persons


St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony’s Rent/ Utility Assistance


Other Public Services H 4332 Open Door Counseling Center CDBG $45,695 8,026 Persons

Other Public Services H 4312 Community Action – Basic Needs CDBG $35,000 1,350 Persons


Community Action – Homeless Prevention & Intervention


Total Homelessness

$366,994 18,263 Persons

AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING

Low Income Renters H 4603REACH, CDI – Orenco Workforce Housing

HOME $750,000 57 Housing Units

Low Income Renters M 4804 CPAH – CHDO Operating Grant HOME $27,928 1 Organization

Low Income Renters M 4801 Bienestar – CHDO Operating Grant HOME $27,928 1 Organization

Total Affordable Rental Housing $805,856 57 2

Housing Units Organizations

SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING

Farmworkers H 4604 Bienestar – Juniper Gardens Phase II HOME $250,000 22 Housing Units

Elderly, Physically Disabled H 4605CPAH – Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing

HOME $1,260,146 48 Housing Units

Total Special Needs Housing $1,510,146 70 Housing Units

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TABLE 3 Continued Priority Needs and Objectives to be Addressed by Washington County Entitlement Programs, PY 2012



Accomplishment Units Type

AFFORDABLE RENTAL OR HOMEOWNERSHIP 7 Low Income Renters, Low/Mod Income Homeowners

H 4501 CA – Comprehensive Weatherization CDBG $20,000 100 Housing Units

Low Income Renters, Low/Mod Income Homeowners

M 4502 CA – Self Help Weatherization CDBG $25,000 120 Housing Units

Low Income Renters, Low/Mod Income Homeowners

H 4506 OCD – HARDE Program CDBG $100,000 35 Housing Units

Total Rental or Owner-occupied Housing $145,000 255 Housing Units

AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP

Low/Mod Income Homeowners H 4578 Rebuilding Together – Washington County

CDBG $10,000 4 Housing Units

Low/Mod Income Homeowners H 4504 OCD – Housing Rehabilitation Program CDBG $160,546 15 Housing Units

Total Affordable Homeownership $170,546 19 Housing Units

INFRASTRUCTURE

Streets & Related Infrastructure M 4102 City of North Plains – Claxtar St Pedestrian Safety Improvements

CDBG $249,385 101 Persons

Sidewalk Improvements M 4130 Washington County LUT – SW 173rd Sidewalk Improvements


Water/sewer Improvements M 4110 Laurel Acres Water Association – Well Water Improvements


Total Infrastructure $515,348 1,379 Persons

7 These programs serve both homeowners and rental units. At the time of Action Plan development, the breakdown of renters versus owners is not known. During CAPER reporting, the renters will be reported under “Affordable Rental Housing” and the owners will be reported under “Affordable Homeownership” according to the objectives identified in Table 17 (Appendix C).

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TABLE 3 Continued Priority Needs and Objectives to be Addressed by Washington County Entitlement Programs, PY 2012



AccomplishmentUnits Type

PUBLIC FACILITIES

Parks and Recreation M 4235 City of Hillsboro – Dairy Creek CDBG $185,718 772 Persons

Parks and Recreation M 3231 City of Hillsboro –Walnut Street Park CDBG $75,000 3,718 Persons

Homeless Facility H 4209Good Neighbor Center – Homeless Shelter New Roof


Senior Center M 4221City of Forest Grove – Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade


Senior Center M 4228City of Sherwood – Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Facility Upgrade


Handicapped Center M 4211Community Services, Inc. – Development Disability Housing Acquisition


Other Facility M 4208Willamette West Habitat for Humanity – Warehouse Acquisition


Total Public Facilities $687,131 7,014 Persons

PUBLIC SERVICES

Health Services M 4318Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families


Health Services M 4331Essential Health Clinic – Each and Every Project


Other Public Services H 4334 Bienestar – Resident Services CDBG $25,579 1,050 Persons

Other Public Services H 4333Community Partners for Affordable Housing – Resident Services


Fair Housing H Fair Housing Council of Oregon – Fair Housing


Total Public Services $184,028 9,015 Persons

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VI. Geographic Distribution Rationale for Allocation The allocation of CDBG funds in Washington County is based on community needs and priorities. The 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan provides complete detail on the process for collecting and prioritizing needs and developing objectives to meet those needs. The narrative reflects how the County sought input from non-profit service providers, local jurisdictions, county departments, and interested individuals to identify and assess community development needs. Community residents returned over 600 questionnaires about affordable housing and community development needs. The survey was available in paper form and on line, and was also translated into Spanish. Project proposals are accepted annually from local governments and non-profit organizations. Proposals are evaluated by the Policy Advisory Board (PAB) and ranked in order based on their scores within each program category. The projects that receive the highest scores, and are within the funding limits in each category, are then selected for funding. Washington County’s Office of Community Development continues to develop policies and procedures for the HOME Program including the allocation of funding for projects. The projects to be funded by Washington County in PY 2012 were evaluated and selected during the County’s annual funding cycle using established selection criteria that included whether or not the project met priority needs and local objectives as identified in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The Policy Advisory Board reviews and ranks each project to determine eligibility and funding potential. Table 4 identifies the areas to which Washington County will direct federal assistance during the 2012 program year. For each funded project, the table lists the priority level of the need being addressed, in addition to any groups with special needs that will be targeted for assistance. In particular, the Washington County CDBG and HOME programs will fund: Five CDBG public service projects serving homeless persons throughout Washington County

(#11, 12, 13, 14 & 17). One public service project (#16) serving residents throughout Washington County. One public services project (#15) serving residents at locations in Hillsboro, Cornelius and

Forest Grove. Two public facility acquisition projects (#2 & 4), a warehouse and a home for persons with

disabilities both located in Hillsboro, Three public facility addition/renovation projects (#3, 5, & 6), a homeless shelter located in

Tigard, a senior center located in Forest Grove and a senior center located in Sherwood. Two public facility projects park renovations (#1 & 7) located in Hillsboro. One infrastructure pedestrian safety improvement project (#8) located in North Plains. One infrastructure sidewalk improvement project (#10) to be carried out in a low- to

moderate-income neighborhood in unincorporated Washington County. One infrastructure water improvement project (#9) located in Laurel Acres.

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Three housing rehabilitation programs (#24, 25 & 23) administered in Hillsboro and Beaverton serving residents countywide (not including Beaverton residents).

Two weatherization projects (#21 & 22) administered from a Hillsboro facility but serving residents countywide.

One HOME assisted new construction project (#30) for low-income renters located in Hillsboro. One HOME assisted new construction project (#31) for farmworkers consisting of 22

apartment units located in Forest Grove. One HOME assisted new construction project (#32) for seniors and persons with disabilities

consisting of 48 apartment units located in Beaverton. Two public services projects for resident services provided by CHDOs (#18 & 19) One public services project for fair housing services serving residents countywide (#20) Two CHDO operating grant projects (#28 & 29). Note: When referencing Table 4, some projects have multiple sites (identified by an *) but only one of the sites will reflect the total project cost. Also, activities that are identified as county-wide are the administrative headquarters of these programs. Residents who receive the services (with the exception of Beaverton residents) may be located county-wide.

Maps of project locations can be found in Appendix B.

Please note that the Fair Housing Council of Oregon and Community Partners for Affordable Housing have their agency headquarters located in the City of Portland. However, the CDBG-funded activity for the Fair Housing Council of Oregon funds a portion of its housing discrimination hotline for low-income Washington County residents. The agency also performs fair housing activities and events in Washington County. While Community Partners for Affordable Housing has its agency headquarters in the City of Portland, the activities under its CHDO Operating Grant support its housing development activities in Washington County, while the CDBG Resident Services projects specifically support its resident services program at its Washington County properties (exclusive of those within the City of Beaverton).

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TABLE 4 Geographic Distribution of Washington County CDBG, ESG and HOME Assistance, PY 2012

Jurisdiction Census

Tract ID Project Name Entitlement

Source Funding Priority Level Special Need(s) Targeted

Beaverton County-wide 4578 Rebuilding Together CDBG $10,000 H Elderly, Persons with Disabilities

County-wide 4312

Community Action – Basic Needs

CDBG $35,000 H Homeless Persons (prevention of homelessness)

311002 4605 Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing

HOME $1,260,146 H Elderly, Persons with Disabilities

Cornelius 329011 4318 Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families

CDBG $50,000 M

330001 4110 Laurel Acres Water Association– Well Water Improvements

CDBG $74,300 M

Forest Grove 332002 4604 Bienestar – Juniper Gardens Apartments Phase II

HOME $250,000 H Farmworkers

333011 4318 Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families

CDBG *1 M

332003 4221 City of Forest Grove – Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade

CDBG $58,000 M Elderly

Hillsboro County-wide 4504

OCD – Housing Rehabilitation Program

CDBG $160,546 H

County-wide 4506 OCD – HARDE CDBG $100,000 H Elderly, Persons with Disabilities

County-wide 4501

Community Action – Comprehensive Weatherization

CDBG $20,000 H Elderly, Persons with Disabilities

County-wide 4502

Community Action – Self-help Weatherization

CDBG $25,000 M

County-wide 4332

Open Door Counseling Center – Housing Supportive Services


326063 4211 Community Services, Inc. – Developmental Disability Housing Acquisition

CDBG $150,000 M Persons with Disabilities

County-wide 4331

Essential Health Clinic – Each and Every Project

CDBG $75,000 M

1 See Cornelius listing for Healthy Families – Multiple locations with one CDBG grant amount

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TABLE 4 Continued Geographic Distribution of Washington County CDBG, ESG and HOME Assistance, PY 2012

Jurisdiction Census

Tract ID Project Name Entitlement

Source Funding Priority Level Special Need(s) Targeted

Hillsboro - Continued

County-wide 4312

Community Action – Basic Needs

CDBG *2 H Homeless Persons (prevention of homelessness)

County-wide 4313

Community Action – Homeless Prevention & Intervention


324092 4334 Bienestar – Residential Services

CDBG $25,579 H

County-wide 4305

St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew’s Rent Assistance


326071 4603 REACH Community Development – Orenco Workforce Housing

HOME $750,000 H

324082 4208 Willamette West Habitat for Humanity – Warehouse Acquisition

CDBG $9,813 M

324092 4801 Bienestar – CHDO Operating Grant

HOME $27,928 M

325012 4318 Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families

CDBG *3 M

325011 4235 City of Hillsboro – Dairy Creek Park

CDBG $185,718 M

324091 3231 City of Hillsboro – Walnut Street Park

CDBG $75,000 M

County-wide Emergency Solutions Grant ESG $157,499 H Homeless Persons

North Plains 327002 4102 City of North Plains – NW Claxtar St. Pedestrian Safety Improvements

CDBG $249,385 M

Sherwood 321032 4228 City of Sherwood – Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Facility Upgrade

CDBG $179,600 M Elderly Persons

Tigard County-wide 4304

St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony’s Rent/ Utility Assistance

CDBG $28,800 M Homeless Persons (prevention of homelessness)

309001 4209 Good Neighbor Center – Homeless Shelter New Roof

CDBG $29,000 H Homeless Persons

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Unincorp. Washington County

317051 4130 Washington County LUT – SW 173rd Avenue Sidewalk Improvements

CDBG $191,663 M

Portland Location

County-wide

Fair Housing Council of Oregon – Fair Housing

CDBG $7,870 H Note: Agency headquarters is located in Portland

n/a 4804 CPAH – CHDO Operating Grant

HOME $27,928 M Note: Agency headquarters is located in Portland

4333 CPAH – Resident Services CDBG $25,579 H Note: Agency headquarters is located in Portland

2 See Beaverton listing for Basic Needs – Multiple locations with one CDBG grant amount. 3 See Cornelius listing for Healthy Families – Multiple locations with one CDBG grant amount.

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Areas of Low-income and Minority Concentration During the process of writing the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan, Washington County utilized the 2000 census data to evaluate the number of census tracts in which there is low-income and/or minority concentration since this was the most current data available at the time. Washington County continues to utilize these maps which can be found in Volume 1 of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The following tables provide the information for low-income and minority concentrations. Low-Income Concentration The following census tracts have a low-income percentage that is 10 points higher than that of Washington County as a whole. “Low-income” is defined as having a family income that is 50% or less than the County’s median family income. The low-income percentage is based on the population for which income level is determined, which is slightly less than the entire census tract population.

TABLE 5 Low Income Concentrations in Washington County

Tract Location Low Income Percentage

33200 Forest Grove 45% 31200 Beaverton 41% 31300 N. Beaverton/ Unincorporated 36% 31613 NW Beaverton/ Unincorporated 33% 32403 Hillsboro 33% 30900 Tigard 32% 31705 Unincorporated, w. of Beaverton 32% 31100 Beaverton 30%

Washington County Total 17.1% Source: HUD Website, Census 2000 Low and Moderate Income Summary Data

Washington County will invest CDBG and HOME in four projects that are located in census tracts 33200, 31705, and 31100 identified above as areas of low-income concentration. Specifically: One HOME funded new construction farmworker project in census tract 33200 One CDBG funded senior center improvement project One CDBG funded sidewalk improvement project in census tract 31705 One HOME funded new construction senior (and people with disabilities) apartment project

in census tract 31100 Public service projects that serve residents county-wide are so reflected in Table 4. No specific census tract is provided unless the project takes place at a location where the services are delivered on site or whether the program activity serves a geographic area that is not county-wide.

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Minority Concentration The table below identifies census block groups with a combined ethnic/racial minority percentage that is 20 points higher than that of Washington County as a whole.

TABLE 6 Census Tracts with Ethnic/Minority Groups Census Tract Block

Group Location Ethnic/Minority Group Minority

Percentage

031005 4 Portland/Beaverton Hispanic/Latino All Racial Minorities Other

51% 39% 27%

031300 1 Cedar Hills area (Portland) All Racial Minorities Hispanic/Latino

39% 32%

031605 3 Beaverton Hispanic/Latino 38% 031611 1 Beaverton Asian 28%

031611 2 Beaverton All Racial Minorities Asian

43% 33%

031613 2 Beaverton/Aloha Hispanic/Latino Other

60% 28%

032002 4 Tualatin Hispanic/Latino 34%

032401 4 Hillsboro Hispanic/Latino All Racial Minorities Other

77% 63% 56%


45% 37% 30%


78% 48% 42%

032403 5 Hillsboro Hispanic/Latino 36%

032500 1 Hillsboro Hispanic/Latino Other

44% 28%

032604 4 Hillsboro Hispanic/Latino 38% 032606 2 Hillsboro Hispanic/Latino 45% 032901 1 Cornelius Hispanic/Latino 36%

032902 1 Cornelius Hispanic/Latino Other

41% 29%

032902 2 Cornelius Hispanic/Latino 31% Source:HUD Website, Census 2000 Low and Moderate Income Summary Data Washington County will invest CDBG funds in two projects that are located in two of the census tracts identified as areas of minority concentration. Census Tract 32606 and Census Tract 32901: Community Services, Inc. – Developmental Disability Housing Acquisition Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center – Healthy Families Five projects proposed for County CDBG funding qualify under the national objective of low/moderate-income area benefit. Three projects used census data to qualify. Office of Community Development staff reviewed the project scope and service area and visited the site for a visual inspection. All areas are in keeping with the low/mod-income percentages of the

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particular block groups in which the project sites are located. Two projects qualified based on demographic survey. The HUD Portland office approved the survey instruments as well as the survey results. Washington County’s Policy Advisory Board evaluated and approved the use of the HUD-approved exception criteria for Washington County in May 2004. The exception criteria allows the County to find projects eligible if they serve areas in which at least 46.1% of the households are low- and moderate-income. In other words, the County can drop below the federal threshold of 51%. One of the projects undertaken this year is serving areas that have less than the standard 51% threshold. VII. Meeting Underserved Needs AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS The Listing of Proposed Projects also describes those projects and activities to be undertaken in the coming year that address the need for affordable and special needs housing. Three HOME development projects are identified (not including CHDO operating grant activities). Projects proposed to receive HOME funds in PY 2012 were selected through annual funding cycles. HUD HOME policy requires that a minimum of 15 percent of each annual HOME allocation be reserved for housing to be owned, developed or sponsored by Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs). As part of the County’s support of its CHDOs, local HOME policy requires that the minimum requirement be set at 20 percent of each annual HOME allocation—or $223,761 in PY 2012 funds. This year, Washington County awarded HOME funds to three organizations currently certified as CHDOs. The first HOME award is to REACH Community Development, Inc. for its Orenco Workforce Housing project ($750,000 in 2012 funding) known as The Orchards at Orenco. The second HOME award is to Bienestar, Inc. for the second phase of its Juniper Gardens Apartments project ($250,000 in 2012 funding). The third HOME award is to Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) for The Barcelona, CPAH’s Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing project ($110,682.73), which has been added to the $1,149,463.27 in prior years’ HOME funds reallocated by the City of Beaverton from the Providence ElderPlace project that did not receive Section 202 funding in 2011 in order to move forward. These three project awards constitute 98% of the 2012 HOME allocation available for housing development. This far exceeds the required minimum for either threshold. Washington County makes available up to the maximum 5 percent of its total annual HOME allocation for operating grant assistance to Tier 1 CHDOs. A total of $55,856 in new County HOME funds is being made available for this purpose in PY 2012. Local policy also allows the County to set aside up to 10% of the funding that goes to CHDOs for the purpose of funding predevelopment costs. This year, the predevelopment allocation amount is $50,000. These funds are available on a first come, first served basis. Three HOME projects will be funded this year with $2,260,146 in HOME funds, creating 127 new units to the County’s affordable housing inventory. (Note, 24 of the 46 new units for phase one of the Juniper Gardens Apartments project were counted under the 2010 Action Plan). Two of the three rental housing projects will provide housing for special needs populations (described in the Special Needs section on page 43), while the third project will address a non-special needs housing

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high priority need of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan with 100% of the units affordable to households earning 50% MFI or less. CDBG funding in the amount of $315,546 is allocated for housing rehabilitation/weatherization activities. Making improvements to existing homes helps to keep people in their own homes and therefore helps to maintain that source of affordable housing stock in the county. As shown in Table 3, five housing rehabilitation and weatherization projects will provide weatherization materials or make improvements (including accessibility) to 274 owner-occupied homes and rental units. NEEDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING The Housing Authority will complete the following projects for its public housing portfolio: replacement of kitchen and bath cabinets and countertops at six scattered sites; and replacement of exterior siding at five scattered sites. Housing Authority maintenance staff will also focus on exterior preventative maintenance (e.g., exterior painting, fencing replacement, etc.) at the public housing sites in this coming year. The maintenance staff continues to implement additional measures to ensure the most effective use of limited resources. Currently all painting, vinyl flooring, fencing and decking replacement, furnace repair and replacement, and electrical work are done in-house by our qualified personnel. The Housing Authority is continuing its Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program to encourage public housing and Section 8 families to acquire skills and build up equity for homeownership, business or higher education. We will continue to recruit current participants into the program by marketing and by adding benefits for those families enrolled in the program. We are working with community partners to establish a mentor program and information sessions providing free training and guidance for our families in areas of finance, education, home ownership and saving plans. We are establishing a social media site(s) to engage our current families and promote the program to other voucher holder families. The FSS Program Coordinating Committee (PCC) has recruited new members offering expertise in community based services, training and education. We will be working with our members to identify new opportunities and to fill “gaps” in needed services. The Housing Authority offers two homeownership programs for its low-income participants - the Public Housing Section 32 Homeownership Program and the Section 8 Homeownership Program. Residents in both programs will continue to receive counseling to prepare for possible purchases in 2012-13. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development allows Housing Authorities to sell public housing units under the Section 32 Homeownership Program. This unique program provides first-time homeownership opportunities to existing public housing residents. With the downturn in the economy, we do not anticipate to sell any units through the Section 32 Homeownership program this year. However, due to a growing number of participants in the Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency Program, it is likely that one (1) family will purchase and participate in the Section 8 Homeownership Program this year. The Housing Authority anticipates funding 2,610 Section 8 vouchers and 25 HUD-VA Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers in the coming year for a total in housing

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assistance payments of approximately $18.9 million. The Housing Authority was recently designated as a High-Performing Housing Authority based on its services in Washington County. Recently, the Housing Authority increased its payment standards to reflect the increase in the Fair Market Rents (FMR) established by HUD. Generally, these rates are within the range of housing costs in our jurisdiction. However, as more individuals become homeless due to the economy and if a corresponding “softness” in the rental market occurs, the Housing Authority may consider initiating a decrease in these payment standards if it determines that by doing so it may increase the numbers of families that can be served. In 2012, the Housing Authority will continue its quarterly meetings for the Resident Advisory Board (RAB) that is composed of public housing and Section 8 residents. The RAB gets first review of the Agency's proposed Public Housing Agency Plan for the coming fiscal year and will have the opportunity to make comments. HOMELESS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS Homelessness Washington County will fund a wide variety of homeless and homeless prevention programs in an effort to address the needs of homeless and at-risk families and individuals. In addition to funding competitive applications through the annual funding cycles, there will be a new emphasis on relaying more comprehensively the impact of these programs on Washington County residents not just in terms of the federal Community Planning and Development programs regulated by the Consolidated Plan but also from the McKinney-Vento programs as well as non-federally assisted efforts to address homelessness. In addition, through the Consolidated Planning effort, more specific efforts over the five-year period are identified to better align CDBG and the future Emergency Solutions Grant so that there is support for the programs from both the Consolidated Plan as well as the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. For other actions related to homeless activities, please also refer to the Other Actions section on page 46. The County and its service partners will use CDBG and ESG funds for the following activities that will address the emergency shelter, transitional housing, and service needs of homeless individuals and families with children, as well as to prevent extremely low-income households from becoming homeless. Six CDBG projects propose to serve homeless persons. Four CDBG projects that will provide emergency rent assistance and/or utility assistance that

will prevent people from being evicted from their homes thereby becoming homeless. One CDBG project that will provide mortgage assistance and foreclosure counseling that will

prevent people from being losing from their homes thereby becoming homeless. One CDBG project for the purpose of making improvements to a homeless shelter.

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With the authorization of the HEARTH Act in May 2009, Congress made significant changes to the McKinney-Vento Act programs. One of the changes replaced the Emergency Shelter Grant program (ESG) with the Emergency Solutions Grant, also called ESG. Because of changes in the program, Washington County commenced a consultation process with its Continuum of Care, through its Housing and Supportive Services Network, to provide for the participation of local homeless service providers and not less than one homeless individual or formerly homeless individual in considering and making policies and decisions regarding any facilities, services, or other eligible activity that receives funding under ESG. Policies and other decisions resulting from this consultation process include how to allocate the ESG funds each year (between what eligible activities), the amount of funds distributed between activities, developing performance standards and evaluating outcomes, and policies and procedures related to the administration and operation of the County’s Homeless Management and Information System (HMIS). The County’s Policy Advisory Board maintains overall responsibility and oversight over the program for the approval of program policies and projects under the ESG program as an advisory body to the Board of County Commissioners. Summary of Consultation Process Washington County Office of Community Development (OCD) consulted with members of the Housing and Supportive Services Network (HSSN), the Continuum of Care (CoC) body for the area to discuss the activities to be funded under new regulatory guidelines of ESG on February 10, 2012. Eight members were asked to attend a subcommittee meeting held on February 22 and February 29, 2012 to assist in the consultation process. Participants of this meeting included former recipients of the Emergency Shelter Grant program, former HPRP recipients, formerly homeless individuals, and other service providers in the area representing all segments of the CoC including domestic violence providers, permanent supportive housing providers, emergency shelter providers, and emergency service providers. A discussion ensued on needed Emergency Solutions Grant program components as well as the percentage of and mechanism for distributing a total of $157,499 in PY 2012 ESG funding. The general consensus of the group was an emphasis for the continued funding of all activities allowable under the new ESG, with an emphasis on Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing activities due to the importance that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has placed on looking predominantly toward Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing as an effective way for communities to combat homelessness. It was discussed that while supporting Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing activities deserved to be a focused effort, that funding for operations of shelters and street outreach activities can be limited and that shelter still serves a crucial element in the road to transitioning individuals and families from homelessness and into permanent housing. Once consultation was completed to obtain concurrence with the decision about funding, final consultation with the entire HSSN occurred on March 7, 2012, and presented to the Policy Advisory Board and approved on March 8th for inclusion in the 2012 Action Plan.

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Coordination Policy: Washington County’s Continuum of Care (Housing and Supportive Services Network) will provide the main coordination function to ensure knowledge of the services available in the Continuum from shelter providers, essential services providers, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing providers, other homeless assistance providers, and mainstream, employment service and housing providers. Procedures: The Coordination Policy will be carried out through a number of ways:

HSSN: Regular attendance at HSSN monthly meetings. Homeless subcommittee monthly meetings Annual updates from ESG Recipient to HSSN on status of ESG activities including

consultation opportunities. Ensuring the mainstream and employment service providers attend HSSN meetings

regularly. Encourage homeless consumer input in developing programs and the homeless response

system.

Other: Coordination of the Shelter Network Requirement of ESG-funded agencies to coordinate and integrate to the maximum extent

practicable with mainstream and employment service providers. Standard Policies and Procedures The following are general standard policies for evaluating individuals’ and families’ eligibility for assistance under all applicable activities that are funded under the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). Policy:

Beneficiaries must be below 30% Median Family Income (MFI) Limits. Beneficiaries must have an initial consultation with a staff person whose job description

includes knowledge of ESG program policies and procedures. Households receiving prevention and re-housing assistance must have no other support

networks or funding resources (this must be documented by OCD-approved format). Each beneficiary must have documentation of homeless or at-risk of homelessness status

(by HUD definition). Agencies receiving ESG funding must use a barrier level assessment tool as part of a

centralized intake system; procedures for this will need redesign for ESG. Must implement the use of risk factors for assessing rent-assisted households. Households must have assets no greater than $2,500.

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Match Requirement Washington County will ensure that 100 percent of the Emergency Solutions Grant received is matched with equal resources. This match requirement will be passed on to the grant recipients. Match documentation will be required before reimbursement will be made. The match may be cash or an in-kind amount and cannot be counted as satisfying the matching requirement of another federal grant. Types of match that will be accepted include:

Cash contributions expended for allowable costs including staff salaries and fringe benefits

Noncash contributions Services provided by volunteers are matched at the current minimum wage salary

unless the recipient can verify a higher rate of pay for current employees performing similar work

Real property, equipment, goods or services that if the recipient had to pay for them with grant funds, the payments would have been indirect costs

The value of donated goods and services such as clothing, food, diapers, haircuts, etc. The value placed should be consistent with OMB Circulars 87 and A-122.

Costs paid by program income provided the costs are eligible ESG costs that supplement the recipient’s ESG program.

Recordkeeping In references to documentation of homeless eligibility, recipients must comply with the recordkeeping requirements in 24 CFR 576.500. Proposed Activities Washington County plans on funding the following activities: Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Re-Housing, HMIS administration, and general ESG Program administration. The following narrative is intended to describe each activity that will be funded under the Emergency Solutions Grant and the Policies and Procedures under each. Street Outreach $25,000 will go to support Street outreach activities targeted to homeless singles and families without children. Services will be initially targeted to engagement, case management, emergency health services, emergency mental health services, and or transportation activities to serve up to 100 individuals. Match support will come from private donations and foundation support. Per HUD regulations, street outreach activities can ONLY be targeted to populations defined in HUD’s Category 1, Paragraph (1)i definition of “Literally homelessness”. (For further information about the criteria for determining homelessness under HUD’s definition, please refer to Table C-1 at the end of this section.) The allocation method will be either a direct allocation or will be competitive. If no awards are made under this category, funds will be re-programmed to

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the prevention and re-housing categories (which include rent and financial assistance as well as housing relocation and stabilization services) in a respective one third/two thirds split. Washington County Office of Community Development will continue to work to design procedures and selection criteria for how to allocate funding for Street Outreach activities under this grant. Emergency Shelter $50,000 has been allocated to Community Action to support Emergency Shelter activities in Washington County’s Shelter Network to serve 560 families, individuals, and youth. Match support will come from shelter Levy funding (local), private donations, and foundation support. These funds will be allocated to Community Action as the Shelter Coordinator, as is currently the process. Policy: The Shelter Network is made up of five shelters; three in a system coordinated by Community Action and two others that operate in concert with the system but with procedures that are slightly different due to the special needs populations they serve. The Shelter Network will work collaboratively to find other housing options, or if none, shelter opportunities, within the network of shelters so as to prevent households from living on the street. In order to be eligible to receive ESG assistance, each shelter must adopt a policy of assessing homeless families at intake, prioritizing essential services (includes mainstream and employment services) based on needs of the household, and allowing for a re-assessment of each household during their stay at the shelter. Safeguards for Special Needs Populations (survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking) are supported by the policy of the Shelter Network to not release the names of any of their shelter families so as to protect their privacy as well as to ensure the safety of the families. DVRC will not acknowledge or respond to any inquiries regarding someone who might be in shelter. Family Bridge does not allow visitors unless pre-approved/pre-arranged. Procedure for Family Shelter Network: Admission: To be admitted onto the Shelter Waitlist, the household must be a household with children and qualify as “homeless” based on HUD’s definitions under the HEARTH Act. Actual documentation of homelessness would occur at the point of entry into the shelter. Each shelter must adhere to OCD-approved method for documenting such status in order to be eligible for ESG assistance. Diversion: The Shelter Network Coordinator will evaluate the household to determine first whether there are options for diversion away from shelter prior to placing the household in shelter. Admission and diversion functions will occur mainly at the weekly Community Resource Orientations hosted by Network Coordinator.

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Referral: The Network will refer the household at the top of the list to re-housing opportunities (if applicable) or the next available shelter with open beds. The list for shelter is administered on a first come, first served basis. Discharge: Shelters will discharge families when they have reached the end of the stay (as dictated by Shelter policy). The Shelters will coordinate with the Shelter Network Coordinator to determine whether there are other options for housing available before the household is moved to the next shelter (to prevent discharging onto the street). To the maximum extent possible given resources in this jurisdiction, shelters will work to prevent release of households into homelessness. Procedure for Boys and Girls Aid Safe Place for Youth: Admission: Youth call or drop in or are referred by outside source (police, schools, HomePlate). Shelter accepts youth age 10 – 19. Clients must be sober and non-aggressive. Agency does manage a waitlist and there are criteria (risk factors) for pulling off the list (not by first come first serve). Youth will not be placed on the list unless he or she has talked directly to staff, either by phone or in person. Diversion: If the youth has just run away, Agency will try to divert from shelter by trying to get him or her back with family or family member before placing in the shelter. Referral: While in care, Agency tries to determine whether a return to home or another family member is possible. Getting the youth to a stable resource is priority. Refer to Transitional Living Program (TLP) or other housing programs if available (New Avenues for Youth or Job Corps). Discharge: Discharge after up to 12 weeks of stay at shelter (extensions possible). Discharge is dictated by plan in place. Discharge into homelessness ONLY occurs when they discharge themselves. As long as youth is making progress, the shelter stay can extend to prevent discharge into homelessness. General progression is shelter (crisis) to TLP then to housing. Procedure for Domestic Violence Resource Center: Admission: Clients will typically call in (drop-ins are not welcomed due to the confidential nature of the shelter). Stay at the shelter (Monica’s House) is intended to be only for those in imminent danger. Referrals are taken for all ages and clients are accepted regardless of gender. Single adults with their children are accepted, but not dual parents. Client must be sober, and exhibit appropriate behavior for communal living; a drug test is required and used as a method to assess needs of the individual, not to deny services. No wait list, clients are accepted into the shelter on a first come, first serve, based upon availability and that the victim is in “imminent danger”. Diversion: DVRC evaluates the safety of a household to determine first whether there are options for diversion away from shelter prior to placing the household in shelter. If under imminent danger, then they are accepted. DVRC coordinates other services as needed to ensure that clients do not have to go into shelter if there are other options that do not compromise safety. Most are

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not “homeless”, or are only temporarily without housing, or have other housing options. Those who are literally “homeless” are referred to Community Action. Referral: Referrals come from hospitals, other agencies, and even other jurisdictions across the country. The common thread of clients served by DVRC is not socioeconomic; DVRC primarily serves low-income clients, but that is not a criterion for services. 120 adult clients and 150 children (270 total) stay at Monica’s House annually. Some are referred to Survivor House (similar to Oxford House) or Oxford Recovery Living. Some are referred to HopeSpring, or will access the DV emergency grant to obtain financial assistance to secure housing (1st and last month’s rent, fees, etc.). Discharge: DVRC will discharge clients when they are no longer in imminent danger and have identified a permanent housing option, typically 4 weeks, though there is no specified time limit. DVRC’s Case Manager coordinates with the clients weekly to discuss options for available housing before the household is moved to another shelter or to another housing option (to prevent discharging onto the street). To the maximum extent possible given resources in this jurisdiction, DVRC works to prevent release of households into homelessness, unless the client poses a threat to other clients staying at the shelter. Examples of unacceptable behavior include bringing alcohol or drugs into the shelter, bringing a perpetrator to the shelter, or bringing weapons on site. Additionally, aggressive or inappropriate behavior that is not conducive to communal living is also grounds for immediate dismissal from the shelter (clients with children are given more time to identify another housing option to prevent discharging to the street). Homeless Prevention (HP) $22,562 will be allocated to Community Action to carryout homeless prevention activities, which include rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve a minimum of four households. Match support will come from Emergency Housing Account and the Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Policy: Except as provided below, households that have incomes below 30% MFI, meet the HUD definition of at-risk of homelessness, meet prescribed risk factors, and that assess for this program (using an assessment tool) will be eligible to receive HP assistance (first come first serve) within the capacity of the funding. Households that meet the above criterion AND have been approved for permanent housing assistance through another mainstream public subsidy (or are enrolled another program that is helping them to meet their housing costs) but need only a limited “financial assistance” payment(s) [example: security deposit, 1st/last month’s rent, etc], will be prioritized for assistance under homeless prevention. An agency awarded ESG assistance under homelessness prevention will be required to utilize OCD-approved documentation standards for income, HUD standards for at risk of homelessness, risk factors (if applicable), and assessment tools. ESG regulations require that subrecipients use the Part 5 definition of income for all activities under the ESG program, define at 24 CFR 5.609.

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OCD staff will conduct training to provide agencies technical assistance on how to count income and calculate rent assistance payments under this definition. Households assisted with prevention assistance will be required to pay 30% of their income towards rent and utilities. This calculation shall be included in the income documentation so that both household income and household’s share of rent will be clearly documented. ESG Program Participants will be eligible to receive up to 6 months of assistance for prevention. Extensions to these time limits may be granted with written authorization from Washington County Office of Community Development, but not to exceed a maximum of 24 months of assistance per 24 CFR 576.105(a)(3) and 576.106(a)(2). There will be no adjustment of the portion of rent paid by tenant over the assistance period, which will remain at 30% of adjusted gross income as determined under the Part 5 definition of income. The subrecipient must re-evaluate the program participant’s eligibility and amount of assistance needs every 3 months for both prevention assistance and re-housing assistance. A participant may come back to the program at any point within the program year to receive homeless prevention and rapid re-housing rent and financial assistance, but the total amount of assistance received must be within the above limits. Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services (HRSS) will include housing search and placement, housing stability case management, and mediation. Credit repair and legal services are allowed and may be included but would only be eligible if provided by a third party that had gone through OCD-approved procurement process. The minimum amount of HRSS shall be a once per month in-person meeting with the client, though the goal would be for more. The duration of HRSS will be tied at a minimum to the length of rent assistance provided, but can continue for a longer period depending on the needs of the household. A participant may come back to the program at any point to receive HRSS but the total amount of assistance received must be within the above limits. Other general program requirements for either rent-assistance activity under the ESG program include provisions that:

The unit must be suitable for household size. The unit rents must not exceed Section 8 Fair Market Rents. The unit must have a rent that is documented by staff as being reasonable as compared to

other units of similar size and with similar amenities. The unit and shelter must conform with Lead Based Paint remediation and disclosure. The unit must be Habitable (as documented by the Habitability Checklist, completed by

ESG Subrecipient). The shelter must be habitable to receive ESG assistance (documented by OCD staff).

Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) $45,125 will be allocated to Community Action to support Rapid Re-Housing activities, which includes rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve an additional 7 households. Match support will come from Emergency Housing Account and the Supportive Housing Assistance Program.

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Policy: Except as provided below, households that have incomes below 30% MFI, meet the HUD definition of homeless, meet prescribed risk factors, and that assess for this program (using an assessment tool) will be eligible to receive RRH assistance (first come first serve) within the capacity of the funding. It was decided in the consultation process that payment of security deposits, utility costs and moving costs are an important component for any rent assistance program. Without it, many cannot afford to move into housing. It was agreed that a client should be required to pay a portion of their rent so that they can begin the path to economic self-sufficiency. Households that meet the above criterion AND have been approved for permanent housing assistance through another mainstream public subsidy (or are enrolled another program that is helping them to meet their housing costs) but need only a limited “financial assistance” payment(s) [example: security deposit, 1st/last month’s rent, etc], will be prioritized for assistance under homeless prevention or rapid re-housing. An agency awarded ESG assistance under rapid re-housing will be required to utilize OCD-approved documentation standards for income, HUD standards for homelessness, risk factors (if applicable), and assessment tools. ESG regulations require that subrecipients use the Part 5 definition of income for all activities under the ESG program, define at 24 CFR 5.609. OCD staff will conduct training to provide agencies technical assistance on how to count income and calculate rent assistance payments under this definition. Households assisted with re-housing assistance will be required to pay 30% of their income towards rent and utilities. This calculation shall be included in the income documentation so that both household income and household’s share of rent will be clearly documented. ESG Program Participants will be eligible to receive up to 9 months of assistance for rapid re-housing. Extensions to these time limits may be granted with written authorization from Washington County Office of Community Development, but not to exceed a maximum of 24 months of assistance per 24 CFR 576.105(a)(3) and 576.106(a)(2). There will be no adjustment of the portion of rent paid by a tenant over the assistance period, which will remain at 30% of adjusted gross income as determined under the Part 5 definition of income. The subrecipient must re-evaluate the program participant’s eligibility and amount of assistance needs every 3 months for re-housing assistance. A participant may come back to the program at any point within the program year to receive rapid re-housing rent and financial assistance, but the total amount of assistance received must be within the above limits. Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services (HRSS) will include housing search and placement, housing stability case management, and mediation. Credit repair and legal services are allowed and may be included but would only be eligible if provided by a third party that had gone through OCD-approved procurement process. The minimum amount of HRSS shall be a once per month in-person meeting with the client, though the goal would be for more. The duration of HRSS will be tied at a minimum to the length of rent assistance provided, but can continue for longer period depending on the needs of

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the household. A participant may come back to the program at any point to receive HRSS but the total amount of assistance received must be within the above limits. Other general program requirements for either rent-assistance activity under the ESG program include provisions that:

The unit must be suitable for household size. The unit rents must not exceed Section 8 Fair Market Rents. The unit must have a rent that is documented by staff as being reasonable as compared to

other units of similar size and with similar amenities. The unit and shelter must conform with Lead Based Paint remediation and disclosure. The unit must be Habitable (as documented by the Habitability Checklist, completed by

ESG Subrecipient). The shelter must be habitable to receive ESG assistance (documented by OCD staff).

HMIS $3,000 of the FY 2012 ESG grant will be allocated towards supporting HMIS activities, representing 1.9% of the total 2012 allocation. Match support will come through a combination of funding sources including private donations, Foundation support, Emergency Housing Account, and Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Policy: HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) is a single platform database providing an unduplicated count of homeless people in Washington County. To date there are 14 service providers entering data into HMIS representing 48 service agencies. The programs include Emergency Shelters, Transitional Housing Programs, Permanent Supportive Housing Programs, Services only programs, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing (HPRP) and other local funding programs. That data is used to inform both local and statewide public policy about the extent and nature of homelessness, captures client level data and assists agencies with tracking outcome measures for each homeless client entered into the system, allows agencies to pull aggregate data to assist with writing grants and applying for needed funds, plan for the reduction/ending of homelessness with uniform, longitudinal data by which to make effective programming decisions, to educate citizens about homeless families and youth in Washington County. All ESG recipients must ensure that data on all persons served and all activities assisted under ESG are entered into the applicable community-wide HMIS in the area in which those persons and activities are located, or a comparable database, in accordance with HUD’s standards on participation, data collection, and reporting under a local HMIS. Procedures: If the subrecipient is a victim service provider or a legal services provider, it may use a comparable database that collects client-level data over time (i.e., longitudinal data) and generates unduplicated aggregate reports based on the data. Information entered into a comparable database must not be entered directly into or provided to an HMIS. All ESG-funded agencies must either currently be an HMIS user or will be required in their contract for ESG

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funding to obtain HMIS licensing as a condition of funding. This will be a requirement of any ESG funded contract. Washington County HMIS policies and procedures are in compliance with generally accepted standards adopted by regional partner agencies that form the Northwest Social Services Consortium (coordinated by the City of Portland). Washington County’s victim service provider will use an accepted HMIS-like system approved by the County’s HMIS Administrator. (Note: this is already in place in Washington County). Funds are allocated in FY 2012 for HMIS costs for new agencies. If no new agencies have need of this funding in FY 2012, the funds will be reprogrammed to re-housing assistance. Administration Administration will be used for costs related to the planning and execution of the ESG activities. The total amount for administration will be $11,812, representing 7.5 percent of the total FY 2012 allocation of ESG funding grant, and the maximum amount allowable for administration, planning, implementation, reimbursement, and reporting under ESG regulations. Match funding for this activity will be provided under other ESG funded activities (i.e. Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Activities). Administrative dollars will be retained by the Office of Community Development, and match support for this activity will be provided by awarded agencies in conjunction with other homeless activities. Performance Standards Agencies receiving ESG funds will be monitored annually to ensure that program guidelines are being followed. Monitoring procedures will be conducted similarly to the HPRP program, including verification of income and homeless documentation. An experienced staff person is assigned to this program. In addition, before reimbursement can be made verification will be required including certification of homelessness, lease documents, and income calculations, as well as cancelled checks and invoices. A contract will be developed requiring quarterly reimbursement requests and timely expenditure of funds. During the past year, OCD has begun the formulation of specific performance objectives and outcomes for all of its programs. Benchmarks are in the process of being formulated. Refer to Table C-2, ESG Performance Objectives and Standards by Activity, for more information on how Washington County will work to align performance outcome data with the federal objectives and standards governing the use of ESG funding.

State-ESG Funding Washington County anticipates that additional ESG resources corresponding to the Beaverton and Hillsboro geographic areas will be available from the State of Oregon, but at this time it is not fully determined how Washington County’s direct allocation will be coordinated with the additional state-distributed ESG resources. The State’s funding amount is still unknown, but will be awarded directly to Community Action Organization and will likely be coordinated with Washington County to include additional funding for administration, Homeless Prevention and/or Rapid Re-housing sub-activities.

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Table 7

Criteria for Defining “Homeless” [24 CFR Parts 91, 582, and 583]

Category 1

Literally Homeless

(1) Individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning: (i) Has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not meant for human habitation; (ii) Is living in a publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state and local government programs); or (iii) Is exiting an institution where (s)he has resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution

Category 2

Imminent Risk of Homelessness

(2) Individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, provided that: (i) Residence will be lost within 14 days of the date of application for homeless assistance; (ii) No subsequent residence has been identified; and (iii) The individual or family lacks the resources or support networks needed to obtain other permanent housing

Category 3

Homeless under other Federal statutes

(3) Unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age, or families with children or youth, who do not otherwise qualify as homeless under this definition, but who: (i) Are defined as homeless under the other listed federal statutes; (ii) Have not had a lease, ownership interest, or occupancy agreement in permanent housing during the 60 days prior to the homeless assistance application; (iii) Have experienced persistent instability as measured by two moves or more during the preceding 60 days; and (iv) Can be expected to continue in such status for an extended period of time due to special needs or barriers

Category

4

Fleeing/Attempting to Flee Domestic Violence

(4) Any individual or family who: (i) Is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence; (ii) Has no other residence; and (iii) Lacks the resources or support networks to obtain other permanent housing

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Table 8 Emergency Solutions Grant

Performance Objectives and Standards by Activity

*Note: Objective and outcomes reporting is not applicable for Administration and HMIS activities.

Eligible Activities* Street Outreach Emergency Shelter Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Performance Objectives (HUD standards)

Objective: Suitable Living Environment Outcome: Availability/Accessibility

Objective: Suitable Living Environment Outcome: Availability/Accessibility

Objective: Decent Housing Outcome: Affordability

Objective: Decent Housing Outcome: Affordability

Performance Standards

Entry and exit measures Destination at exit

Reducing the time spent homeless Reduce the time spent homeless Reduce the time spent homeless

Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness Objectives (U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness)

Objective 10: Transform homeless services to crisis response systems that prevent homelessness and rapidly return people who experience homelessness to stable housing.

While funding to support Emergency Shelter activities cannot be directly linked to a goal identified in the federal strategic plan, the need for shelters is still recognized as a crucial component of the County’s homelessness crisis response system.

Objective 6: Improve access to mainstream programs and services to reduce people’s financial vulnerability to homelessness

Objective 3: Provide affordable housing to people experiencing or most at risk of homelessness Objective 4: Provide permanent supportive housing to prevent and end homelessness

Washington County’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Goals

Goal 3: Link people to appropriate services and remove barriers

While funding to support Emergency Shelter activities cannot be directly linked to a goal identified in Washington County’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, the need for shelters is still recognized as a crucial component of the County’s homelessness crisis response system.

Goal 1: Prevent people from becoming homeless

Goal 2: Move people into housing

Consolidated Plan Objective

C.8.q Provide public services geared towards helping special populations with accessing services that will help families become more self-sufficient.

A.3.a Provide Shelters and temporary housing for Washington County’s homeless population C.8.o Provide diversion services to prevent homelessness.

C.8.e Provide one-time or short-term rental support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. C.8.y Provide case management services to homeless families or those at risk of becoming homeless, including those fleeing domestic violence. C.8.v Provide supportive services to homeless individuals and families that would include…homeless prevention services.

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In addition to funding programs under the CDBG and ESG programs, Washington County also receives funding under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs. Washington County was awarded 2011 funding in the amount of $1,977,815; the bulk of those funds to be expended in the 2012 program year. An additional $127,980 award of competitive funding is still pending a decision by HUD. Homeless services in Washington County are administered through the Washington County Department of Housing Services and delivered through a community-based network of organizations that work together to help homeless families and individuals move toward self-sufficiency. These organizations comprise the Housing and Supportive Services Network (HSSN) and follow the HUD Continuum of Care model to develop and implement Homeless Assistance Programs to effectively achieve self-sufficiency outcomes. In previous years, the Action Plan has detailed the projects in narrative fashion which, while giving good information on the specific service delivery of each program, has made it difficult to evaluate the impact of the combined programs from a broader perspective. Two new tables were added to address this gap. These tables highlight two new contributions: Funding Resources Table8: highlights the total value of services to address the needs of

homeless persons both federal and non-federal sources. Over $7.3 million in combined resources (federal, other public and private funding as well as donated in-kind services) support the County’s efforts to address homelessness. Public agencies, non-profits, the faith community and citizens form the continuum of care that provides the services.

Key highlights in 2012 include: The Emergency Solutions Grant funding (as amended by the HEARTH Act) will provide a

new activity under prevention and re-housing rent assistance and housing location and stabilization services which is a direct result of the implementation and delivery of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). The FY 2012 allocation is an increase over previous years. The new ESG program provides a more stable source of funding for rent assistance for those who are literally homeless or who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

$7.2 Million in public and private resources dedicated to serving homeless and at risk individual and families is Washington County

An additional $1,058,256 million in matching service dollars (not reflected in table) are added to Shelter Plus Care funding bringing the total of leveraged funding to over $8.2 million.

An additional in-kind value of 1,700 volunteer hours will be provided in one day at the 2013 Project Homeless Connect venue (based on current year actual).

The faith community, through a network of participating churches, provides severe weather shelter during extreme temperatures providing an estimated 4,796 bed nights each year (based on current actual) with more than 11,585 volunteer hours provided.

8 County General Fund support will not be approved until June 2012.

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TABLE 9 Funding Resources Targeted To Homeless Activities

Project Sponsor Description

CDBG or ESG Funding

Other Federal Funding

McKinney Vento Entitlement Funding

Other Non-federal

Total Public

Total Private

Publicly Owned Property or Land

Total Resources

Community Action

Essential services at three shelters in the shelter network (and two out-of-network shelter providers serving survivors of domestic violence and homeless youth (ESG)) $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 100,000 $ 100,000

Good Neighbor Center Shelter Roof Replacement (CDBG) $ 29,000 $ 29,000 $ 10,000 $ 39,000

Community Action - Washington County Family Shelter Network of Providers

Mass shelter funding at $12.50 per bed/night (EFSP). Other funding to shelters includes Public Safety Levy (County General Fund) $ 88,190 $ 987,041 $1,075,231 $ 50,000 $1,125,231

Severe Weather Shelter Faith-Based Providers

Temporary overnight emergency shelter and hot meals. Value est. at $12.50/bed/night @ 4,500 nights $ 56,250 $ 56,250

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TER

Boys and Girls Aid

Safe Place Youth Shelter – Providing mental health counseling, family mediation/reunification services, life skills, shelter and basic resources to reduce homelessness. $ 37,500 $ 125,000 $ 409,385 $ 571,885 $229,328 $ 801,213

Community Action Basic Needs (One-month Emergency Rent Assistance) (CDBG) $ 35,000 $ 78,962 $ 113,962 $ 36,300 $ 150,262

St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthew Conference Rent Assistance (CDBG) $ 40,000 $ 40,000 $140,000 $ 180,000

St. Vincent de Paul St. Anthony Conference Rent / Utility Assistance (CDBG) $ 28,800 $ 28,800 $ 60,000 $ 88,800

Open Door Counseling Center Housing Supportive Services (CDBG) $ 45,695 $ 302,539 $ 53,958 $ 402,192 $378,996 $ 781,188

Community Action Homelessness Prevention (ESG) $ 22,562 $ 34,374 $ 56,936 $ 56,936

Community Action Rapid Re-Housing (ESG) $ 45,125 $ 45,125 $ 90,250 $ 90,250

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Community Action Homeless Prevention & Intervention (CDBG) $60,000 $ 68,950 $ 168,950 $ 297,540 $ 297,540

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TABLE 9 Continued Funding Resources Targeted to Homeless Activities


CDBG or ESG Funding



Other Non-federal

Total Public

Total Private


Total Resources

Lutheran Community Services NW

HopeSpring Program – Homeless women head-of-household with children; 16 to 18 units for 12 months $ 37,486 $ 10,000 $ 136,523 $ 63,720 $ 247,729 $ 64,271 $ 312,000

Boys and Girls Aid 7 units - Transitional Living Program for older youth (SHP) $ 119,465 $ 119,465 $ 43,378 $ 162,843

Luke-Dorf, Inc.

10 beds - Garrett Lee Smith Safe Haven for chronically homeless with severe mental illness (SHP) $ 291,867 $ 125,948 $ 417,815 $ 417,815

Washington County Department of Housing Services

Homeless To Work Program for unaccompanied individuals (County General Funds) $ 82,000 $ 82,000 $ 82,000

Washington County Department of Housing Services, Housing Authority of Washington County, and Department of Community Corrections

3 single-family homes - Transitional Housing Program for families with persons under probation/parole supervision. (SHP) $ 14,496 $ 12,011 $ 26,507 $ 35,100 $ 61,607

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Good Neighbor Center and Housing Authority of Washington County

Housing Stabilization Program includes case management for 12 homeless families exiting emergency shelter. (SHP) $ 31,027 $ 31,027 $ 27,400 $ 15,000 $ 73,427

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TABLE 9 Continued Funding Resources Targeted To Homeless Activities


CDBG or ESG Funding



Other Non-federal

Total Public

Total Private


Total Resources


110 units - Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Rental Assistance (Renewal of Vouchers) $1,058,256 $1,058,256 $1,058,256


3 units - Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Rental Assistance (New application for chronically homeless individuals - pending) $ 127,980 $ 127,980 $ 127,980

Housing Authority of Washington County, Community Partners for Affordable Housing, and US Veterans Affairs

12 units - Permanent Supportive Housing for chronically homeless veterans (Project-Based Section 8 Vouchers) $ 107,280 $ 107,280 $ 107,280

Housing Authority of Washington County and US Veterans Affairs

25 units - Permanent Supportive Housing for homeless veterans (HUD-VASH Voucher) $ 178,596 $ 178,596 $ 178,596

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Luke-Dorf, Inc.

14 beds - Hillsboro Graduated Independent Living for dually-diagnosed chronically homeless individuals (SHP) $ 83,868 $ 266,347 $ 350,215 $ 214,870 $ 565,085

Project Homeless Connect Event (January 2013)

One-day event providing services and resource referral to homeless persons or persons at risk of homelessness. $ 6,000 $ 6,000 $ 19,617 $ 25,617

Community Action

Supplemental Assistance for Families in Assisted Housing(SAFAH) Program (SHP) $ 165,218 $ 39,338 $ 204,556 $ 204,556

Open Door Counseling Center

Mental Health Outreach Services for homeless persons at drop-in Day Center (SHP) $ 24,871 $ 38,095 $ 62,966 $ 62,966


System Administrator position for countywide Homeless Management Information System (SHP) $ 39,000 $ 9,275 $ 48,275 $ 48,725

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TBD Street Outreach (ESG) $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000

TOTAL $456,168 $ 905,426 $2,105,795 $2,457,074 $5,924,463 $1,330,410 $ 50,100 $7,304,973

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Homeless Programs Table: highlights the relationship between the programs, the populations they impact and their furtherance of either Consolidated Plan or 10 Year Plan goals and strategies. For each project, the Consortium has identified if the activity is focused on prevention, homelessness or chronic homelessness. Overall, the 10 Year Plan and the Consolidated Plan support one another in the efforts to fight homelessness. Over the next five years, multi-pronged efforts will be initiated to strategically align processes that will lessen the silo affects of multiple funding entities.

Key highlights for 2012 include: Via the 2012 funding cycle, implementation of a strategic alignment of Consolidated Plan,

Emergency Solutions Grant program, and 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. Nineteen projects will focus on serving the homeless Seven projects will focus on prevention activities Eleven projects will focus on serving the chronically homeless 19,210 persons to be served 517 housing units/households to be provided 4,540 beds or bed nights supported/provided Eleven projects will provide permanent supportive housing through Shelter Plus Care and

Supportive Housing Programs (rent assistance coupled with wraparound case management services) administered by Department of Housing Services and project sponsor agencies.

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TABLE 10 Homeless Programs and their Impact on Populations and Washington County Strategic Plans

Projects Funding Source

Persons (P), Housing units or Households (H) or Beds (B) Served

10 Year Plan to End Homelessness Strategy Consolidated Plan Strategy or Objective

Project addresses

prevention (P), homelessness

(H), chronic homelessness

(CH)

Open Door Counseling Center CDBG 8,026 (P)

1.9 - by creating a mortgage assistance counseling and funding program that prevents home foreclosure resulting in homelessness.

C.8.i Provide information and referral services to low-income populations. C.8.t Provide mortgage foreclosure services to assist low-income homeowners. C.8.v Provide supportive services to homeless individuals and families (and those at risk of homelessness) that would include, but not be limited to, child care, housing education, mental health and addiction counseling, employment training, information and referral, parenting skills, accessing housing, and homeless prevention services. C.8.x Establish a central point of referral for homeless and at-risk households to prevent and end episodes of homelessness. C.9.b Offer supportive services for seniors to help them maintain self-sufficiency and allow them to remain in their own homes. P

Community Action Basic Needs CDBG 1,350 (P)

1.1c by providing one-month emergency rental assistance to households facing a 72 hour eviction notice to prevent homelessness. The measure of impact is the number of households that are served by this intervention and avert homelessness as a result.

Community Development Strategy 3: provide public services that ensure the health and welfare of income-qualified people living in the community; C.8.e Provide one-time or short-term rental support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. P

Community Action Homeless Prevention and Intervention CDBG 3,000(P)

1.2 Staff a Homelessness Diversion Specialist to counsel tenants facing eviction; and 2.2 Create a short-term emergency rental assistance combined with support services targeted to homeless families and homeless singles to facilitate rapid exits from homelessness.

C.8.o Provide diversion services to prevent homelessness C.8.p Provide supportive services to homeless individuals and families (and those at risk of homelessness) that would include, but not be limited to, child care, housing education, mental health and addiction counseling, employment training, information and referral, parenting skills, accessing housing and homeless prevention services. C.8.x Establish a central point of referral for homeless and at-risk households to prevent and end episodes of homelessness.

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TABLE 10 Continued Homeless Programs and their Impact on Populations and Washington County Strategic Plans

Funding Source


10 Year Plan to End Homelessness Strategy

Consolidated Plan Strategy or Objective

Project addresses



(CH)

St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew CDBG 4,000(P)

1.1c by providing one-month emergency rental assistance and utility assistance to households facing a 72 hour eviction notice to prevent homelessness. The measure of impact is the number of households that are served by this intervention and avert homelessness as a result.

C.8.e – Provide one-time or short term rental support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. C.8.f – Provide one-time or short term utility support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. P

St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony CDBG 1,200 (P)

1.1c by providing one-month emergency rental assistance and utility assistance to households facing a 72 hour eviction notice to prevent homelessness. The measure of impact is the number of households that are served by this intervention and avert homelessness as a result.

C.8.e – Provide one-time or short term rental support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. C.8.f – Provide one-time or short term utility support for low-income persons at risk of becoming homeless. P

Good Neighbor Center Improvements CDBG 300 (P) N/A

A.3.a – Provide Shelters and temporary housing for Washington County’s homeless population. H

Lutheran Community Services NW - HopeSpring Transitional Housing Program for women and children.

SHP

10 (H)

2.2 - Create short-term rental assistance combined with support services targeted to homeless persons to facilitate rapid exits from homelessness and create a supported bridge back into the private housing market. Program provides rent assistance and services to homeless women head-of-household with children.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term coordinated community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery; Community Development Strategy 3: provide public services that ensure the health and welfare of income-qualified people living in the community; C.8.v provide supportive services to homeless individuals and families that would include, but not be limited to, child care, housing education, mental health and addiction counseling, employment training, info and referral, parenting skills, accessing housing, and homeless prevention services. H

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TABLE 10 Continued Homeless Programs: Impact on Populations and Furtherance of Washington County Strategic Plans





Project addresses prevention

(P), homelessness


(CH)

Shelter Network of Providers - Community Action (5 units), Family Bridge (3 units), Good Neighbor Center (9 units), DVRC (5 units)

County General Fund 22 (H) H

Boys and Girls Aid - Transitional Living Program for Youth

SHP

7 (H)

2.1.e Implement housing program serving older youth linked to case management, education, employment, transportation and supportive services.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term coordinated community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery; Community Development Strategy 3: provide public services that ensure the health and welfare of income-qualified people living in the community; C.13.c develop stable living conditions for youth by providing educational and vocational training, housing, family counseling and mediation and support services. H

Community Action - Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)

EFSP - FEMA 129 (H)

1.1.a Provide one-month rental assistance to households with a 72-hour eviction notice to prevent homelessness.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term, coordinated, community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery.

P, H

Emergency Solutions Grant ESG

660 (P) 11 (H)

Because the 10 Year Plan prioritizes Housing First and ESG focuses on shelter support, there is currently not the alignment between these programs. The Consolidated Plan calls for improved alignment which could include positioning ESG to cover gaps in the continuum not addressed in the 10 Year Plan.

1.e Align ESG program policies and priorities with the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness as well as with any potential changes under the recently authorized HEARTH Act. 1.4 Use ESG funding to serve 1,200 homeless persons with a variety of programs aimed at shelter and prevention. P, H

Project Homeless Connect Other 674 (P)

3.3.e - Create an efficient and effective system for service linkage for People who are homeless or at risk of Homelessness, to include expansion of services at the annual Project Homeless Connect.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term, coordinated, community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery.

P, H

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Project addresses



(CH)

Housing Authority of Washington County – Project-based Section 8 for chronically homeless veterans HUD 12 H

2.1.b Using Housing First model, provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless veterans through project-based Section 8 at The Knoll Apartments developed by Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH). Link to supportive services provided by US Veterans Affairs. CH

Housing Authority of Washington County – Project-based Section 8 for homeless individuals HUD 13 H

2.1.b Using Housing First model, provide permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals through project-based Section 8 at Tom Brewer Apartments, with services provided by LifeWorks Northwest. H

Housing Authority of Washington County – HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program HUD 25 H

2.1.d Increase availability of Rental Assistance for homeless veterans, and their families, linked with intense case management, health care, and supportive services.

H, CH Washington County Department of Housing Services - Shelter Plus Care Program (Renewal of 110 units) S+C 110 (H)

2.1.a – Permanent supportive housing for chronic homeless people.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term coordinated community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery.

H, CH Washington County Department of Housing Services - Shelter Plus Care Program (New Project Application Pending) S+C 3 (H)

2.1.a - Permanent supportive housing for chronic homeless people.


CH

Luke-Dorf, Inc. - Hillsboro Graduated Independent Living Program, Hillsboro SHP 14 (B)

3.4 - Increase access to case management and supportive services. Chronically homeless individuals receive housing, mental health, and addictions. The facility is a permanent supportive housing model.


CH

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Project addresses



(CH

Open Door Counseling Center - Mental Health Outreach SHP 80 (H)

3.2 - Improve and expand homeless outreach and engagement with services.


H, CH Washington County Department of Housing Services - Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) SHP n/a

5.4 - Increase US Congressional Awareness of local homelessness through participation in national reporting efforts to include submitting local data for use in the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR).

P, H, CH

Washington County Department of Housing Services - Homeless To Work Program Other 12 (B)

2.2 Create short-term rental assistance combined with support services targeted to homeless persons to facilitate rapid exits from homelessness and create a supported bridge back into the private housing market. Program provides rent assistance and services to unaccompanied homeless individuals with a focus on access to employment. H, CH

Severe Weather Shelter Other 4,500 (B)

Temporary overnight emergency shelter/warming centers for homeless persons at faith-based facilities located in Beaverton, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Tigard and Tualatin. H, CH

Safe Place Youth Shelter

Local and State Funds 4 (B)

1.8 Create an efficient and effective system for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) to access resources and short-term shelter.

H, CH

Luke-Dorf, Inc. - Garrett Lee Smith Safe Haven, Hillsboro SHP 10 (B)

10 Bed Shared Housing - Serves chronically homeless unaccompanied individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.

Strategy 1: Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term coordinated community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery. CH

Washington County Department of Housing Services- Transitional Housing Program SHP 3 (H)

2.1.d Housing program linked to intense case management and supportive services. The program serves homeless families under probation/parole supervision.


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Project addresses



(CH Good Neighbor Center – Housing Stabilization Program for Families with Children SHP 12 (H)

2.1.d Housing program linked to intense case management and supportive services. The program serves homeless families.


H

Bridges to Housing – Phase 5 Project Other 5 (H)

2.1.c Using Housing First model, increase availability of Rental Assistance for new permanent supportive housing. Link to supportive services and serving high need homeless families with children.

H Community Action - SAFAH Program (Supplemental Assistance for Families in Assisted Housing) SHP 75 (H)

3.4 - Increase access to case management and supportive services for clients receiving rental assistance.


H

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Washington County 10-Year Plan: A Road Home: 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness

As is stated in the Consolidated Plan, Washington County did not develop a separate homeless strategy; instead, it chose to focus on how to best deploy resources available through HOME, the Emergency Shelter/Solutions Grant and Community Development Block Grant funds to implement the County’s 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. The homeless population in Washington County is in constant transition, increasing with the rising cost of housing rents, loss of employment, and many social impacts affected by the national and global economy. Accordingly, the Washington County 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness best serves as a fluid plan that adjusts to the changing demographics and needs of the homeless population and is implemented through the efforts of private and government funds and volunteer efforts. The development of the annual Work Plan is a summary of the gaps analysis and relational goals and strategies identified in the 10-Year Plan. Funds are not necessarily in hand to carry out the strategies listed below. But these are the goals and priority strategies that will be the focus in year 5 of the 10 Year Plan (to be approved by the HSSN in June 2012). The symbol denotes where Action Plan resources can assist in further the strategy.

Year 5 Action Plan July 2012 – June 2013

TABLE 11 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness Prevent People from Becoming Homeless

Action Steps (Strategy #) Status Sustain Universal Point of Referral for at-risk tenancies implemented in Year 2 (1.1)

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Provide 1-month emergency rental assistance to households with a 72-hour eviction notice (1.1.c)

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Staff a Homeless Diversion Specialist to counsel tenants facing eviction (Warm Line), 1 FTE Specialist (1.2)

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Reduce recidivism of homeless, develop system in Jail and Hospital to target homeless cycling through institutions (1.3.c)

Expand rental education “Rent Well” program (1.4) √ Participation at the Oregon Ending Homelessness Advisory Council (1.5)

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Solicit homeless consumer representation in CoC program planning and committees (1.6)

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Provide Family Mediation and Reunification for youth (1.7) √ Expand HomePlate Program and develop drop-in center for youth (1.7.c)

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Develop sustainable funding for SafePlace Youth Shelter (1.8)

Prevent home foreclosure with Mortgage Assistance Counseling and Mortgage Payment Assistance (MPA) Unemployment Program (1.9)

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Move People into Housing Action Steps (Strategy #) Status

Increase rental assistance to serve: 3 units (1-bedroom) permanent supportive housing for chronic homeless people (2.1)

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50 units9 (SRO or 1-bedroom) Project-based Section 8 vouchers linked to case management and services for chronic homeless (2.1.b)

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10 units for high-need homeless families (2.1.c) 30 units singles/families, transitional housing 1-36 months (2.1.d)

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6 units Youth Transitional Living Program (2.1.e) √ 140 units Short-term Rental Assistance, 1–12 months, linked with mental health services and employment (2.2, 3.4, 4.2, 5.2)

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Increase supply of housing units: 5 units permanent affordable housing for extremely low-income persons, 30%AMI (2.4)

Create Risk Mitigation Pool (2.5) Coordinate discussion on County/City Tax Exemption Program (2.6.b)

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Increase private housing market units through Landlord forums (2.7)

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Link People to Appropriate Services and Remove Barriers

Action Steps (Strategy #) Status Create a unified assessment system that refers families and singles to appropriate housing and service programs based on need and ability to be self-sufficient (3.1)

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Expand Homeless Outreach (3.2) √ Hold Project Homeless Connect event to engage under-served homeless persons and develop new community resources (3.3.e)

7th Annual – January 25, 2013

Increase access to case management and supportive services for clients receiving rental assistance (3.4)

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Expand Veteran Services and Housing Opportunities (3.6)

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Increase Child Care Resources (3.7) √ Expand links between Housing and Food/Nutrition Programs (3.9)

Develop Unified Housing Screening Policy linked to 2.5 Risk Mitigation Pool (3.10)

9 Total of 90 Units Project-Based Section 8 Voucher are available, as published in the August 2011 Request For Proposal (RFP) that includes 50 units identified for Year 5 in the 10-Year Plan, with additional units (vouchers) carried forward from the first RFP in Year 2 of the 10-Year Plan Implementation. See http://www.co.washington.or.us/Housing/upload/2011-079P-Project-Based-Voucher-Program-2011.pdf

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Increase Income Support and Economic Opportunities Action Steps (Strategy #) Status

Sustain and expand Supported Employment or other job coach programs (4.2.b)

Reduce barriers to accessing mainstream benefits (4.3)

Increase Income Self-Sufficiency for homeless persons participating in homeless housing programs (4.5)

Expand Data Collection

Action Steps (Strategy #) Status Expand number of HMIS users (5.1) Expand HMIS Data Collection Variables in support of HEARTH Act (e.g., length of homelessness, recidivism), report on Program Outcomes and Homelessness (5.2)

Annual analysis on Intervention Impact of Programs and Systems, Criteria Evaluation Process (5.3)

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OR-506 CoC participate in HUD Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) (5.4)

Reporting period 10/1/2011 – 9/30/2012

Perform comprehensive Point-In-Time Homeless Count, use data to develop annual 10-year Plan Action Steps (5.5)

Homeless Count period 1/22/2013-1/31/2013 Annual Work Plan period 7/1/2012 – 6/30/2013

Implement Public Education on Homelessness Action Steps (Strategy #) Status

Website, Presentations, Media (6.1) Annual 10-Year Plan Homeless Assessment Report (6.2)

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Public Education Campaign, Forum, Roundtable discussions (6.3)

In this third year of the Con Plan cycle, work will continue to align the Emergency Solutions Grant and the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. The Consolidated Plan has laid out progress targets to this end. Coordination between the Office of Community Development and the Department of Housing Services will move these goals forward. Special Needs Populations The County's strategy for special needs populations is to “build, rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing units with services for extremely low/low income households with special needs.” In the 2012 program year, three CDBG and two HOME projects will address the special needs of persons who are not homeless but require supportive or other services. CPAH’s Beaverton 1st and Lombard Affordable Housing project will provide 48 units of supportive housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities (high priority special needs) in Beaverton. All of the units will be targeted to those households with incomes at or below 60% MFI. 29 units will be specifically targeted to households with incomes at or below 50% MFI, and 8 units targeted to households with incomes at or below 30% MFI. The sponsor will be submitting a 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application to the State of Oregon Department of Housing and

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Community Services in March 2012 for this project. CPAH will also be looking to obtain Housing Trust Fund, General Housing Account Program (GHAP) and Weatherization dollars from the State to support the project, along with Metro green and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) grants. Award notifications are expected for both applications by the summer of 2012. HOME funds will provide $1,260,146 ($110,682.73 in 2012 HOME funding and $1,149,463.27 in prior years’ HOME funds) towards financing construction and development costs for the project. Bienestar’s Juniper Gardens Apartments Phase II project will provide 22 units of farmworker (high priority special needs) housing in Forest Grove. All of the units will be targeted to households with incomes between 40% and 50% MFI. The sponsor submitted and was awarded a USDA Rural Development Section 514/516 application to assist in permanent and construction financing. The USDA Rural Development award will also ensure rental assistance is provided to all 22 units in the project, ensuring no household pays more than 30% of their income towards housing. HOME funds will provide $250,000 towards financing construction and development costs for the project. Community Services Inc.’s Developmentally Disabled Housing Acquisition 2012 project will utilize CDBG funds to support the acquisition of a residential group home to house five persons with developmental disabilities who need 24/7 support services for their safety. These individuals each have severe behavioral, cognitive, and medical disorders associated with Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), a condition caused by a chromosome disorder that results in a range of central nervous system, muscular-skeletal, and other systemic disorders. CDBG funds will provide $150,000 for the acquisition of the residential group home. Additional projects serving special needs populations include: Rebuilding Together and HARDE which together rehabilitate and make accessibility improvements to the homes of low- and moderate-income households, particularly those with elderly or disabled family members ($110,000 in CDBG funds). BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING The County has identified two kinds of barriers to affordable housing development, those which cannot be addressed at the local level and those which can. In this third year of the five-year cycle, the County will take steps to address the latter set of barriers.

Multiple Reporting Requirements: In 2012, Washington County will continue to participate in the Streamlining Compliance Initiative. Washington County is entering its third year of participation in the Initiative since the Initiative’s pilot project in 2010. This will entail streamlining monitoring activities in conjunction with the Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) Department and the Network for Oregon Affordable Housing (NOAH), a statewide non-profit corporation under the leadership of the Oregon Bankers Association. In order to reduce duplicative monitoring and reporting requirements, Washington County will be partnering on monitoring with OHCS and NOAH under the Initiative on the eleven properties in which the County has assisted with HOME financing. Three of these eleven properties also received financing from NOAH. All eleven properties received some sort of financing from OHCS. Nine of the eleven properties are currently on OHCS’ three-year schedule to be monitored in 2012. These eleven properties represent a total of 718 units with

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75 HOME-assisted units. Washington County has been tasked to be the Lead Inspector for monitoring eight of the eleven properties with the intent to inspect at least the minimum number of HOME-assisted units, as well as other Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and other units that meet the program requirements for NOAH and OHCS. These units will be inspected according to the Uniform Physical Condition Standard (UPCS) as the recognized physical condition standard adopted by all three funding entities. In two of the three remaining properties, Washington County has been tasked to be the Lead Auditor for reviewing the tenant files for HOME-assisted units and other units, as well as coordinating all reporting requirements for all three funding entities. This would include monitoring and disseminating tenant reporting workbook information, property insurance certificates, project financial statements and audits, and all other applicable reports and recording information to all three funding entities. The goal of the County’s continued participation in the Streamlining Compliance Initiative in 2012 is that there will be administrative and time savings for the project sponsor and the County in terms of property management and asset management, as well as a reduced number of intrusions on the tenants at each property based on the coordinated inspections.

Vulnerability of Community Development Corporations to Financial Instability: Washington County recognizes the importance of a reliable source of operating subsidy to CHDOs being able to serve vulnerable populations. Thus, the County has instituted a two-tier system of CHDOs. In addition to meeting the basic CHDO requirements set forth in HUD regulations, Tier 1 CHDOs meet an additional set of organizational standards pertaining to organizational capacity, financial management, housing development and asset management and services to program participants. In return for meeting this higher level of standards, the County commits to providing operating support for three years, pending annual recertification as a CHDO, the availability of HOME funds, and successful performance as measured against their three-year work programs.

Difficulty of Providing Service-Enriched Housing: As an additional benefit to Tier 1 CHDOs, Washington County will set aside 13% of its CDBG Public Services funding to support services provided to residents of their housing developments in Washington County. The City of Beaverton also will commit a portion of its public services funding on an ongoing basis to support this need. The second allocation for these set asides occurs in July 2012.

Multiple Jurisdictions, Multiple Development Pathways: Strategy 7, Planning, calls for a number of actions to help address the complexity that results from having multiple jurisdictions in Washington County, each with its own identity, vision and planning requirements. While it is very unlikely that there will be a uniform development pathway that all affordable housing projects will follow in the County, it is possible to clarify the unique pathways of the various jurisdictions and promote more dialogue among planners about ways to proactively support affordable housing development without weakening planning standards. Strategy 7 calls for creating model guidelines and approaches that can be customized to fit an individual jurisdiction’s circumstances.

Affordable Housing as a Priority: The Washington County Housing Advocacy Group (HAG) continues to work on this issue.

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ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY Washington County, through its Consolidated Plan, has adopted anti-poverty strategies to be undertaken over the next five years. The strategies focus less on production targets and more on coordination efforts. Community Action took the lead on forming and facilitating this work group. The Work Group meets every other month and will continue to meet in Year 3. In the first year, the Group developed its general purview and membership invited a WorkSystems Board member to discuss the WorkSystems framework; and discussed the impacts of federal and state funding. For more detail on year 3 work, please see the anti-poverty strategies on page 56. LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS Washington County Rehabilitation staff are well versed in the federal requirements regarding lead-based paint. The county contracts with a lead based paint risk assessor who identifies the presence of lead. Lead certified contractors are used for eligible work and clearances are conducted prior to completion and approval of the work. OTHER ACTIONS HUD Consolidated Plan guidance requires that a set of specific actions be addressed in the Action Plan: addressing obstacles to meeting underserved needs, foster and maintain affordable housing, evaluate and reduce the number of housing units containing lead-based paint hazards, reduce the number of poverty-level families, develop institutional structure and enhance coordination. These items are addressed below. Following those required items, Washington County has also proposed “Other Actions” which specifically work to further the five year Consolidated Plan goals. Obstacles to meeting underserved needs Groups with Disproportionate Needs by Area The projects to be funded by Washington County in PY 2012 will serve a variety of population groups that tend to have disproportionate housing and community development needs, including: Elderly/Frail Elderly Low- and moderate-income persons, especially the elderly and disabled, who are in need of

home weatherization and repair (countywide). Elderly persons in need of a variety of services offered through senior centers. Elderly persons in need of safe, decent and affordable housing. It is anticipated that elderly

persons will have access to affordable units at CPAH’s Beaverton 1st and Lombard Affordable Housing project due to the installation of an elevator at the project.

Farmworkers

Farmworker households in need of safe, decent and affordable housing. The Juniper Gardens Apartments project in Forest Grove will provide affordable units for these farmworker households.

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Homeless Persons

Homeless persons needing emergency shelter, transitional housing, prevention and essential services (Tigard/Hillsboro/countywide). Six of the eleven public service projects funded this year are serving homeless persons or those at risk of becoming homeless. One Public facility project funded this year will serve homeless persons.

Persons with Disabilities

Low- and moderate-income persons, especially the elderly and disabled, who are in need of home weatherization and repair (Countywide).

Developmentally disabled adults in need of safe, decent and affordable housing in a supportive group home living environment. Community Services Inc.’s Developmentally Disabled Housing Acquisition 2012 project will acquire a residential group home to house five adults with developmental disabilities.

Disabled households in need of safe, decent and affordable housing. It is anticipated that these disabled households will have access to affordable units at CPAH’s Beaverton 1st and Lombard Affordable Housing project due to the installation of an elevator at the project.

Released Offenders

No projects funded this year serve this population specifically. Foster and maintain affordable housing Washington County’s Consortium will fund a number of projects to foster and maintain affordable housing. The HOME program will fund two rental projects for special needs populations. In addition, CDBG funds will be used to support housing rehabilitation and weatherization projects which will maintain the affordability of these units already in the county’s inventory. More detail on these projects can be found in Action Plan tables and in the Proposed Project Listing which begins on page 71. Institutional Structure Washington County, the City of Hillsboro and the City of Beaverton will continue to work together through 2010-2015 to carry out the CDBG and HOME programs. While the City of Beaverton operates its CDBG program independently of Washington County and Hillsboro, the offices remain in close coordination as evidenced by the Consolidated Plan and Fair Housing Plan efforts. Annual Action Plan and CAPER submittals require and highlight the support the offices provide one another in these efforts. Over the next three years, the offices will be working closely to further the overarching Consolidated Plan goals. For more detail on these efforts, see the strategy tables beginning on page 54. Washington County Consortium Other Actions The five-year Strategic Plan consists of housing and homelessness strategies, community development strategies and anti-poverty strategies. The strategies are comprised of two components, actions which help advance the strategy and production targets that establish benchmarks for the number of housing units created, people assisted, facilities built or other quantifiable output attained.

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The actions in the strategies can do one of several things: Some represent actions that have to be undertaken to achieve a production target. Some call for making local policy changes in the implementation of the CDBG or HOME

program. Some call for investigating the appropriateness of developing new local programs or

policies. Some call for coordinated actions by other agencies to help change the environment in

which the programs are implemented and thus further one of HUD’s three goals (decent housing, suitable living environment and expanded economic opportunities for low/mod income households).

Together, the other actions and production targets describe how resources (human and financial, respectively) will be deployed to achieve the strategies listed in the Consolidated Plan. Each action listed below identifies a specific action step that will take place in year 3 or indicates if an action is anticipated in future years. For the complete five-year plan, please refer to Chapter 6 in the Consolidated Plan.

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Housing Strategies 2010-2015 TABLE 12 Washington County and the City of Beaverton Strategy 1: Homelessness Reduce homelessness through implementing a long-term, coordinated, community-wide plan of integrated housing and service delivery.

Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets

1.a Coordinate implementation of A Road Home: Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness

Washington County Housing Services Continue monthly meetings of the HSSN and regular status updates on progress meeting 10 Year Plan goals. County and City applications were revised to support 10 Year Plan strategies and were put into use beginning in the FY 2011 funding cycle and again in the FY 2012 funding cycle.

1.b Align CDBG funding priorities and procedures with the Ten Year Homeless Plan. [See Community Development Action 3.d]

Washington County Office of Community Development

Years 2 – 5: Implement procedures. Utilize forms & materials.

1.c Align HOME funding priorities and procedures with the Ten Year Homeless Plan


Years 2 – 5: Implement procedures and utilize forms and materials. On-going: OCD will update HAG on relevant changes as appropriate.

1.d Support the production of permanent supportive housing units with the provision of local project-based Section 8 vouchers.

Both Washington County Housing Services and Office of Community Development

Year 3: Amend procedures, application forms and other materials. Two of the HOME-funded rental projects include project-based vouchers based on the coordination of housing production and an award of project-based vouchers. The 2012 HOME funding cycle and Request for Proposals (RFP) process for awarding project-based vouchers in September 2011 were aligned to complement each other in the FY 2012 funding cycle, as well as amended procedures, application forms and other materials.

1.e Align Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program policies and priorities with the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness as well as with any potential changes under the recently authorized Hearth Act.

Office of Community Development Year 3: Work with Department of Housing Services to identify changes necessary to the ESG Program and/or the 10 Year Plan Strategies to better coordinate the goals and strategies. Develop ESG policies and procedures manuals under the new federal program. Years 1 – 3: Work with the Department of Housing Services to analyze impacts of the recently authorized HEARTH Act on Emergency Solutions Grant and other McKinney-Vento funding to better align the programs for consistency with the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness.

1.f Report annually on progress made on Ten Year Plan. Incorporate report in annually CAPER

Both Washington County Housing Services and Office of Community Development

On-going: Include report annually.

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Housing Strategies 2010-2015 TABLE 12 Continued Washington County and the City of Beaverton

Strategy 2: Affordable Rental Housing Focus public resources on the production and preservation of affordable rental housing for income groups least served by the private housing market. Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets

2.a Prioritize the use of HOME funds for the production or preservation of housing units that serve households with incomes at or below 50% MFI.


Years 2 – 5: Implement procedures and utilize forms and materials.

2.b Convene a work group to research and discuss best practices around developing and managing financially and socially viable mixed income housing. Apply relevant findings to support creation of mixed income projects.

Washington County Housing Services

Years 2 – 3: Mixed income housing work group established in February 2012. Years 3 – 5: Disseminate and utilize findings as appropriate.

2.c Housing Authority Strategy: Implement the Strategy for Addressing Housing Needs, as included as the current Housing Authority of Washington County (HAWC) 5-Year and Annual Action Plan, Attachment F.


On-going: Implement strategy as funds are available and report on progress in CAPER.

2.d Public Housing Revitalization and Restoration Needs: As funds are available, implement recommendations from most current Public Housing Capital Needs Assessment, prioritizing improvements needed to maintain decent, safe and sanitary housing, as provided in the current HAWC 5-Year and Annual Action Plan. (Current Capital Needs Assessment dated 10/2006-2/2007.)



2.e Housing Authority Strategy to Improve Living Environment of Public Housing Residents: Continually improve the quality of public housing stock through preventive maintenance inspections and rehabilitation when necessary. Promote income-mixing in public housing by assuring access for lower income families into higher income developments. Ensure that at least 5% of public housing units are accessible to wheelchair users and address accessibility needs identified on most recent Section 504 analysis. (HAWC 5-Year and Annual Action Plan, Attachment B.)


On-going: Implement strategy as funds are available and report on progress in CAPER (years 1 -5). Note: No deficiencies identified on July 2008 Section 504 needs analysis.

2.f Housing Authority Strategy to Promote Greater Self-Sufficiency and Homeownership: HAWC shall maintain its Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS) size over minimum requirements, provide no-cost financial education to FSS program participants, provides Section 8 Homeownership Vouchers to eligible families, and partners with other agencies to provide supportive services, including case management, supportive services and/or employment services (HAWC 5-Year and Annual Action Plan, Attachment B.)



2.g Housing Authority Strategy to Promote Resident Participation in Management: HAWC will support a Resident Advisory Board comprised of residents living in Public Housing and Section 8 voucher holders. In addition the HAWC board shall include at least 1 Public Housing resident.



2.h Partner with local Section 8 landlords, CDCs and non-profits to refer qualified properties into the Portland Regional Lead Hazard Control Program.

Washington County Office of Community Development & City of Beaverton

On-going: County and City will discuss with the City of Portland staff the status of this grant and determine whether a regional approach makes more sense going forward.

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TABLE 12 Continued Washington County and the City of Beaverton Strategy 3: Special Needs Housing Build, rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing units with services for extremely low/low income households with special needs.

Actions Lead Contact

3.a Implement set-aside within CDBG public services for the provision of resident services by Tier I Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) [Same Action appears as Community Development Action 3.b.]



3.b Review current underwriting standards to consider the viability of including costs related to the provision or coordination of housing services “above the line,” prior to calculating the amount of debt that projects can absorb. If resident services costs are to be included above the line, this process will also establish benchmarks or standards for allowable costs and evaluate the impact on affordable housing production in the county.


In Year 1, OCD revised its HOME applications to allow for some portion of the costs related to the provision or coordination of housing services to be paid for “above the line.” Years 2 – 5: Review and monitor impact of this change in underwriting.

Strategy 4: Affordable Homeownership Support and help sustain affordable homeownership in Washington County for income, ethnic and racial groups not well served by the private market by providing access to rehabilitation assistance and new home ownership opportunities. Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets 4.a Expand HOME-eligible homeownership programs to include land trust option as

well as existing deferred mortgage approaches.


Year 3: OCD will provide a training opportunity to policymakers on land trusts during the summer of 2012.

4.b Facilitate work session of groups undertaking homeownership activities in Washington County, as needed.


Annually, as needed.

4.c Continue to set aside CDBG funds for weatherizing and rehabilitating the homes of Washington County homeowners with incomes at or below 50% MFI.

Washington County Office of Community Development, Community Action, Rebuilding Together

On-going: set aside approved for the five-year period.

4.d Continue to coordinate with The Portland Regional Lead Hazard Control Program to refer eligible homeowners into the lead remediation grant program. Continue to utilize lead-safe practices and qualified contractors when performing rehabilitation activities.

Washington County Office of Community Development, City of Beaverton

On-going: County and City will discuss with the City of Portland staff the status of this grant and determine whether a regional approach makes more sense going forward.

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Strategy 5: Opportunity-Rich Housing Locate new, publicly-supported housing in healthy neighborhoods that link residents with access to transportation, employment, needed goods and services, quality education and personal enrichment opportunities needed to thrive. Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets 5.a Require applicants for HOME funds to address how their proposed project

provides access to an opportunity-rich environment appropriate to the population that they are serving, within relevant land availability and cost constraints.



5.b Explore opportunities to maintain, update, improve and further utilize the database and GIS resources created as part of the 2009 Opportunity Mapping project and to collaborate with partners undertaking similar work, such as Coalition for a Livable Future and the Kirwan Institute.


On-going: as opportunities arise.

5.c Explore the usefulness and feasibility of using Opportunity Maps to inform the investment of CDBG resources into a) public infrastructure and facilities needed in areas with high concentrations of subsidized and low-cost housing, and b) public infrastructure to connect subsidized housing and low-income areas with opportunity-rich areas.


No Year 3 actions specified.

5.d Explore the feasibility of using CDBG and other funds for land acquisition purposes in opportunity-rich areas.


No Year 3 actions specified.

5.e Support the inclusion of high-speed Internet service to residents in their homes at discounted prices for new construction affordable housing projects, and where feasible, existing affordable housing projects.

One Economy This is part of the on-going mission of One Economy. Washington County OCD will contact One Economy to determine if high-speed Internet service has been extended to any additional affordable housing projects in Year 3.

Strategy 6. Fair Housing Promote equal access to quality affordable housing for all households in Washington County Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets

6.a Produce new Fair Housing Plan. Washington County Office of Community Development

Work on the Fair Housing Plan is underway. Year 2: Adopt plan. Fair Housing Plan will be approved by the Board of County Commissioners in May 2012 for implementation beginning in FY 2012. Years 3 – 5: Implement plan.

6.b Implement new set-aside within CDBG public services for purpose of providing Fair Housing activities. (Excludes the City of Beaverton.) [Same Action appears as Community Development Action 3.c.]


Implement set-aside in Year 3 with $7,870

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Strategy 7. Planning Plan and advocate for the inclusion of affordable housing as an integral element of the County’s sustainable public infrastructure. (Because it provides a public service and requires a public investment to be built, affordable housing should be considered as much of a part of the County’s public infrastructure as water and sewer lines, streets and parks. Affordable housing makes communities more socially sustainable.) Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets

7.a Support affordable housing by developing model(s) for expediting the review of eligible projects. Models could include designation of an “ombudsman” staff person in each jurisdiction, coordination of either city departments (Hillsboro model) or service districts (Beaverton model), or accelerated review (Tigard Suggestion).

Hillsboro Planning Dept. / Beaverton Planning Dept/Tigard Community Development Department

Year 3: Begin discussion with respective cities about the potential role of an ombudsman.

7.b Develop a coordinated approach to fee waivers/fee reduction strategies by identifying existing policies in individual jurisdictions, discussing additional options and developing a menu of potential fee waivers/fee reduction policies targeted to affordable housing developments that meet specific affordability targets. Determine whether there are policies likely to be supported by multiple jurisdictions, thus forming a “trans-jurisdictional” policy package.

Hillsboro Planning Dept. / Beaverton Planning Dept.

Year 3: Meet with respective cities around this strategy. Due to budget and staffing cuts, this strategy may need to be pushed back to a later fiscal year.

7.c Jurisdictions will provide affordable housing in Metro Urban Growth Boundary expansion areas consistent with Metro UGMFP Title 11. Compliance includes specific implementation strategies and enforcement. Prior to adoption, jurisdictions will discuss effectiveness of proposed compliance documents with professionals with expertise in affordable housing.

Washington County Long Range Planning Division

On-going: Individual jurisdictions prepare Title 11 compliance documents for each UGB expansion area (e.g., North Bethany, Cooper Mountain and South Hillsboro). These actions are on-going.

7.d Work with the counties and the cities within the county, TriMet and Metro to expand all forms of transit opportunities for low income households along transit corridors, town centers and elsewhere, with a focus on paratransit and accessibility of modes of transit. Consult ODOT when state roads are subject to planning efforts. Allow services as permitted land uses in “neighborhoods of opportunity” and in UGB expansion areas. Adopted plans that address this action include: TriMet 5 Year Plan (TriMet), Regional Transportation Plan (Metro), Transportation Systems Plans and Comprehensive Plans (each jurisdiction).


Convene meetings with transit providers and jurisdictions to assess needs. Years 2 – 5: Expand transit opportunities and zone for services through various planning efforts, such as UGB expansion area planning and CET grant planning. Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (a proposed HUD program), if approved, may be a funding resource to support affordable housing in healthy, transit-rich neighborhoods.

7.e Develop and promulgate a variety of methods to promote affordable and accessible housing. This will include the development of incentives (e.g. smaller and denser housing such as courtyard housing, infill housing and expanded applicability of accessory dwelling units) that enable voluntary inclusionary zoning. “Inclusionary zoning” refers both to the inclusion of affordable housing units and the inclusion of accessible housing units. Provide incentives that encourage the inclusion of units that meet visitablity standards in excess of those required by current law.


Years 1 – 3: Gauge interest and feasibility in each jurisdiction.

7.f Develop a ‘Green Construction Resource Directory’ of sustainable development practices for use by affordable housing providers in each jurisdiction, including compilation of available resources and best management practices from other County or regional jurisdictions.

Hillsboro Sustainability Coordinator / Beaverton Sustainability Coordinator/Washington County

Year 3: Continue discussions around development of a Green Construction Resource Directory.

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Strategy 7 continued. Planning Plan and advocate for the inclusion of affordable housing as an integral element of the County’s sustainable public infrastructure. (Because it provides a public service and requires a public investment to be built, affordable housing should be considered as much of a part of the County’s public infrastructure as water and sewer lines, streets and parks. Affordable housing makes communities more socially sustainable.) Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets 7.g Increase the number of units affordable to those households in the lower income

bracket by providing tax exemptions for units affordable to residents at 60% MFI and below.

Department of Housing Services Department of Housing Services continues work in Year 3 to coordinate with Assessment and Taxation, the County Administrative Office, local jurisdictions and service districts to assess how to expand the tax exemption.

7.h Decide on the appropriate venue for discussing, reviewing and coordinating potential trans-jurisdictional strategies (i.e., strategies for which models would be developed, but for which implementation would involve the approval of individual jurisdictions, either by elected officials or by management).


Decide on venue for coordination and collaboration. Years 1 – 5: Utilize the venue.

7.i Through the venue established in Action 7.h above, consider additional municipal strategies to support affordable housing as a contributing part of the city, such as: Reduced parking requirements based on population characteristics and transit

access Identification of grants to support public improvements related to affordable

housing development Municipal housing inspection program to maintain the quality of existing

housing Enhanced safety program to reduce crime and improve the safety of rental

properties

Coordinating Group established in Action 7.h above

Years 1 – 5

Strategy 8: Organizational Support Promote the economic stability of the County’s principal non-profit housing providers through a robust Community Housing Development Program that links funding with community accountability. Actions Lead Contact Year 3 Action Plan Targets 8.a Continue to implement two-tier CHDO program that provides operating support,

access to predevelopment loans and support for resident services to Tier 1 CHDOs.


On-going

8.b Continue to hold quarterly meetings with the Executive Directors of Washington County CHDOs.


On-going

8.c Amend HOME policies to require that CHDOs must have at least 51% of their housing units in Washington County to apply for Tier 1 CHDO status.


Completed in Year 1.

8.d Identify/secure new sources of operating capital to sustain the capacity of the non-profit housing production system in Washington County.

Community Housing Fund No Year 3 actions specified.

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Strategy 3: Public Services Provide public services that ensure the health and welfare of income-qualified people living in the community. Actions Lead Contact Progress Targets 3.a Work with City of Beaverton to streamline application budgets so

as to lessen confusion amongst local applicants and facilitate applying under both systems.


Completed in Year 1. Years 2 – 5: Implement

3.b Implement set-aside within CDBG public services for the provision of resident services by Tier I Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) [Same Action appears as Housing Action 3.a.]


Completed in Year 1. Years 2 – 5: Implement procedures and utilize forms and materials.

3.c Implement new set-aside within CDBG public services for purpose of providing Fair Housing activities. (Excludes the City of Beaverton.) [Same Action appears as Housing Action 6.b.]



3.d Prioritize services that implement actions in the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. [See Housing Action 1.b.]



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Anti-Poverty Strategies 2010-2015 TABLE 14 Washington County and the City of Beaverton

Strategy 1: Public Policy Implement innovative public policy that affirmatively seeks new ways to promote the economic independence and well-being of low income residents.

Action Lead Contact Progress Targets 1.a Increase awareness of poverty issues among community leaders Community Action On-going: Identify existing efforts (i.e., Oregon ON and

Community Alliance of Tenants) and key partners. Conduct outreach to City and business leaders. Provide information about local issues of poverty and service utilization. Year 3: Continue working through Washington County Thrives to develop consistent and effective anti-poverty messages and engage new community partners

1.b Establish and staff ongoing Anti-Poverty Work Group to guide implementation of Anti-Poverty Strategy, monitor progress, address barriers and respond to changing conditions as they arise. Priorities: Refining the definition of the population that this strategy should assist, guiding and assisting with 1c and 1d below. Work Group should collaborate with and support current anti-poverty initiatives including: VAN Economic Security Initiative, Oregon Thrives, Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, and Commission on Children and Families Strategies.

Community Action On-going: Periodic meetings of the Anti-Poverty Work Group to guide implementation of Anti-Poverty Strategy, monitor progress, publicize results, address barriers and respond to changing conditions as they arise. Year 3: Continue meeting, evaluate membership to ensure that all groups are represented.

1.c Address the “cliff effect” and other disincentives to transitioning off services and moving toward greater independence and self sufficiency that were identified by consumers during the 2008 interviews and focus groups,

Community Action Year 3: Identify existing efforts and key partners. Identify and document federal, state and local policies that contribute to the cliff effect.

1.d Identify and analyze the functional and physical barriers that residents face in accessing services that maximize their levels of independence and self-sufficiency.

Community Action Year 3: begin analysis.

1.e Locate affordable housing and services to promote resident access to the opportunities that help people succeed in life. [see Housing Strategy 5: Opportunity-Rich Housing]


See Progress Targets in Housing Strategy 5: Opportunity-Rich Housing.

1.f Increase opportunities for communication, collaboration, and coordination between groups that fund organizations and agencies to undertake anti-poverty efforts.


Year 3: Identify existing efforts and key partners. Establish funders forum to identify areas of potential collaboration or alignment.

1.g Engage faith community in addressing issues of poverty. Community Action On-going: Identify existing efforts and key partners. Conduct outreach to faith-based groups. Participate in, or give support to, collaborative inter-faith efforts addressing poverty issues. (In Year 2, a representative from faith community was invited to participate in Anti-poverty strategies work group.)

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Strategy 2: Service & Support Systems Provide comprehensive and integrated services that focus on prevention and are strongly consumer driven

Action Lead Contact Progress Targets 2.a Increase provider awareness of services available within

community. Community Action On-going: Continue to host Information and Referral

Networking Breakfasts and CAO Find Listserve. Year 3: Continue to support 211Info in plans to expand service area and capacity

2.b Improve Information and Referral infrastructure to increase consumer awareness and understanding of available resources.

Vision Action Network, Community Action and 211info

On-going: Convene work group to implement outreach and sustainable funding plan. Approach Cities to request ongoing support for I & R Activities. Year 3: Continue to support 211Info in plans to expand service area and capacity

2.c Strengthen Community Safety Net Services. Safety Net Services consist of emergency, short-term rent, energy and food assistance that enable residents to remain stable in their homes.

Community Action On-going: Identify existing efforts and key partners. Identify/Create new sources of funding to secure and sustain “Safety-Net” Services. On-going: Improve access to safety net services by increasing collaboration and coordination among providers. Year 3: Recent changes to ESG program resulted in consultations with the HSSN at work group, subcommittee and full membership levels which concluded with agreement on activities which would support the needs of the safety-net system. Year 3: Continue to engage actively in Washington County Thrives’ efforts to identify new, sustainable sources of funding for safety net services.

Strategy 3: Civic Capital Increase sense of community and belonging among low-income and minority residents as well as overall public investment in the social and political well-being of the entire community Action Lead Contact Progress Targets

3.a Investigate the options and resources that are available to foster and support greater participation in civic life and community affairs by low-income, minority and disabled residents. Develop long-range plan for systemic change.

Office of Community Development Year 3: Identify existing efforts that are already underway. For example, the City of Beaverton has created a Diversity Task Force. One of this group’s goals is to increase civic participation among minority residents in our community.

3.b Continue to engage low-income and minority residents in the development of the Consolidated Plan

Office of Community Development Year 0: Occurred as part of the 2010 – 2015 Consolidated Planning process.

3.c Require recipients of Public Services Set-Aside funding (CHDO resident services & Fair Housing) to design and utilize an annual program evaluation model that incorporates participant/client feedback. The results of self-evaluation will be reported in the application for the following year's funding.

Office of Community Development Years 3 – 5: Implement annual evaluation.

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COORDINATION Washington County, through the Consolidated Plan, has put a great emphasis on the value of relationships with other county departments, cities, non-profit and for-profit partners. The CDBG and HOME Consortiums are made up of incorporated cities in addition to the county. Through the work on other actions over the next four year period, various county and city departments have agreed to work together to further the goals of the Consolidated Plan. VIII. Monitoring Standards and Procedures All Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) recipients will sign binding contracts that enumerate program requirements. OCD will monitor its grant recipients for compliance with specific program requirements, including applicable federal requirements, such as handicapped accessibility, fair housing, lead-based paint, and Davis-Bacon. In addition, OCD will monitor in the areas of general management, performance goals, financial management, data collection and reporting, eligibility determinations, nondiscrimination, program outreach, timely reporting, coordination with other programs, and inspection of completed units. Monitoring will consist of both desk and on-site reviews. On-site reviews will consist of periodic site visits which will include an in-depth review of agency, project and client files. Desk monitoring of voucher submittals includes a review of contractual commitments, financial documentation, determination of cost eligibility, drawdown rates, and outcome/performance measurement review. Primary Goals: OCD has four primary goals associated with its approach to monitoring programs and projects: Ensure accomplishment of service or production Ensure accountability of public funds Ensure compliance with federal requirements Evaluate project performance during a specific time period. These goals apply to all programs and services, including HOME, CDBG, and the ESG Programs. HOME Monitoring Plan: Rental Housing (acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction) Workshops are offered once a year for all new and current HOME developers, sponsors and owners. Workshops are held in August just prior to the application deadline for HOME projects in October. Technical assistance on all aspects of HOME performance and compliance issues is available upon request. HOME developers, sponsors and/or owners are responsible for completing HOME-funded projects and maintaining compliance throughout the period of affordability in accordance with the terms of their HOME Project Agreement. HOME staff are available to provide one-on-one technical assistance to HOME sponsors on an as-needed basis. This is done during on-site monitoring visits, upon request or as a result of recurring findings from ongoing monitoring visits. The HOME staff objectives for monitoring are to determine if grantees are: Ensuring compliance of their rental housing and homebuyer projects as specified in their HOME Project

Agreements (as modified or amended) throughout the period of affordability

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Maintaining rental housing properties to their applicable housing quality standards Ensuring income verification is performed on an annual basis for all tenants of HOME-funded rental

housing Complying with other applicable laws, cross-cutting regulations and terms of the HOME Project

Agreement Properly complying with HOME regulations for homebuyer projects, including income verification and

principal residence requirements. The Project Agreement between Washington County and the sponsor/developer/owner will establish specific policies for monitoring. The following timetable will be used to determine the schedule for on-site inspections for rental projects: Every three years for projects of one to four units, Every two years for projects with five to 25 units, and Annually for projects with 26 or more units. Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) Monitoring Plan: Staff performs on-site monitoring for ESG subgrantees at least every two years. Desk monitoring of subgrantees occurs with each voucher submittal. Monitoring is conducted using a standardized monitoring instrument and is documented in the appropriate

monitoring file. In general, subrecipients are required to correct instances of non-compliance within 30 days. Subrecipients

are required to provide OCD with copies of supporting documents that document the corrective action taken. Additional time for corrective action may be allowed, on a case-by-case basis.

OCD may put agencies that have several instances of non-compliance on an annual schedule for monitoring.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Monitoring Plan: Sponsor workshops are offered once a year for all new and current CDBG grant recipients. Workshops are held in June just prior to the program year start date. Technical assistance on all aspects of CDBG performance and compliance issues is available upon request. Sponsors are responsible for carrying out programs and activities in accordance with state and federal regulations and their CDBG contract. The role of CDBG staff is to ensure that sponsors carry out their CDBG-funded programs in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and to provide technical assistance. This is accomplished through desk or on-site monitoring. As part of this process, CDBG staff help sponsors identify and correct problems or potential problems in program implementation. The CDBG staff objectives for monitoring are to determine if grantees are: Carrying out their CDBG-funded activities as described in their contracts (as modified or amended); Carrying out the program or project in a timely manner in accordance with the schedule included in the

CDBG contract; Charging costs to the program or project which are eligible under applicable regulations; Complying with other applicable laws, regulations and terms of the CDBG contract; Conducting the program in a manner which minimizes the opportunity for fraud, waste and

mismanagement.

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CDBG monitoring may consist of an on-site monitoring visit or a desk monitoring. All CDBG subrecipients will be monitored at least once prior to a contract being administratively closed. The areas monitored may include (but are not limited to): Overall management system, record keeping and progress in activities National Objectives Client file review Environmental Review Financial management Procurement Efforts to use small, minority- and women-owned businesses Labor Standards Section 3 Non-construction contracts between subrecipients and consultants Acquisition/relocation compliance with Uniform Relocation Act When a subrecipient is found to be out of compliance, CDBG staff will identify a specific period of time in which compliance should be achieved. Usually the grantee will have 30 days to correct deficiencies. Copies of supporting documentation demonstrating that corrective action has been taken will be required. Additional time for corrective action may be allowed on a case-by-case basis. Currently, OCD monitors each project that has expended funds since the previous monitoring visit. Over the next five year cycle, OCD will be evaluating the feasibility of changing to a risk analysis approach to identify the projects that will be monitored for a given year instead of monitoring every project every year. Risk analysis models from other jurisdictions will be evaluated for their applicability to Washington County. For all three of the Consolidated Plan-covered programs, HUD representatives may also conduct monitoring visits to assure that grantees are carrying out their programs in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Monitoring Progress on Consolidated Plan Washington County will take the following actions to monitor performance in meeting Consolidated Plan goals.

Review of project applications to ensure required consistency with Consolidated Plan objectives and goals.

Review of project vouchers for reimbursement includes a review of the accomplishment data for each project. Staying in touch with the sponsor at this level ensures that projects meet their production targets which in turn ensure that the longer-range goals are being monitored.

Policies and application tools are being revised to align with Consolidated Plan goals and priorities thereby providing the mechanism for measuring performance throughout the five year period.

OCD staff (Jennie Proctor and Ben Sturtz) have been appointed to monitor Consolidated Plan performance throughout the five-year period.

OCD will schedule a “check-in” opportunity with the Consolidated Plan Work Group mid way through the cycle to assess progress in meeting Consolidated Plan performance.

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IX. Amendments There are no amendments proposed for the program year starting in July 2012 and ending in June 2013. X. Fair Housing In Year 1, Washington County and the City of Beaverton began the development of a new Fair Housing Plan. This included the establishment of a Fair Housing Advisory Group and contracting with Portland State University and the Fair Housing Council of Oregon for assistance with elements of the Plan. County Administration and Policy Advisory Board members were briefed about the development of the Plan. In Year 2, Washington County will complete and adopt the Fair Housing Plan. The following additional activities will support the County’s efforts to affirmatively further fair housing:

The County, through approval of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan, elected to institute a set-aside under the CDBG Public Services category for fair housing activities. The amount of the set aside is 2% of the public service category allocation (approx. $5,000-$8,000 depending on the CDBG allocation).

$7,870 in CDBG funds for fair housing training, activities, testing, events and to fund a portion of the housing discrimination hotline for Washington County (non-Beaverton) residents.

A $500 contribution to Fair Housing Month. The development and use of innovative Opportunity Maps as a means for promoting the location of

subsidized housing in areas of higher opportunity. The central premise of opportunity mapping is that residents of a metropolitan area are situated within an interconnected web of opportunities that shape their quality of life. Opportunity mapping provides an analytical framework to measure opportunity comprehensively in metropolitan regions and determine who has access to opportunity rich areas. Opportunity mapping also provides a framework to assess what factors are limiting opportunity in a community and can assist in identifying what measures are needed to remedy these impediments to opportunity. In the long term, building affordable housing in areas of opportunity is one of the strongest steps that the Consortium can take to affirmatively promote access to opportunity, not just to the protected classes covered by the Fair Housing Act, but also to low-income persons in general. While “low-income persons” is not a protected class, locating subsidized housing in higher opportunity areas will reduce spatial imbalances and promote inclusive patterns of housing that benefit protected classes indirectly.

In this year’s Action Plan, the Washington County HOME Consortium will ensure outreach and affirmative marketing procedures increase equitable access so that Washington County residents least likely to apply to federally-assisted housing might have ample opportunities to do so. All three rental projects receiving HOME funds under this Action Plan will have five or more HOME-assisted units, thus triggering affirmative marketing procedures. The sponsors of these three projects will provide Washington County with their affirmative marketing plans for review in order to outline their affirmative marketing procedures to ensure this equitable access to those residents least likely to apply to their federally-assisted housing.

All three new construction projects will ensure the required number of mobility and sensory units. $100,000 in CDBG funds will support the Home Access and Repair for the Elderly and Disabled which

provides urgent repairs and/or accessibility improvements (ramps, accessible showers, grab bars, etc) that can help maintain the affordability and improve the accessibility of the housing.

The Juniper Gardens Apartments rental housing project will provide housing for farmworker households, which is predominantly geared to the protected class of national origin.

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XI. Program-Specific Requirements CDBG PROGRAM County CDBG program income generated from the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program is estimated at $136,746 and will be added to the PY 2012 allocation. No urgent needs have been identified. All project funding will be used to benefit low- and moderate- income persons. ESG PROGRAM All program-specific requirements for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program have been addressed in the narrative for that program beginning on page 28. HOME PROGRAM Resale and Recapture Guidelines for the HOME Homeownership Provisions The Washington County HOME Consortium supports developer-initiated programs: projects undertaken by public and non-profit developers to provide affordable homeownership opportunities to homebuyers with incomes at or below 80% Median Family Income through the construction of new housing and/or the acquisition/rehabilitation of existing homes. A housing unit is considered affordable when the homebuyer is projected to pay no more than 30% of gross household income for Principal, Interest, Taxes, Mortgage Insurance, Homeowner’s Insurance and Homeowners’ Association Fee at time of income certification. The housing unit must be non-luxury housing with suitable amenities and, in conformance with 24 CFR 92.254(a)(1)(i), have a sales price or estimated value after rehabilitation that does not exceed the Single Family Mortgage Limits under Section 203(b) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)). The housing unit must be a single family home (attached or detached). The form of ownership must be fee-simple or 99-year leasehold and may include condominiums, planned unit developments/homeowner associations or cooperatives. HOME funds are provided to the developer for the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating and/or constructing homes. In conformance with CFR 92.254, Washington County imposes Resale provisions on each homebuyer project it funds with HOME dollars. The restrictions are described below. Resale Provisions As part of the “Other Actions” to be undertaken, Washington County has now adopted resale provisions as its primary program option for homebuyer programs. The adoption of a resale policy has undergone a formal amendment to the 2012 Action Plan. The resale program option described below is currently being implemented by Washington County for its existing homebuyer programs. Homebuyer Participation Program

1. Program Overview: HOME funds are provided to developer-initiated projects to make homes available for sale to eligible low income homebuyers, who are willing to contribute their labor (and that of friends and family) to achieve affordable homeownership. Each home must be the principal residence of an eligible homeowner throughout the HOME affordability period. The initial purchase price of each home, and the price upon resale, will equal the lesser of the appraised value at the time of the sale or the contract sales price required as a condition of other federal funding used in the development of the home. The home will be affordable (as defined below) to the first homebuyer through a combination of HOME assistance and below-market financing provided by the Project Sponsor. If an assisted homeowner sells a home during the 15-year HOME affordability period, the homeowner will

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receive a fair return on his or her investment, as defined below. In the event of resale during the HOME affordability period, the home will continue to be affordable to a subsequent homebuyer through the availability of the assumable 0% deferred payment loan, below-market financing provided by the Sponsor and additional subsidy, as needed.

2. Fair return on investment: A homeowner’s fair return on her/his investment will be no less than the share of the home’s appreciation proportional to his/her share of investment in the home, as outlined below. Appraisals will be conducted by professional third-party appraisers and be approved by Washington County. If there is negative appreciation, the homeowner shares proportionally in the loss.

Homeowner’s investment at resale equals the down payment plus the value of his/her labor at purchase plus principal payments plus the documented value of capital improvements at the time that they were made.

Sponsor’s investment at resale equals the remaining principal owed to the Sponsor. Washington County’s investment at resale equals the value of the assumable HOME deferred payment

loan made to the homeowner. Total investment at resale equals the sum of the homeowner’s investment, the Sponsor’s investment

and Washington County’s investment Appreciation equals the appraised value at resale less the sales price at purchase.

Example: Homeowner A purchases home for $100,000. Her initial investment in the home consists of a down payment of $1,000 and 500 hours of labor valued at $5,000. Financing consists of an $80,000 mortgage at 0% interest plus a $14,000 assumable HOME deferred payment loan. Homeowner pays closing costs of $300. Homeowner A invests in capital improvements with a value of $6,000, as documented by receipts and a contractor’s invoice. The homeowner also makes principal payments that total $10,000. The appraised value at resale is $120,000. Homeowner A’s share of closing costs is $500.

Distribution of investment at time of resale o Homeowner’s share= $1,000 + $5,000 + $6,000 + $10,000 = $22,000 o Sponsor’s share = $70,000 o Washington County’s share = $14,000 o Total investment = $106,000 Appreciation = $120,000 – $100,000 = $20,000 Distribution of appreciation at time of resale o Homeowner’s share = $22,000/$106,000 = 20.8% $4,151 o Sponsor’s share = $70,000/$106,000 = 66.0% $13,208 o Washington County’s share = $14,000/$106,000 = 13.2% $2,641 Distribution of proceeds at sale o Sponsor’s proceeds = $70,000 + $13,200 = $83,208 o Washington County’s proceeds = $14,000 + $2,640 = $16,641 o Homeowner’s proceeds = $1,000 + $5,000 + $10,000 + $4,160 = $20,151

3. Affordability: A home will be considered affordable to a homeowner when they spend no more than 30% of his/her income for housing costs. Housing costs consist of principal, interest, taxes, property insurance, mortgage insurance and homeowner association fees, as applicable.

Homes in the Homebuyer Participation Program must be affordable to households earning 30% to 80% MFI. The sales price equals the lesser of the appraised value at time of sale or the contract sales price required as a condition of other federal funding used in the development of the home. Affordability is achieved through a combination of Sponsor and HOME financing. The HOME financing consists of a

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0% deferred payment loan that is assumable by the next eligible homebuyer throughout the HOME period of affordability and development subsidies that support the initial construction of the homes and subsidize the portion of development costs that exceed the homes’ sales price. The Sponsor financing consists of a 0% interest loan. Alternative sources of financing may be used with the County’s approval.

4. Eligible Homebuyers: An eligible homebuyer has an income of 30% to 80% MFI and has personally completed or has found volunteers that have provided at least 250 hours of labor toward the construction of his/her home, the homes of others in the program, or to furthering the homebuyer activities of the Sponsor through other means. The homebuyer must attend County-approved homebuyer training (which is typically arranged by the Sponsor), and the homebuyer’s hours spent attending the training may count toward the necessary labor hours. The homeowner must live in the home as his/her primary residence. During the HOME affordability period, a homeowner who chooses to sell his or her home may only do so to another eligible homebuyer. The completion of 250 hours of labor is required to obtain the assumable HOME 0% deferred payment loan.

5. HOME Homebuyer Subsidy: The HOME subsidy provided to a homebuyer shall be the amount needed by the homeowner to make the cost of housing affordable, as defined above. The HOME homebuyer subsidy is the difference between the sales price of the home and the sum of the homeowner equity (down payment, labor contribution value), maximum affordable primary mortgage financing, and Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) adjustments, if any.

Example: The sales price of the home is $100,000. Homebuyer A’s initial investment in the home consists of a down payment of $1,000 and 500 hours of labor valued at $5,000. She is able to obtain an $80,000 mortgage with a 25-year term from the Sponsor that is affordable per the definition of affordability above. The gap to close is $14,000 ($100,000 - $1,000 -$5,000 - $80,000). A deferred payment, 0% interest, assumable HOME loan of $14,000 is provided to make the home affordable.

6. HOME Development Subsidy: HOME funds are available to the Sponsor as a grant to support the initial development of the homes. Where the total development cost of the homes exceeds the sum of their sales prices, HOME funds may subsidize the difference between the total development cost and sales price.

If the amount of total of HOME homebuyer assistance and HOME development subsidy is less than the initial HOME investment, the County will work with the Sponsor to invest the excess HOME funds in other HOME eligible activities or recover the excess investment. 7. HOME Affordability Period: The HOME affordability period is 15 years for all projects and units

financed through this program. 8. Resale: Should homeowner decide to sell his/her home during the HOME affordability period, s/he will

sell the home for the appraised value. This guarantees that the homeowner will get a fair return on his/her investment as described above. At the same time, the home will be affordable to a reasonable range of homebuyers through the following means:

Reasonable range of homebuyers: Eligible homebuyers with incomes from 30% to 80% MFI. Affordability: See definition above. Sales price: Appraised value. Method to achieve affordability: Combination of Sponsor’s below-market first mortgage financing,

HOME deferred payment loan and, if required, additional deferred payment financing or other available subsidies as approved by County.

9. Resale During HOME Affordability Period: The assumable HOME deferred payment loan will have an interest rate of 0% and be assumable by an Eligible Homebuyer during the affordability period. Washington County’s share of appreciation from the resale will be added to the amount of the assumable HOME deferred payment loan to be assumed by the homebuyer. Sponsor may also

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contribute its share of appreciation as a subsidy to ensure continued affordability of the home. If a resale occurs during the HOME affordability period, the following guidelines apply:

New Homebuyer Requires Subsidy Equal to Assumable HOME Deferred Payment Loan: If the new homebuyer requires a subsidy that is equal to the Assumable HOME Deferred Payment Loan (including the addition of Washington County’s share of appreciation), the new homebuyer will assume the full principal balance of the HOME Deferred Payment Loan.

New Homebuyer Requires Subsidy that is More Than Assumable HOME Deferred Payment Loan: If the new homebuyer requires a subsidy that is in excess of the HOME Deferred Payment Loan (including the addition of Washington County’s share of appreciation), the homebuyer will assume the HOME Deferred Payment Loan and additional HOME subsidy or financing provided by the Sponsor shall be provided to make the home affordable. If additional HOME funding subsidizes a resale purchase, the 15-year HOME period of affordability is re-started.

Example: Homeowner A sells to Eligible Homebuyer B during the 15-year HOME affordability period. Homeowner A has a $14,000 HOME Deferred Payment Loan. Homebuyer B needs a total of $25,000 in subsidy for the home to be affordable. The County’s share of appreciation from the sale equals $2,640. The $25,000 in needed subsidy is provided as follows:

o Assumption of HOME deferred payment loan, with principal balance increasing by $2,640 (to $16,640) from County’s share of appreciation at closing.

o Balance of funds ($8,360) provided by Sponsor in a form approved by the County. New Homebuyer Requires Subsidy Less than Assumable HOME Deferred Payment Loan: If the new

homebuyer requires less subsidy than the principal balance of the assumable HOME deferred payment loan, the difference shall be paid to the County from the proceeds at closing and will be considered program income to the HOME program.

10. Extended Affordability Period: The extended affordability period for each unit extends through the first resale after the end of the HOME affordability period or 30 years from the initial sale of the home to the first eligible homebuyer, whichever occurs first. HOME regulations cease to apply at the end of the HOME affordability period.

11. First Resale During Extended Affordability Period: If the homebuyer in the first resale of a unit after the end of the HOME affordability period is either a new Eligible Homebuyer or the Project Sponsor, the County will assign the assumable HOME deferred payment loan to the Project Sponsor. If the homebuyer is neither a new Eligible Homebuyer nor the Project Sponsor, the HOME deferred payment Loan must be repaid in full to the County from the proceeds of the sale. If the ownership of the unit does not change during the course of the extended affordability period, the assumable HOME deferred payment loan shall be assigned to the Project Sponsor at the end of the extended affordability period.

Affirmative Marketing The Washington County HOME Consortium’s policy and procedures for affirmatively marketing housing containing five or more HOME-assisted units are contained in Exhibit 1. Minority/Women’s Business Outreach The Washington County HOME Consortium’s policy and procedures for ensuring the inclusion of minority and women businesses in all contracts entered into by the consortium have been included as Exhibit 2.

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Exhibit 1 Washington County HOME Consortium

Affirmative Marketing Requirements and Procedures Statement of Policy In accordance with the regulations of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (24 CFR 92.351), and in furtherance of Washington County's commitment to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in housing, Washington County establishes policies and procedures to affirmatively market units in HOME-assisted projects of five or more units. These procedures are intended to further the objectives of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and Executive Order 11063. Washington County believes that individuals of similar economic levels in the same housing market area should have available to them a like range of housing choices regardless of their age, handicap, race, religion, color, sex, marital status, familial status, or national origin. Washington County is committed to the goals of affirmative marketing, which will be implemented in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program through a specific set of steps that the County and participating project sponsors will follow. These goals will be reached through the following procedures: Informing the Public, Project Sponsors, and Potential Tenants and Homebuyers about Federal and State Fair Housing Laws and Washington County's Affirmative Marketing Policy Through the Washington County Office of Community Development, the County will inform the public, project sponsors, and potential tenants and homebuyers about this policy and fair housing laws.

The Office of Community Development will inform owners/sponsors/developers through yearly workshops on HOME requirements as well as via the HOME Procedures Manual.

Owners will inform potential tenants and tenants in buildings scheduled for acquisition, reconstruction, or

rehabilitation via notices to tenants, notice postings in central areas on site location.

Sponsors of homebuyer projects will inform potential homebuyers of this policy and fair housing laws during their homebuyer counseling about Becoming a Homeowner. This will include providing each potential homebuyer with a brochure outlining the policy.

Requirements and Practices Each Owner Must Adhere to in Order to Carry out Washington County's Affirmative Marketing Procedures and Requirements It is Washington County's policy to require substantial steps by project sponsors to carry out affirmative marketing. Washington County will provide each project sponsor with the affirmative marketing policies and procedures in order to adhere to the federal requirements for affirmative marketing. Project sponsors should provide for costs associated with these requirements in their planned operating costs. Project sponsors will also be responsible to provide Washington County with their Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan each time it is updated in order to outline the affirmative marketing activities in which they are engaging in the community to overcome any barriers to fair housing choice.

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If it is feasible to advertise in advance of selecting a tenant or homebuyer, without holding units off the market, participating project sponsors will be required to make information on the availability of units known through advertisements in the local newspaper if the project sponsor ordinarily advertises available rentals or opportunities to purchase single-family homes in news media. To the extent possible, project sponsors will make information available to the general public about upcoming vacancies and opportunities to purchase single-family homes after special outreach efforts are underway. Washington County will require that project sponsors selected for participation in the program comply with affirmative marketing requirements by means of the project agreement, which will be applicable for the period of the loan agreement. Failure to carry out the agreement could make a project sponsor ineligible to participate in the program with future projects or result in cancellation of the loan. Periodic on-site monitoring visits will verify that the agency continues to comply with affirmative marketing efforts. Special Outreach In order to inform as well as solicit applications from persons in the housing market area who are not likely to apply for units without special outreach, Washington County has established methods project sponsors must use in order to reach this objective. Washington County has identified three racial/ ethnic minority groups in the housing market area who would probably not apply for the units without special outreach: Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans. In addition, Washington County recently completed an Analysis of Impediments which also identifies people with disabilities as a population least likely to apply for available housing, be it rental units or opportunities to purchase a single-family home. Washington County will continue to work with its project sponsors to ensure special outreach activities occur to inform these populations about available housing in the community in order to overcome any obstacles to fair housing choice. Having identified these groups, Washington County will require that project sponsors use special outreach methods as follows: Project sponsors who ordinarily advertise rental property or opportunities to purchase available single-family

homes must place advertisements in the El Hispanic News, a newspaper whose circulation is primarily among Hispanic residents.

Project sponsors who ordinarily advertise rental property or opportunities to purchase available single-family homes must place advertisements in The Asian Reporter, a newspaper whose circulation is primarily among Asian-American residents.

Project sponsors who do not ordinarily advertise in news media must direct a letter to Centro Cultural, the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Clinic, and Community Action.

Project sponsors should contact the Housing Authority of Washington County, which will inform applicants on its waiting list about the available vacancies for the predominantly Native American and Asian-American groups.

Project sponsors are to contact the Urban Indian Council, Inc., requesting that this organization inform Native Americans in the community about the availability of the rehabilitated units.

Sponsors of rental projects will be required to begin their special outreach activities immediately upon learning that a vacancy will occur. Sponsors of homebuyer projects will be required to begin their special outreach activities during the homebuyer selection process for available single-family homes. Sponsors of rental projects should request a 30-day notification from tenants intending to move so that special outreach to Hispanics, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and persons with disabilities can begin before notification to the general public. While owners may not always have early notice from tenants, we hope a 30-day period will be the norm.

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Recordkeeping Washington County will require that project sponsors keep records on the following: The racial, ethnic, and gender characteristics of tenants and homebuyers, where applicable, as well as

applicants in the 90 days following project completion as required of the County by section 92.508(a)(5) Activities they undertake to inform the general renter public, specifically copies of advertisements placed in

the local newspaper. Activities they undertake to inform potential homebuyers, specifically copies of advertisements placed in the

local newspaper. Activities they undertake for special outreach, specifically the date of contacts with the organizations provided

or advertisements in minority newspapers. Project sponsors will be asked to provide, where possible, data on how applicants heard about the housing opportunities. Assessment and Corrective Action The affirmative marketing efforts of project sponsors will be assessed by the Office of Community Development (OCD) during periodic on-site monitoring visits as follows: To determine if good faith efforts have been made: Records required of project sponsors will be examined and

compared with required actions. If the required actions have been carried out as specified, the OCD will assume that project sponsors have made a good faith effort to carry out these procedures.

To determine results: The OCD will assess whether or not persons targeted by the special outreach efforts have, in fact, become tenants or homebuyers in the HOME-assisted units. If they have, the OCD will assume that the procedures have been effective. If the identified persons are not represented, the OCD will review the affirmative marketing procedures to determine what changes might be made to make the marketing efforts more effective.

The Office of Community Development will take corrective action if it is found that a project sponsor has failed to carry out the required procedures or failed to maintain the records on tenants and homebuyers, where applicable, as well as applicants. If problems are evident, OCD will discuss ways to improve a project sponsor's efforts prior to taking

corrective action. The reporting of all vacancies by the sponsor of a rental project on a continuing basis may be required to

determine whether project sponsors are following the prescribed procedures. The reporting of all unsold single-family homes by the sponsor of a homebuyer project on a continuing basis

may be required to determine whether project sponsors are following the prescribed procedures. If a project sponsor fails to make a good faith effort to carry out the affirmative marketing procedures, after

fair warning and an opportunity to correct identified deficiencies, the project sponsor's participation in the program will be terminated and the repayment of the loan required. The project sponsor will not be eligible for future participation in the program.

Assessment activities will be carried out in time to report results in the annual performance report submitted to HUD.

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Exhibit 2 Washington County HOME Consortium

MBE/WBE Policies and Procedures A. REQUIRED EFFORTS 1. Consistent with Presidential Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432, and Section 3 of the

HUD Act of 1968, the Office of Community Development shall make efforts to ensure that small and minority-owned businesses, women's business enterprises, labor surplus area businesses, and individuals or firms located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of a HOME-assisted project are used when possible. Also included in these efforts are emerging small business programs of the State of Oregon. Such efforts shall include, but shall not be limited to:

a. Including such firms, when qualified, on solicitation mailing lists; b. Encouraging their participation through direct solicitation of bids or proposals whenever they

are potential sources; c. Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to

permit maximum participation by such firms; d. Establishing delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage

participation by such firms; e. Using the services and assistance of the Small Business Administration, and the Minority

Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce; f. Including in contracts a clause requiring contractors, to the greatest extent feasible, to provide

opportunities for training and employment for lower income residents of the project area and to award subcontracts for work in connection with the project to business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project, as described in 24 CFR 135;

g. Requiring prime contractors, when subcontracting is anticipated, to take the positive steps listed in A1.a through A1.f above.

2. The Office of Community Development may periodically establish goals for participation by small

businesses, minority-owned businesses, women's business enterprises, labor surplus area businesses, and business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the HOME-assisted project, in the Department's prime contracts and subcontracting opportunities.

3. The Office of Community Development’s outreach effort to minority and women-owned businesses

shall be supported by a statement of public policy.

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B. DEFINITIONS 1. A small business is defined as a business, which is: independently owned; not dominant in its field of

operation; and not an affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation. The size standards in 13 CFR 121 shall be used, unless the Office of Community Development determines that their use is inappropriate.

2. A minority-owned business is defined as a business which is at least 51% owned by one or more

minority group members; or, in the case of a publicly owned business, one in which at least 51% of its voting stock is owned by one or more minority group members, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more such individuals. Minority group members include, but are not limited to Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Asian Indian Americans, and Hasidic Jewish Americans.

3. A women's business enterprise is defined as a business that is at least 51% owned by a woman or

women who are U.S. citizens and who also control or operate the business. 4. A labor surplus area business is defined as a business which together with its immediate

subcontractors, will incur more than 50% of the cost of performing the contract in an area of concentrated unemployment or underemployment, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor in 20 CFR 654, Subpart A, and in lists of labor surplus areas published by the Employment and Training Administration.

5. A business concern located in the area of the project is defined as an individual or firm located

within the relevant Section 3 covered project area, as determined pursuant to 24 CFR 135.15, listed on HUD's registry of eligible business concerns, and meeting the definition of small business above. A business concern owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project is defined as a business concern which is 51% or more owned by persons residing within the Section 3 covered project, owned by persons considered by the U.S. Small Business Administration to be socially or economically disadvantaged, listed on HUD's registry of eligible business concerns, and meeting the definition of small business above.

6. An emerging small business is defined as: a. A business with its principal place of business located in Oregon; b. A business with average annual gross receipts over the last three years not exceeding $1

million for construction firms and $300,000 for nonconstruction firms; c. A business which has fewer than 20 employees; d. An independent business; and e. A business properly licensed and legally registered in Oregon.

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LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS .

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U.S. Department of Housing OMB Approval No. 2506-0117 and Urban Development (Exp. 8/31/2008)

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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Parks and Recreation Facilities) Project Title: City of Hillsboro Walnut Park Renovation Description: Renovate and refurbish an existing neighborhood park serving low/moderate income residents. The Walnut Park project will renovate the play equipment to provide for improved ADA accessibility, and to accommodate the needs of young children under 5 as well as children in the 5-12 year old age group. A water sprayground will be developed to give park users a well designed place to play in sprinkler types of water play that can hold up to heavy use.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area Walnut Park - 1707 SE Walnut Street, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0001

HUD Matrix Code 03F

CDBG Citation 570.201(c)

Type of Recipient Local Government

CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(1)(i)

Start Date (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/01/2012

Completion Date (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/30/2013

Performance Indicator # of persons with improved access

Annual Units 3,718

Local ID 3231

Units Upon Completion 3,718

The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs

Funding Sources: CDBG $ 75,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 75,000 Prior Year Funds $100,000 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $175,000


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facilities and Improvements (General)

Project Title Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Warehouse Acquisition Description

The purpose of the project is to acquire the warehouse and office space that the organization currently leases. The facility warehouse space is used to support home building activities for low income households to enable more Habitat homes to be built. The facility anticipates that it will allow Habitat families who utilize the facility to complete sweat equity hours.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area 5293 NE Elam Young Pkwy, #140, Hillsboro, OR 97124 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0002

HUD Matrix Code 03

CDBG Citation 570.201(a)

Type of Recipient Subrecipient Private

CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(2)(i)(B)




Annual Units 76

Local ID 4208

Units Upon Completion 76


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 9,813 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 9,813 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $640,187 Total $650,000


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Homeless Shelter) Project Title Good Neighbor Center Roof Replacement Description

The Good Neighbor Center’s roof has had several failures in the last two years. The project will demolish the existing flat and shingled roof sections of the shelter down to the wood deck, provide an underlayment/vapor barrier in flat and sloped roof sections, install a ridge vent, and install 3-tab shingle roofing on sloped sections and membrane roofing in flat sections of the roof.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area

11130 SW Greenburg Rd Tigard, OR 97223 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0003

HUD Matrix Code 03C



CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(2)(i)(C)




Annual Units 300

Local ID 4209



Funding Sources: CDBG $ 29,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 29,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 10,000 Total $ 39,000


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Center for Persons with Disabilities) Project Title Community Services, Inc. Developmentally Disabled Housing Acquisition 2012 Description The project will provide CDBG funds to support the acquisition of a residential group home to house five persons with developmental disabilities who need 24/7 support services for their safety. These individuals each have severe behavioral, cognitive, and medical disorders associated with Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), a condition caused by a chromosome disorder that results in a range of central nervous system, muscular-skeletal, and other systemic disorders.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area 1385 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0004

HUD Matrix Code 03B

CDBG Citation 570.201(a)


CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(2)(i)(A)



Performance Indicator # of persons with new access

Annual Units 5

Local ID 4211


The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs.

Funding Sources: CDBG $150,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $150,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $314,000 Total $464,000


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Senior Center)

Project Title City of Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade Description The project will replace flooring, install accessible doors to access the backyard area, and install a ventilation system for the freezer compressor at the Forest Grove Senior Center. Repair of these three building elements will improve the safety and effective use of the facility for seniors who access services at the senior center.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area 2037 Douglas Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0005

HUD Matrix Code 03A







Annual Units 1,703

Local ID 4221


The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs.



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Senior Center)

Project Title City of Sherwood, Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Restroom and Lobby Improvements Description There are a series of accessibility (ADA) upgrades that need to be done to the building to better serve both people with disabilities, but also the older population that simply needs a little more assistance. The existing restrooms do not meet current ADA requirements and the finishes are dated. The current code requires increased maneuvering clearances in the fully accessible stalls as well as at the restroom entrance doors. In addition, under the 2010 Oregon building code, a new building of this size would require a unisex restroom. The floors in the lobby area are exposed aggregate and are cold, unwelcoming, and not an appropriate floor finish for this type of facility and the clients who access services here. The proposed project would upgrade the restrooms and lobby area floor finish to make the senior center more accessible and functional.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area 21907 SW Sherwood Blvd., Sherwood, OR 97140

Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0006

HUD Matrix Code 03A







Annual Units 440

Local ID 4228



Funding Sources: CDBG $179,600 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $179,600 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 41,663 Total $221,263


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Public Facility (Parks and Recreation Facilities)

Project Title City of Hillsboro Dairy Creek Park Renovation Description The Dairy Creek Park project will renovate and refurbish an existing neighborhood park serving low/moderate income residents. The project will consist of installing picnic shelters, barbeques, a drinking fountain, additional site furniture such as picnic tables and benches, and provide finish landscaping that will complement existing park amenities. Additional improvements to the existing sports fields will also extend the season of playability for the park users.

Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area Dairy Creek Park - 1515 SW 17th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0007

HUD Matrix Code 03F



CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(1)(i)




Annual Units 772

Local ID 4235



Funding Sources: CDBG $185,718 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $185,718 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $185,718


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Infrastructure (sidewalks, curbs and landscaping improvements)

Project Title City of North Plains NW Claxtar Street Sidewalk Improvements Description

The second phase of the NW Claxtar Street improvement project will install 2,800 lineal feet of curb and sidewalk along NW Claxtar Street between 309th and Main Street. In addition, an extended area shall be paved to meet the new curb line, totaling roughly 11,200 square feet of asphalt surface. These improvements will provide a safe route for pedestrians from NW 309th to NW Main Street including build-outs at intersections, increasing the livability of the neighborhood and extend the life of the street.


NW Claxtar Street, between NW 309th and Main Street, North Plains, OR 97133 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0008

HUD Matrix Code 03L



CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(1)




Annual Units 101

Local ID 3103



Funding Sources: CDBG $249,385 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $249,385 Prior Year Funds $198,116 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $173,682 Total $621,183


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County, OR Priority Need Water/Sewer Improvements

Project Title Laurel Acres Water Association Well Improvement Description Laurel Acres Water Association’s existing well currently serves 41 people residing in 16 households. E. coli has been found in the source water and is currently assumed to be eliminated by treating the water with typically higher levels of chlorination. The well for this water system was evaluated by the State Drinking Water Program and found to be inadequately constructed according to current standards outlined in OAR 333-061-0050 in that the well was not sealed to an appropriate depth when constructed nearly 40 years ago. The project will consist of drilling down in the existing well to approximately 500’ deep and placing a cap seal at about 100 feet deep to prevent further contamination. The existing piping will also be modified to install back flow preventers.


9105 – 9430 SW 310th Avenue, Cornelius, OR 97113 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0009

HUD Matrix Code 03J







Annual Units 41

Local ID 4110





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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Infrastructure (sidewalks, curbs and landscaping improvements) Project Title: Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation (DLUT) SW 173rd Ave Sidewalk Infill Description: The project will install approximately 1,452 linear feet of sidewalk infill within the public right-of-way on SW 173rd Avenue, between Florence and Shaw Streets, to provide continuous sidewalks from Shaw Street to Farmington Road, and safe access to TriMet bus stops on Farmington and on Tualatin Valley Highway (Hwy 8), and the Aloha Huber Park elementary school on SW 173rd Avenue. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: SW 173rd Avenue between Florence and Shaw, Beaverton, OR 97007 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0010

HUD Matrix Code 03L







Annual Units 1,237

Local ID 4130



Funding Sources:

CDBG $191,663 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $191,663 Prior Year Funds $191,663 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $383,326


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (Homeless Prevention) Project Title: St. Vincent de Paul St. Anthony, Utility & Rent Assistance Description: St. Vincent de Paul, St. Anthony will provide rent and/or utility assistance to low- and moderate-income individuals or families. Clients are normally self-sufficient but are facing a financial crisis that can lead to eviction, homelessness or will encounter major costs as they attempt to acquire alternative housing or reconnect utility services. The agency’s goal is to gain firsthand knowledge of each household’s financial circumstances, to provide information and referral assistance as needed, and to determine that the family or individual is seeking to regain self-sufficiency. Contact is made with property managers and utility providers prior to providing financial assistance to negotiate the amount of assistance needed to make certain the family will not be subject to eviction or that vital utility services will remain connected. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following location: 9905 SW McKenzie Street, Tigard, OR 97223 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0011

HUD Matrix Code 05

CDBG Citation 570.201(e)






Annual Units 600

Local ID 4304



Funding Sources:

CDBG $ 28,800 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 28,800 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 60,000 Total $ 88,800


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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (Homeless Prevention) Project Title: St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthews Rent Assistance Description: St. Vincent de Paul, St. Matthew will provide rent assistance to low- and moderate-income individuals or families. Clients are normally self-sufficient but are facing a financial crisis that can lead to eviction, homelessness or will encounter major costs as they attempt to acquire alternative housing or reconnect utility services. The agency’s goal is to gain firsthand knowledge of each household’s financial circumstances, to provide information and referral assistance as needed, and to determine that the family or individual is seeking to regain self-sufficiency. Contact is made with property managers prior to providing financial assistance to negotiate the amount of assistance needed to make certain the family will not be subject to eviction. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following location: 446 S. 3rd Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0012

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 2,000

Local ID 4305



Funding Sources:

CDBG $ 40,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 40,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $140,000 Total $180,000


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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (General) Project Title: Community Action, Basic Needs Description: Community Action proposes to provide one-time emergency assistance payments not to exceed $500 to a landlord on behalf of a client. Community Action staff will negotiate with landlords for reduction/forgiveness of fees or back rent which may have accrued. Clients will also be screened for and referred to other services which can help them including energy assistance, energy conservation workshops and tenant education classes. The project acts as a safety net to ensure that families in crisis do not lose the level of self-sufficiency they have struggled to maintain. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following locations: 1001 SW Baseline, Hillsboro, OR 97123 and 5050 SW Griffith Avenue, Suite 203, Beaverton, OR 97005 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0013

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 1,350

Local ID 4312



Funding Sources:



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (General) Project Title: Community Action, Homeless Prevention and Intervention Description: The system that Community Action is building in collaboration with other community partners is designed to intervene at the earliest possible point in a housing crisis in order to prevent homelessness to the greatest extent possible and shorten the duration of episodes of homelessness. The project has two primary goals: prevent homelessness to the greatest extent possible and end episodes of homelessness as quickly as possible. Four activities will be the focus: prevention of episodes of homelessness, homelessness diversion, community resource orientations, and development of housing plans for those in shelter. This project creates a system for a longer relationship with at-risk and homeless households that goes beyond the needs of those households being met by the Basic Needs Project. These projects (and the funding requests) are complementary; not duplicative. They work in concert with one another based on the identified needs in the continuum of care. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following locations: 1001 SW Baseline, Hillsboro, OR 97123 and 5050 SW Griffith Avenue, Suite 203, Beaverton, OR 97005 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0014

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 1,500

Local ID 4313



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Health Services Project Title: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Oral Health Care Initiative Description: The Oral Health Care Initiative will expand access to oral health care and education. There are three components of the Oral Health Care Initiative: The OB Dental Program, Baby Days, and the School Based Health Center (SBHC) expansion. The OB Dental Program meets the needs of children first by improving the health of an expectant mother, significantly reducing the risk of her transferring an infection to her child and improving oral health care and the overall wellness of the entire family. Baby Days promotes an early start to oral health by teaching parents how to care for their infants’ teeth and gums. The SBHC expansion enhances access to oral health care for children by bringing services to them at school such as fluoride varnish, sealants, cleanings and treatment. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following locations: 85 N. 12th Avenue, Cornelius, OR 97113 730 SE Oak Street, Hillsboro, OR 97123 1715 Bonnie Lane, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0015

HUD Matrix Code 05M







Annual Units 850

Local ID 4318



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (Health Services) Project Title: Essential Health Clinic Each and Every Project Description: The project will increase access to urgent, follow-up and necessary specialty health care for the low-income/uninsured. EHC serves persons with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level, who are without insurance and who are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Services are delivered through a model based upon the generosity of volunteers in the community. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following location: 266 West Main Street, MS 68, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0016

HUD Matrix Code 05M







Annual Units 5,675

Local ID 4331



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (Homeless Prevention) Project Title: Open Door Counseling Center, Housing Supportive Services Description: ODCC will provide counseling services to low-income homeowners and one-month of mortgage payment assistance, when needed, to help save their home from foreclosure and prevent homelessness. First-time homebuyers will learn about the intricate home buying process, budgeting principles and how to avoid unnecessary re-financing of loans. Seniors seeking education about budgeting and reverse mortgage counseling will be provided one-on-one counseling, and homeless residents will obtain the skills and resources needed to establish long-term housing solutions, a sustainable income source, financial stability and self-sufficiency. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following location: 34420 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0017

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 4,013

Local ID 4332



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (General) Project Title: Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) Resident Services

Description: CPAH will provide supportive community and skill-building activities and housing stability resources to diverse youth, adult, and senior residents in five properties. Services provided include after school and summer youth programs, homework help and summer lunch programs, monthly food distribution, community garden activities, seasonal activities, life skills classes, onsite recovery groups, partnerships with service providers to help residents maintain their housing stability, and outreach services to encourage participation in resident service programs. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Administered at the following locations: Greenburg Oaks – 11905 SW 91st Ave., Tigard 97223 Oleson Woods – 9140 SW 91st Ave., Tigard 97223 Metzger Park – 10025 SW 85th Ave., Tigard 97224 Village at Washington Square – 11159 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard 97223 The Knoll – 12291 SW Knoll Dr., Tigard 97223 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0018

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 340

Local ID 4333


Funding Sources:




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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (General) Project Title: Bienestar CHDO Resident Services Description: Bienestar will provide comprehensive resident services for low-income youth and adults in nine properties. Adult programs include ESL classes, GED Preparation classes, computer classes, financial literacy programs, IDA Programs, Job Club, free income tax preparation, emergency cash assistance program, mental health counseling, nutrition classes, Promotores (15 resident peer leaders who receive special training and conducts home visits), and community meetings and activities. Youth Programs include 4 homework clubs, Science Clubs, Soccer Club, Basketball Club, Summer Lunch and Fun, Financial Fitness for Life, Kids’ Computer Club, Summer Reading Safari, Teens’ Build Your Own Computer Club, Explorador Nature Camp, Youth IDA program and other special events. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following locations: Elm Park – 2350 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116 2351 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Jose Arciga – 584 N. 15th Ave, Cornelius, OR 97113 3231 22nd Place, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Montebello – 220 SW 12th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Reedville – 21141 SW Alexander, Aloha, OR 97006

Sierra West – 356 SE 12th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Sunset Gardens – 951 SE 13th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Willow Park – 2824 22nd Ave, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Cornelius Park – 481 S. Alpine St, Cornelius, OR 97113 425 N. 29th Ave, Cornelius, OR 97113 1744 N. Davis St, Cornelius, OR 97113

Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0019

HUD Matrix Code 05







Annual Units 1,050

Local ID 4334


Funding Sources:




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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Public Services (Fair Housing) Project Title: Fair Housing Council of Oregon, Fair Housing Outreach Description:

CDBG funds will be used to affirmatively further fair housing outreach efforts, which may include funding a Fair Housing Hotline to track calls from Washington County (non-Beaverton) callers with questions about fair housing issues; provide tenant education workshops for low income tenants to educate them on their respective rights and responsibilities under the law relative to fair housing; offer landlord training opportunities to educate them on their responsibilities under the law relative to fair housing; conduct fair housing testing to test apartment complexes and/or property management firms for discrimination; and/or perform spot checking of real estate ads for discriminatory language. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area:

Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0020

HUD Matrix Code 05J







Annual Units 250

Local ID 4336





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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing

Project Title: Community Action – Comprehensive Weatherization Description:

Community Action will weatherize 100 homes owned or rented by low-income persons. CDBG funds will be used to pay the personnel costs associated with running the Comprehensive Weatherization Program. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area

Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Services administered at the following location: 1001 SW Baseline, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0021

HUD Matrix Code 14H

CDBG Citation 570.202





Performance Indicator # of housing units

Annual Units 100

Local ID 4501





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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Community Action – Self-help Weatherization Description: Community Action will provide conservation and energy training workshops, supplies, and materials to 120 low-income homeowners and renters. CDBG funds will be used to pay the personnel costs associated with implementing the Self-Help Weatherization Program. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Services administered at the following location: 1001 SW Baseline, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0022

HUD Matrix Code 14H







Annual Units 120

Local ID 4502



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Rebuilding Together – Washington County Description: This one-year project provides necessary repairs to at least four homes owned by low and moderate income homeowners, especially seniors and the disabled, to keep them safe, warm, and dry. Funds will be used to pay for personnel costs for the Executive Director position. Work performed on homes is completed by volunteers. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided to Washington County residents, with the exception of Beaverton residents. Administered at the following location: 12555 SW 4th Street, Beaverton, OR 97005 Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0023

HUD Matrix Code 14H







Annual Units 4

Local ID 4578



Funding Sources:



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Office of Community Development Housing Rehabilitation Program Description: The Office of Community Development will provide low-interest, deferred payment loans to income-qualified residents of Washington County in order to make needed repairs to the owner-occupied homes. Nine income-qualified homeowners will be assisted through this grant. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Administrated at 328 West Main, Hillsboro, OR 97123. Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0024

HUD Matrix Code 14A







Annual Units 9

Local ID 4504



Funding Sources:

CDBG $160,546 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $160,546 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $160,546


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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Office of Community Development Home Access and Repair for the Disabled and Elderly (HARDE) Description: The Office of Community Development’s HARDE Program will provide low-interest loans or grants to person over the age of 62 for repairs of an urgent nature or accessibility improvements for disabled homeowners or renters. Thirty income-qualified households will be served through this grant. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Administrated at 328 West Main, Hillsboro, OR 97123. Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0025

HUD Matrix Code 14A







Annual Units 45

Local ID 4506



Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Office of Community Development Housing Rehabilitation Program Administration Description: General administration for the oversight, management, monitoring, and coordination of the County’s Housing Rehabilitation Program. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for Administration. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Administrated at 328 West Main, Hillsboro, OR 97123. Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0026

HUD Matrix Code 14H



CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(3))



Performance Indicator N/A

Annual Units N/A

Local ID N/A

Units Upon Completion N/A


Funding Sources:



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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County Priority Need Planning and Administration Project Title Office of Community Development CDBG Program Administration Description

General administration management and oversight of Washington County CDBG Program. This amount does not exceed the 20% cap set under the CDBG requirements. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for Administration.


Administered at 328 West Main, Hillsboro, OR 97123

Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0027

HUD Matrix Code 21A



CDBG National Objective N/A




Annual Units N/A

Local ID N/A



Funding Sources: CDBG $524,697 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $524,697 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $524,697


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Community Partners for Affordable Housing CHDO Operating Grant Description: Community Partners for Affordable Housing will use the CHDO Operating Grant to provide funding to cover staffing costs and general operating costs. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for CHDO Operating. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: 6380 SW Capital Highway, Suite 151, Portland, OR 97239 Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0028

HUD Matrix Code 21I

CDBG Citation N/A

Type of Recipient CHDO-92.2





Annual Units N/A

Local ID 4804



Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG HOME $ 27,928 HOPWA Total Formula Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $ 27,928


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Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Bienestar CHDO Operating Grant Description: Bienestar will use the CHDO Operating Grant to provide funding to cover staffing costs and general operating costs. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for CHDO Operating. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: 220 SE 12th, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0029

HUD Matrix Code 21I

CDBG Citation N/A






Annual Units N/A

Local ID 4801



Funding Sources:



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Table 3C Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects

Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: REACH Community Development, Inc. - Orenco Workforce Housing The Orenco Workforce Housing project will involve the new construction of a fifty-seven (57) unit, multifamily transit-oriented development designed to house working families in the City of Hillsboro. This project represents the first of three phases of the project on a 6.2-acre parcel acquired by the sponsor in 2011. The project is sponsored by REACH Community Development, Inc. The project will be comprised of thirty-seven (37) one-bedroom and twenty (20) two-bedroom apartments. Eight (8) units will have project-based rental assistance for households at or below 30% AMI, based on vouchers awarded to the project the Housing Authority of Washington County. This project will offer rents in fifty-two units for households earning at or below 50% AMI with eight units targeted for households earning at or below 30% AMI. For units without project-based rental assistance, the sponsor projects rent and utility levels at $675/month for each one-bedroom apartment and $800/month for each two-bedroom apartment. This would be below the respective Low HOME rent levels of $684/month and $821/month.


The property is located at 1422 NW 231st Avenue in the City of Hillsboro. Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0030

HUD Matrix Code 12

CDBG Citation n/a

Type of Recipient CHDO 92.2

CDBG National Objective n/a




Annual Units 0

Local ID 4603



Funding Sources: CDBG ESG HOME $ 750,000.00 HOPWA Total Formula $ 750,000.00 Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 12,265,750.00 Total $ 13,015,750.00


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Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Bienestar, Inc. – Juniper Gardens Apartments The second phase of the Juniper Gardens Apartments project will involve new construction of an additional twenty-two (22) units for migrant farmworker households. The entire 6.5-acre parcel was acquired with HOME funds in 2010, and the sponsor just began construction of the first twenty-four (24) units of the project. There will be forty-six (46) total units at the end of the second phase. Juniper Gardens Apartments is a USDA Rural Development (RD) project sponsored by Bienestar, Inc. Bienestar intends to construct an additional eight (8) two-bedroom, twelve (12) three-bedroom, and two (2) four-bedroom apartments with this project. Juniper Gardens Apartments will offer rents for farmworker households primarily earning between 40% to 50% AMI. The sponsor intends to utilize USDA RD Section 514/516 development funds and rental assistance/ subsidies that would ensure farmworker families pay no more than 30% of their income toward rent. The sponsor is proposing two-bedroom rent and utility amounts at $775/month, three-bedroom rent and utility amounts at $875/month, and four-bedroom rent and utility amounts at $975/month, all well below the Low HOME rents for the respective bedroom sizes.


The property is located at 2718 Juniper Street in the City of Forest Grove. Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0031

HUD Matrix Code 12

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units 0

Local ID 4604



Funding Sources: CDBG ESG HOME $ 250,000.00 HOPWA Total Formula $ 250,000.00 Prior Year Funds $ 750,000.00 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 10,531,484.00 Total $ 11,531,484.00


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Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Community Partners for Affordable Housing – Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing The Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing project involves the new construction of a forty-eight (48) unit, multifamily transit-oriented development designed to house families, seniors and persons with disabilities in the City of Beaverton. The project is sponsored by Community Partners for Affordable Housing. The project will be comprised of three (3) studio apartments, forty-two (42) one-bedroom and three (3) two-bedroom apartments. Eight (8) units will have project-based rental assistance for households at or below 30% AMI, based on vouchers awarded to the project the Housing Authority of Washington County. This project represents the affordable component of a mixed-use, mixed-income development in partnership with a private, for-profit developer on a City-owned block in Beaverton’s Old Town district. This project will offer rents in twenty-nine (29) units for households earning at or below 50% AMI with eight (8) units targeted for households earning at or below 30% AMI. The sponsor projects rent and utility levels at $630/month for each studio apartment, up to $810/month for each one-bedroom apartment and up to $972/month for each two-bedroom apartment. The nine HOME-assisted units would have rent and utility levels below the respective Low HOME rent levels of $638/month, $684/month and $821/month. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area

The property is located at 12075 SW 2nd Street in the City of Beaverton and includes two other adjacent parcels.

Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 0032

HUD Matrix Code 12

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units 0

Local ID 4605



Funding Sources: CDBG ESG HOME $ 110,682.73 HOPWA Total Formula $ 110,682.73 Prior Year Funds $ 1,149,463.27 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 9,411,406.00 Total $10,671,552.00


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name Washington County Priority Need Housing

Project Title HOME Administration Description

To allow the Office of Community Development to administer the Washington County HOME Investment Partnerships Program on behalf of the County.

Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for Administration.


328 West Main, Suite 100 Hillsboro, OR 97123

Objective Number n/a

Project ID 0033

HUD Matrix Code 21H

CDBG Citation n/a





Performance Indicator n/a

Annual Units n/a

Local ID n/a

Units Upon Completion n/a


Funding Sources: CDBG ESG HOME $128,665 HOPWA Total Formula Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $128,665


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: CHDO Predevelopment Description: Predevelopment funding for CHDO projects. Note: Objective and Outcome measurements will be identified under the project activity if project moves forward. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area:

328 West Main, Suite 100 Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0034

HUD Matrix Code 12

CDBG Citation N/A






Annual Units Not yet known

Local ID

Units Upon Completion Not yet known


Funding Sources:



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Housing Project Title: Office of Community Development Contingency Description: General contingency funds for eligible HOME Projects. Note: Objective and Outcome measurements will be identified under the project activity when these funds are allocated to an eligible project. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area:

Administered at 328 West Main, Suite 100, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number N/A

Project ID 0035

HUD Matrix Code 21H

CDBG Citation N/A






Annual Units N/A

Local ID


Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG HOME $ 26,041.27 HOPWA Total Formula Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $ 26,041.27



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant Description: Funding will support essential services that serve individuals and families that meet the definition of “homeless” and “at risk of becoming homeless”. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 0036

HUD Matrix Code 05

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units 671

Local ID n/a


Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG $157,499 HOME HOPWA Total Formula $157,499 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $157,499 Total $314,998

NOTE: IDIS only allows recipients to set up one ESG project per federal fiscal year. Once the project is created, the recipient sets up an activity for each of the eligible ESG activity categories to be funded under the ESG project. The Table 3Cs following this page are intended to provide additional information on the sub-activities under ESG, the sum of its parts totaling the $157,499 in ESG funding described above. The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant – Street Outreach Description: Funding will support Street Outreach activities, including engagement, case management, emergency health services, emergency mental health services and transportation to help provide an avenue for access to re-housing assistance. Only unsheltered individuals and families who are not served by shelters and that qualify under paragraph (1)(i) of the definition of “homeless” are eligible for funding under this category. More work will need to be done to identify how best to allocate funding to agencies under this activity. Matching funds will come from private donations and foundation support. If no agency should step forward with a proposal in this category, the funds may be moved to prevention and re-housing rent assistance activities to augment those budgets. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 05

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units 100

Local ID


Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG $ 25,000 HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 25,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 25,000 Total $ 50,000



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant – Emergency Shelter Description: Funding will support essential services at five shelters in the shelter network (and one out-of-network shelter provider serving homeless youth) that serve individuals and families that meet the definition of “homeless”. Matching contribution will be supported by the local Shelter Levy funding, private donations, and foundation support. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at the following locations: Boys and Girls Aid, Safe Place - 454 SE Washington, Hillsboro, OR 97123 Community Action, Hillsboro Shelter - 210 SE 12th Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123 Domestic Violence Resource Center, Monica’s House – Confidential Shelter location Family Bridge - 183 SE 6th Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123 Good Neighbor Center – 11130 SW Greenburg Road, Tigard, OR 97223 Objective Number SL-1

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 05

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units 560

Local ID


Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG $ 50,000 HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 50,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 50,000 Total $100,000



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant – Homeless Prevention Description: Households that have incomes below 30% MFI and meet the definition of at-risk of homelessness will receive rent/financial assistance and Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services for homelessness prevention activities. Matching funds will come from CSBG (federal), the State-funded Emergency Housing Account and Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide. Administered at: Community Action – 1001 SW Baseline Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number DH-2

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 05Q

CDBG Citation n/a





Performance Indicator # of households with improved access

Annual Units 4

Local ID


*Note: An additional $11,812 of match is provided under this activity to help cover match requirements for Administrative costs associated with the ESG program. The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs

Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG $ 22,562 HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 22,562 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 34,374* Total $ 45,124


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant – Rapid Re-Housing Description: Households that have incomes below 30% MFI and meet the definition of homeless will receive rent/financial assistance and Housing Relocation and Stabilization Services for rapid re-housing activities. Matching funds will come from CSBG (federal), the State-funded Emergency Housing Account and Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided countywide with the exception of Beaverton. Administered at: Community Action – 1001 SW Baseline Hillsboro, OR 97123 Objective Number DH-2

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 05Q

CDBG Citation n/a





Performance Indicator # of households with improved access

Annual Units 7

Local ID



Funding Sources:



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Emergency Solutions Grant – Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Description: Funding will support HMIS-related expenditures for new ESG-funded agencies currently not on the system. HUD regulations require that all ESG-funded agencies collect data and report in an HMIS system. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for HMIS activities. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Washington County Objective Number n/a

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 05

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units n/a

Local ID


Funding Sources:




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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name: Washington County, OR Priority Need: Homeless Project Title: Washington County Office of Community Development Emergency Solutions Grant – Program Administration Description: General administration management and oversight of Washington County ESG Program. This does not exceed the 7.5% cap on the amount available for administration activities as set under ESG regulations. Note: Objective and Outcomes are not applicable for Administration. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Services provided Countywide. Administrated at 328 West Main, Hillsboro, OR 97123. Objective Number n/a

Project ID n/a

HUD Matrix Code 21A

CDBG Citation n/a






Annual Units n/a

Local ID n/a


Funding Sources:

CDBG ESG $ 11,812 HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 11,812 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $ 11,812

The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Need

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Funding Sources

Entitlement Grant (includes reallocated funds) CDBG $2,499,301 ESG $157,499 HOME $1,118,807 HOPWA $0 ADDI $0 Total $3,775,607 Prior Years' Program Income NOT previously Programmed or Reported

CDBG $0 ESG $0 HOME $0 HOPWA $0 Total $0 Reprogrammed Prior Years' Funds CDBG $0 ESG $0 HOPWA $0 Total $0 Total Estimated Program Income CDBG $136,746 HOME $252,438 Total $389,184 Section 108 Loan Guarantee Fund Total $0 TOTAL FUNDING SOURCES $4,164,791 Other Funds Country SSG $0 Revolving Property Acquisition Fund $0 Total $0 Submitted Proposed Projects Totals Total $4,164,791 Unsubmitted Proposed Projects Totals Totals $0

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PROGRAM YEAR 2012 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

City of Beaverton, Oregon

July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013

CITY OF BEAVERTON, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

4755 SW Griffith Drive, PO Box 4755, Beaverton, OR 97076-4755 Telephone (503) 526–2488 • Fax (503) 526–2479

www.businessbeaverton.com

April, 2012

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I. Executive Summary The City of Beaverton proposes to use PY 2012 Community Development Block Grant entitlement funds to provide assistance to its low and moderate income residents through pubic service, public facility, economic development, homeownership and housing rehabilitation initiatives. The City has developed its objective and outcome measures based upon the needs identified by the Community in the 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan. The City seeks to assist low and moderate income residents and to eliminate slum and blight by utilizing the following objectives: OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Public Services Offer an array of supportive services to low income and at-risk youth. Provide other public services such as homeless services, counseling for victims of crimes,

emergency basic needs, access to affordable housing, homeownership classes, literacy programs, information and referral services, and life skills training and professional development opportunities.

Public Facilities Acquire, construct or improve public facilities to benefit the homeless. Affordable Housing Assist low and moderate income households with rehabilitation projects that increase the

safety and livability of their homes through loans and grants. Assist low and moderate income households with home-ownership activities Economic Development

Provide matching grants for façade improvements in Beaverton’s downtown Support commercial revitalization and redevelopment which will employ low to

moderate income residents through micro-enterprise development The City anticipates funding the following projects during PY 2012, based on a PY2012 CDBG Entitlement award of $569,808 and an estimated $470,028 in carryover funding (if carryover differs, the proposed project funding will be adjusted accordingly):

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TABLE 15 Program Year 2012 – 2013 Proposed Projects

Project Proposed PY 2012 Funding Level

Con Plan Objective Project Outcome/Indicator

Administration $113,961 N/A N/A

Public Services $85,471

Public Services Number of persons assisted

MercyCorps NW Micro Enterprise Assistance

$75,000 Economic Development

Number of businesses assisted

MESO Micro Enterprise Pilot Program



Downtown Storefront Improvement Program



Boys & Girls Aid Transitional Housing

$178,00010 Public Facilities Number of persons served

Proud Ground Community Land Trust

$195,00011 Affordable Housing

Number of homes purchased

Adapt-a-Home $80,000 Affordable Housing

Number of homes rehabilitated

Mend-a-Home $50,000 Affordable Housing


Hope-4-Homes $165,000 Affordable Housing


$455,847 (or 80%) of PY 2012 entitlement award will be used to benefit low- and moderate-income Beaverton residents. $878,471 (or 84%) of all programmed funds will be used to benefit low- and moderate-income Beaverton residents. PAST PERFORMANCE The City of Beaverton has nearly completed the implementing the second year of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. During the last fiscal year, the City executed an agreement for its first land trust homeownership project. The City also completed the acquisition of a 4-plex to serve as a permanent home to a transitional housing for homeless youth program. The City will partner with Boys & Girls Aid to rehabilitate the property before moving the program into its new home. The City supports affordable housing development throughout Beaverton, but has primarily targeted its CDBG funding towards housing rehabilitation activities. The City’s partnership with Unlimited Choices® for the Hope-4-Homes®, Adapt-a-Home® and Mend-a-Home® programs provided 46 low- and moderate-income Beaverton households with assistance to improve the safety and livability of their homes since our community adopted the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The City also partnered with Willamette West Habitat for Humanity to increase the stock of affordable home ownership in the City of Beaverton using HOME funds in partnership with

10 Funding for rehab. Acquisition and relocation funded and executed in PY2011 11 $65,000 carried forward from PY2011, $130,000 in new funds

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the Washington County HOME Consortium. The City has worked with Providence in an effort to build a new affordable senior housing project in downtown Beaverton. Unfortunately, the project was unsuccessful in securing HUD 202 capital funding and Providence has not chosen to move forward with this project. The City has a strong commitment to continue to collaborate with community partners to improve and increase access to affordable housing throughout Beaverton and is currently working on an MOU with Community Partners for Affordable Housing for a mixed income project on another City-owned site in Beaverton’s downtown. The City has continued to fund a comprehensive public services grant program. In addition to using 15 percent of CDBG funds for the funding of public services, the City has consistently pledged its state revenue sharing dollars to ensure that low- and moderate-income Beaverton residents receive the assistance they need. Public service funds provide assistance to local homeless shelters, homeless prevention services, battered spouses, abused children, and many other vulnerable Beaverton citizens. In PY 2010 and PY2011, the Beaverton City Council pledged an additional $100,000 to public service project in the face of unprecedented need in our community. By combining CDBG, state revenue sharing funds and general funds, the City was able to support 35 social service agencies during PY 2011. The Downtown Storefront program, which launched in PY 2005, engaged multiple downtown business owners to undertake storefront improvement projects, and the program continues to flourish. Twenty-three businesses have completed their projects, and one four-phased project is currently under design. In the spring of 2010, the City launched a new business revolving loan fund, which provides both micro-enterprise assistance (in the form of technical assistance and small loans), as well as business expansion lending. To date, no loans have been made, and as a result, the City will reduce the program to solely micro-enterprise assistance in 2012. II. Citizen Participation The 30 day public comment period for the 2012 Annual Action Plan will be held from Tuesday, March 13, 2012, through Thursday, April 12, 2012. A request for public comment was published in the Beaverton Valley Times, The Oregonian, and in the online version of The El Hispanic News on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Notification of the comment period was also announced at local service provider meetings and posted in City Hall. Comments were be accepted by phone, in writing, in person and by email. Copies of the Draft 2012 Annual Action Plan were also made available on the City’s website at: http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/departments/housing and in hard copy at the Beaverton Public Library and at City Hall in the Community Development Department, Mayor’s Office and in the Neighborhood Programs Office. Two public hearings were held at Beaverton City Library (12385 SW 5th) on Tuesday, April 5, 2012, between 2:00 and 3:00 pm, and at the monthly PAB meeting in Washington County on April 12, 2012 at 7:00pm. Public hearing comments and minutes are included in the Appendix.

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2012 Action Plan – The City of Beaverton

III. Community Development Activities The City of Beaverton Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was established in 1994 when the City’s population reached the federal threshold (50,000) for entitlement communities and it was designated as a CDBG entitlement grantee. As an entitlement grantee under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City ensures that all CDBG funded projects comply with the national objectives and other regulations governing the program (see 24 CFR 570). The City also participates in the Washington County HOME Consortium. The five-year 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development outlines housing and community development needs within Washington County and the City of Beaverton, and incorporates stakeholder and citizen comments gathered in an extensive public participation process while preparing the Plan. The City’s Program Year (PY) 2012 Annual Action Plan specifies the City's plans for CDBG funds in the coming program year, and is meant to respond to the priority needs of the community identified in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The City estimates that it will manage $1,039,836 based on a PY2012 CDBG Entitlement award of $569,808 and an estimated $470,028 in carryover funding (if carryover differs, the proposed project funding will be adjusted accordingly). IV. Resources The following is a summary of federal resources and non-federal resources expected to be available to address priority needs and specific objectives for the PY 2012 CDBG program in the City of Beaverton.

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BEAVERTON PY 2012 CDBG ACTIVITIES TABLE 16 Program Year 2012 – 2013 CDBG Activities

Proposed Activities Priority Outcome Est. CDBG Est. Other Funding Est. Total

Planning/Administration N/A $113,961 $ 0 $113,961 Public Services High SL $85,471 $ 1,000,000 $1,085,471 Mercy Corps Northwest Micro-Enterprise Med EO-1 $75,000 $ 55,000 $130,000 MESO Micro-Enterprise Pilot Program Med EO-1 $50,000 $ 171,834 $ 221,834 Downtown Storefront Improvement Program Med EO-3 $47,404 $100,000 $ 147,404 Boys & Girls Aid Transitional Housing High SL-1 $178,000 $50,000 $ 228,000 Proud Ground Community Land Trust Med DH-2 $195,000 $495,000 $690,000

Adapt-a-Home Med DH-1 $80,000 $0 $80,000

Mend-a-Home Med DH-3 $50,000 $0 $50,000

Hope-4-Homes Med DH-3 $165,000 $0 $165,000

Total $1039,836 $1,871,834 $2,911,670

The City of Beaverton does not currently allocate funds under the Urgent Need national objective. SOURCES OR FUNDS The City anticipates approximately $569,808 in new CDBG entitlement funds and $470,028 in carryover. These funds have been programmed for PY2012 as part of the City’s budgeting process. The City does not allocate its anticipated program income from its housing rehabilitation program to individual projects prior to receipt. Therefore, none of the projected housing rehabilitation income program income has been allocated to the projects included in this plan. If program income is spent during the program year, it will either be added to the budget of projects included in this action plan, or the City will complete an action plan amendment to allow for public comment on any new project. The City anticipates receiving approximately $6,000 from housing rehabilitation loan repayment. The City does not anticipate receiving Section 108, surplus funds from urban renewal settlement, or any other CDBG funds during PY 2012.The City does not float fund projects using CDBG funds.

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Proposed Projects PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION No more than 20 percent of the City’s annual CDBG allocation may be used for general planning and administration of CDBG-assisted activities. This category includes: strategic planning, public hearings, fair housing, budgeting, preparing HUD-required documentation and reporting, professional services related to projects, program compliance and monitoring. PUBLIC SERVICES It is the intent of the City to fund a variety of services that benefit residents of the City of Beaverton; nearly all of the beneficiaries of these programs will be low/moderate income individuals and households. The City will continue to dedicate 15 percent of the CDBG entitlement allocation for public service projects. The City of Beaverton funded a wide range of public service activities in recent years including: youth counseling services, housing related services, senior services, homeless/homeless prevention services, domestic violence assistance, and assistance for persons with disabilities. For PY 2012, the City has allocated $277,306 to fund public service programs that benefit residents of the City of Beaverton ($85,471 in CDBG funding and $191,835 in State Revenue Sharing funds). Applications are reviewed by City staff and a council of appointed citizens. In accordance with the goals set forth in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan, the City has chosen to set-aside up to $30,000 in CDBG public service funding to assist CHDOs providing resident service programs to Beaverton residents. The CDBG funds dedicated to these projects amount to approximately 15 percent of the PY 2012 entitlement award. The social service funding committee received applications from the following eligible agencies for CDBG funds. Final funding decisions will be made April 5, 2012 and will be recommended to Council in May 2012. The following applicants received CDBG social service funding:

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TABLE 17 City of Beaverton CDBG Public Service Projects Agency Program Program Description Service Location

Lifeworks Northwest Healthy Start Program

Case management services for new parents.

12350 SW 5th, Beaverton, OR 97005

Good Neighbor Center

Homeless Shelter Provide shelter and case management services to homeless families

11130 SW Greenburg Rd, Tigard, OR 97223

Boys & Girls Aid Safe Place for Youth Provide shelter and case management services for homeless youth

454 SE Washington Hillsboro, OR 97123

Community Action Emergency Rent Provide one time rent and/or utility assistance to prevent eviction of LMI households.

5050 SW Griffith Dr Beaverton, OR 97005

Community Partners for Affordable Housing

Resident Services Program

Provide on-site resident services at Fircrest Manor and Spencer House that increase resident self-sufficiency.

13665 SW Larch PL 13765 SW Allen Blvd Beaverton, OR 97005

PUBLIC FACILITIES The City has proposed funding for one public facility project during PY2012. Boys and Girls Aid Society will receive approximately $178,000 to rehabilitate a 4-plex the City helped purchase during PY2011. This building will serve as a new, permanent home for the Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth Program, which currently rents a duplex in Hillsboro. The new site will increase the capacity of this program to serve seven youth rather than three youth at a time. This activity will meet Community Development goal 1.3 construct or improve homeless facilities to shelter homeless persons, family and youth. HOUSING Housing Rehabilitation Loans The City will continue to offer a housing rehabilitation loan program, which will provide up to $20,000 in rehabilitation loans for low and moderate income Beaverton homeowners. These loans are offered at 0-5% interest based on the qualifying household’s income. The City will coordinate with Energy Trust of Oregon, Community Action Weatherization Program, and its program administrator to ensure service delivery is not duplicated during these efforts. $165,000 in PY 2012 CDBG funds have been allocated for the Hope-4-Homes program, and the City anticipates seven homes will receive rehabilitation loans in PY 2012. This project will address Housing Objective 4.3, Rehab 35 owner-occupied housing units. Accessibility Grants The City will continue to provide accessibility modification services through small grants for qualified homeowners and renters. The current program provides up to $5,000 in grant assistance to qualified home owners and renters to make accessibility improvements to their homes, which allow residents to remain in their homes. $80,000 in CDBG funds will be awarded to the program, and the City anticipates 15 Beaverton households will receive assistance through this program during PY 2012. Accessibility grants will address Housing Objective 3.6, Provide accessibility improvements for 60 disabled households.

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Emergency Mobile Home Repair/ Housing Rehab The City currently provides up to $5,000 in grants to rehabilitate owner-occupied mobile homes in Beaverton, or if a Beaverton homeowner is unable to qualify for a loan through the housing rehabilitation loan program, they may be referred to the grant program to receive grant assistance for their emergency rehabilitation needs. $50,000 in CDBG funds will be awarded to the program for PY 2012, and the City anticipates six households will receive assistance. This program will address Housing Objective 4.4, provide critical home repairs to manufactured housing and other owner occupied housing units. In addition to financing the costs of necessary rehabilitation, rehabilitation funds are allowed to be used to address lead-based paint hazards, to increase the inventory of lead-safe housing available to low- and moderate-income families and to protect children under the age of six residing in that housing. Homebuyer Assistance The City of Beaverton has allocated $195,000 to provide Proud Ground, a Portland Metro-area community land trust, seed funds to buy three land trust homes in Beaverton. The funds will be used as part of Proud Ground’s buyer-initiated program, and will help create a permanently affordable home in Beaverton. $65,000 is being carried over from PY2011 since the homebuyer had not completed their purchase by June 30, 2012, and $130,000 has been allocated to serve two additional households. This project will address Housing Objective 4.6, use CDBG to fund affordable home-ownership opportunities ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The City of Beaverton has allocated $75,000 in PY 2012 CDBG funds for Mercy Corps Northwest’s micro-enterprise assistance program. Mercy Corps will no longer offer the business expansion program. These funds will be used to provide micro-enterprise assistance resulting in five businesses assisted. The City of Beaverton has allocated $50,000 in PY 2012 CDBG funds to Micro-Enterprise Services of Oregon for the Beaverton Entrepreneurial and Capital Access (BECA) pilot project. This program will provide technical assistance and micro-financing to qualified micro-enterprises who are starting their business or expanding their business. In addition to CDBG-funded activities, MESO will provide training, one-on-one business coaching, IDAs and technical support to emerging Beaverton micro-enterprises. Both business assistance projects will address Community Development Objective 4.1, Support commercial revitalization resulting in employement. The City will continue to administer the Downtown Storefront Improvement Program, which provides matching grants of up to $20,000 for façade improvement projects in Beaverton’s downtown core. The City has access to approximately $44,000 in carry-over funding to use during PY2011. This program continues to support Community Development Objective 4.2, improve façades downtown.

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V. Geographic Distribution/Allocation Priorities The City has one program that uses geography as a basis for eligibility. The Downtown Storefront Improvement Program includes Beaverton’s historic downtown Regional Center. This area encompasses an area of low-income concentration (Census Tracts 311, 312 and 313). The Downtown Storefront Improvement Program (which will use previous years’ funding) will be available to qualified, local businesses within an area bounded by Canyon Road, Lombard Avenue, Second Street, and Stott Avenue. Public service projects, the business revolving loan fund program, as well as the Hope-4-Homes, accessibility grant and emergency mobile home repair/rehabilitation programs are open to qualified residents citywide. As the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan states, the City has chosen to prioritize projects that meet needs from the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness as “high-need”, other objectives identified through the Consolidated Planning process are considered “medium-need” and all others are “low-need”. All projects outlined in the PY2012 Action Plan are high-need or medium need. VI. Meeting Underserved Needs AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS In addition to the affordable housing goals that will be addressed by the Washington County HOME Consortium (see Washington County’s affordable housing section), the City of Beaverton also uses its CDBG funds to support a variety of housing rehabilitation programs. In an effort to meet goal 3.7 from the Consolidated Plan, the City of Beaverton will continue to partner with a local non-profit partner to improve the condition of homes occupied by low and moderate income Beaverton residents. The housing rehabilitation loan program provides low to no interest loans to qualified low and moderate income Beaverton homeowners who need assistance to address critical rehabilitation projects. The City and the program administrator will partner with local organizations who currently address weatherization and energy efficiency issues to ensure the program is not duplicating efforts. The accessibility grant program continues to provide low and moderate income Beaverton residents with assistance to make accessibility modifications that allow them to remain in their homes. This program is open to homeowners and renters throughout the community, and local landlords have been supportive of the program. Activities undertaken as part of this program will address goal The emergency mobile home repair/housing rehab program provides grants of up to $5,000 to qualified low and moderate income mobile home owners to make critical repairs to their homes. The program administrator coordinates with Community Action’s Weatherization Program to ensure that we are able to meet each mobile home owner’s needs. The City also coordinates with and refers residents to additional housing rehabilitation programs in our community that are able to address repair issues that are not eligible for CDBG funding. Rebuilding Together of Washington County and Catalyst Partnerships both provide smaller-scale repair services to residents in Washington County.

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PUBLIC HOUSING NEEDS The City of Beaverton does not own any public housing. A description of the Washington County Housing Authority’s activities may be found under the County’s Affordable Housing section beginning on page 26. HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER SPECIAL POPULATIONS Shelters/Transitional Housing needs: The City has a long history of supporting shelter and transitional housing projects that serve our community and its residents. The City anticipates providing CDBG and other social service funding to the family shelters, and youth shelter, in addition to the emergency utility and rent programs and two transitional housing programs for adults during PY 2012. The City also provided non-CDBG funding to Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s shared housing for homeless students program, and HomePlate’s homeless youth services. In addition to public service projects, the City will partner with Boys and Girls Aid to renovate a new, permanent location for their transitional housing program for homeless youth. The site was purchased with CDBG funds in PY2011. This program typically assists 13 homeless youth annually. Prevent homelessness, especially for the very low incomes: The emergency mobile home repair/housing rehab program provides small grants to mobile home owners for repairs and homeowners who cannot qualify for the home rehabilitation loan program; these residents would often be at risk of homelessness without City assistance. Emergency rent and utility assistance to prevent eviction remain a component of our continuum to prevent homelessness. The City provides federal and non-federal assistance to these programs through its social service funding process. The City has also prioritized funding resident service programs at our affordable housing complexes using our public service funds. These programs provide additional services for residents of their properties who may otherwise experience destabilization that could result in loss of their unit. The City received applications from Community Action and Saint Vincent de Paul for emergency rent and utility assistance programs. Transition to permanent housing: The City does not propose any activity specifically to address this, beyond support for the three shelters, and for the various resident services initiatives of Community Partners for Affordable Housing, which assist individual who are making the transition into permanent housing. The new Boys and Girls Aid Transitional Housing Project will provide homeless youth with stable housing while they prepare to transition into permanent housing. The City is actively working with Community Partners for Affordable Housing to increase the supply of affordable rental units within the City. The proposed project was one of three chosen for HOME funding by the Washington County Consortium in PY2012 End chronic homelessness: the City will continue to work with Washington County on the implementation of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness including the regional Bridges to Housing program, coordination of services, outreach, and advocating for County and State

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funding for homelessness programs. The City treats all CDBG projects that meet goals outlined in the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness as a high priority need. Special Needs Identified in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan: The City continues to serve seniors and people with disabilities through its accessibility grant program, which provides assistance with accessibility-related home improvements to help people with limited mobility live independently. Additional local funds will support programs that provide senior meal and emergency food services. The City has selected Community Partners for Affordable Housing to develop a block in downtown Beaverton. CPAH has applied for 8 Section 8 vouchers that would serve seniors at or below 30% MFI, and the project would include 24 units affordable to households at 50% MFI. The City will continue to implement a set aside for resident services within its public services funding allocation. The Social Services Funding Committee voted to set aside up to $30,000 in CDBG public service funds each year to support resident service initiatives of our local CHDOs and the County Housing Authority. Due to budget cuts and a reduction to the services provided by the applicant, the City chose to reduce the set aside for PY 2012 to $25,000. The City received one application under this set aside from Community Partners for Affordable Housing for the PY 2012 funding round. This funding provides services that increase self-sufficiency among the residents in subsidized Beaverton properties. REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING As stated in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan under Housing Strategy 7, the City of Beaverton will partner with neighboring jurisdictions to create a county-wide approach to fee-waivers, system-development charges, and plan review processes. City staff have requested funding through the City’s general fund to seed a revolving loan fund to help reduce the up-front burden of system development charges for affordable housing projects. In Chapter 3 of the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan, the City and County identified a number of Tier 2 barriers (those which could be impacted/acted upon locally). During PY 2012 the City continued to use coordinated application components to reduce duplicity between the City and County’s CDBG application process. EVALUATE AND REDUCE LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS The City of Beaverton works with its housing rehabilitation program administrator to enhance coordination of risk assessments, paint testing, and unit clearances for owner-occupied housing rehab projects. The City no longer participates in a regional lead-based paint hazard program as the coordinating agency received a funding renewal that limits its service area to Portland. Lead-based paint mediation is also one of the priorities addressed through the City’s home rehabilitation loan program. The City will address the presence of lead based paint at the new Boys and Girls Aid Transitional housing project. Lead based paint was found on the exterior of the building and in two windows. These items will be replaced and the property will be tested for clearance after the rehabilitation is complete.

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REDUCE NUMBER OF POVERTY LEVEL FAMILIES The City will continue to work with community partners to implement the 3rd year goals set forth in the County’s Anti-Poverty strategy. Community Action of Washington County serves as the lead agency for the anti-poverty strategy. The City will also continue to supplement its public services budget with state revenue sharing funds and general fund to increase our support for social service programs provided by our non-profit partners. City staff will work with the Housing Advocacy Group to increase the number of affordable housing units within Beaverton’s city limits. The City will continue to offer referral services for Beaverton residents who are in need through the Beaverton Cares initiative. The City also provides office space at little to no cost for local service providers who serve families experiencing poverty in the local area. These agencies include Lifeworks Northwest, Asian Health Services, Police Activities League, Housing Independence, Tualatin Valley Gleaners and more. DEVELOP INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE The City will continue to participate in the Washington County HOME Consortium, which provides both pre-development loans and CHDO operating awards. Both organizations have created new resident services set-asides within their public service allocations to provide a stable funding source for CHDO resident service programs. Beaverton staff will provide technical assistance to local non-profits and businesses to increase their familiarity with CDBG program regulations (Davis-Bacon, environmental review, etc) and reduce their capacity-related barriers as they pertain to accessing federal funding. City staff continue working with Beaverton members of the Interfaith Committee to develop awareness of affordable housing and social service program and how they relate to their core mission of preventing/ending homelessness. The Mayor has convened a Diversity Taskforce to better enable the City to serve its diverse ethnic communities. This taskforce has prioritized developing outreach materials to increase the level of civic participation among Beaverton minority residents and increase familiarity with law enforcement staff. These efforts seek to decrease identified barriers within our community. ENHANCE COORDINATION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES The City and County initiated an unprecedented level of coordination between regional non-profits, affordable housing developers, community leaders, business owners, and local residents in the effort to create the goals and strategies set forth in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The core representatives on the Consolidated Workplan Group have agreed to remain engaged throughout the implementation of the 5 year plan and will serve as a reviewing body to evaluate the effectiveness of the program components set forth in the original plan. Unlike previous editions, the new Consolidated Plan also identifies community partners who will serve as lead

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agencies in the implementation of the various goals and strategies set forth in the Consolidated Plan. The City continues to participate in the Housing and Supportive Services Network, Housing Advocacy Group, Oregon Opportunity Network to coordinate with local agencies regarding issues centered on community development and affordable housing. The City has also adopted a Civic Plan to guide the implementation of the action items set forth in the two-year visioning process the City began in 2007. The Civic Plan is scheduled to go before Council in spring 2011 for adoption. Many of these goals and strategies overlap with Consolidated Planning goals. FOSTER PUBLIC HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES The City of Beaverton does not administer or finance any public housing programs or initiatives. The Washington County Public Housing Authority is responsible for all public housing improvements and resident initiatives for all public housing located within the City of Beaverton and for all households using resources administered by the Public Housing Authority. Public housing improvements and resident initiatives fall within the Washington County Public Housing Authority’s planning authority. VII. Monitoring Standards and Procedures The City of Beaverton regularly monitors activities undertaken with HUD funds in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements including, but not limited to, OMB Circulars A-133 (Audits of State, Local, and Other Nonprofit Institutions), A-122 (Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations) and A-110 (Grants and Agreements with Institutions, Hospitals and Other Nonprofit Organizations). City staff promotes a cooperative and pro-active relationship with subrecipient partners for early identification of problems or potential problems. The technical assistance and monitoring that we provide – including orientation training, on-going technical assistance, routine site visits, and quarterly reporting – ensures that HUD-funded projects benefit intended populations, and helps prevent fraud, waste, and mismanagement. All of the public service and housing rehabilitation projects report program activities and beneficiaries on a quarterly basis. These reports, along with pay-requests, and supporting documentation are reviewed prior to the release of any funds. The housing rehabilitation program and selected public service projects will receive an on-site monitoring visit each year. Once the business revolving loan fund generates loan activity it will also be subject to an annual on-site review. Public facility projects will receive an on-site monitoring visit prior to project closeout. The City reviews each project application and file for eligibility under the 5-Year Consolidated Plan during the award process each year. This review is completed prior to drafting of contracts. During this review, the City identifies how each project will further the goals and strategies set forth in the Consolidated Plan and assesses how each project fits into the 5-year plan. During the preparation of the CAPER, staff will assess the City’s progress in meeting its 5-year goals and

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use that information, in conjunction with current program activity, when reviewing the following year’s application and budget allocation. VIII. Amendments The City of Beaverton does not propose any amendments to the PY2010-2015 Consolidated Plan in PY2012. IX. Fair Housing The City of Beaverton uses a portion of its administration funds to undertake activities that support affirmatively furthering fair housing and increasing awareness of our residents’ fair housing rights and obligations. The City has set aside $8,000 for fair housing activities in PY 2012 and has awarded a contract for fair housing services for PY 2011-2014. This contract will include fair housing training, audit testing of Beaverton’s rental market, provision of a fair housing hotline, implementation of actions in the newly adopted Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments, and analysis of Beaverton’s annual complaint data. The City partnered with Washington County during PY2011 to create a new Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments. This plan was crafted with the assistance of a community-based fair housing advisory group. The City will work with the partners included in the plan to implement the Year 1 actions during PY2012. The plan includes 21 actions to be undertaken or initiated during PY 2012:

Strategy Action Partner

IA.1 Washington County and the City of Beaverton will develop a coordinated schedule of trainings and educational opportunities to help address the lack of information documented above.

Initiate OCD & CoB Fair Housing Council Metro Multifamily

IA.2 Develop and maintain coordinated websites providing information on Fair Housing and linking to informational and enforcement resources.

Initiate OCD & CoB

IA.3 Through regular outreach, encourage Washington County landlords to participate in fair housing training

Initiate Metro Multifamily OCD & CoB

IA.4 Sponsor advanced forums and other training opportunities for asset and property managers who already have a substantial background in Fair Housing

Initiate Metro Multifamily

IA.6 To the extent feasible, participate in and support Fair Housing awareness efforts, such as Fair Housing Week.

ongoing OCD & COB

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IA.7 Research and, as appropriate, implement innovative, non‐traditional outreach and information targeted to reaching smaller landlords and those who do not participate in training opportunities currently offered, such as online trainings and a blog.

research Metro Multifamily

IA.8 Develop a Fair Housing Best Practices Guide for Property Managers that includes practical tools to promote fair and consistent treatment of applicants and tenants

research Metro Multifamily

IA.9 Develop a diagram of the Fair Housing Enforcement process

create BOLI, OCD

IIA.1 Develop and promulgate a standardized information form with places to insert information about rent, security deposits, and additional pricing information on units to distribute to prospective tenants.

Develop and recruit use

Metro Multifamily

IIA.3 Do a literature review on existing research that examines the efficacy of commonly‐used tenant screening criteria (e.g., as bankruptcy status, credit scores, presence of a FED) in predicting the success or failure of tenants to maintain housing.

Research and summarize

Oregon Law Center

Strategy Action Partner

IIA.4 Continue to advocate for and support new or increased funding for an expanded supply of affordable housing.

ongoing Housing Advocacy Group

IIA.5 Continue to advocates for and support new or increased fudning for short term rental assistance

ongoing Housing Advocacy Group

IIA.6 Strategize about ways to add incentives to encourage landlords to rent to people with barriers to housing

ongoing HSSN and Housing Advocacy Group

IVA.1 Support high‐performing agencies and nonprofits that provide culturally‐competent financial literacy training, homebuyer assistance, and other housing‐related activities with their efforts to obtain funding from foundations, businesses and other sources.

ongoing OCD & CoB

IVA.2 Continue to monitor sponsors/owners of HOME‐funded projects for compliance with Limited English Proficiency guidance from HUD.

ongoing OCD

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VA.1 Develop, promulgate and maintain a database of rental housing units with accessibility features.

research CoB, Unlimited Choices, Metro Multifamily

VA.3 Support efforts to amend state Landlord Tenant statutes to hold harmless those landlords who offer a unit with accessible features to the next waiting list applicant needing those features instead of the next applicant.

ongoing OCD, CoB

VIA.1 Provide information about the location (by Census Block Group, if feasible and appropriate), race, ethnicity, and (if possible) disability status and presence of children of Housing Choice Voucher holders on an annual basis.

update info Washington County Department of Housing Services

VIA.2 Provide information annually on the turn‐back rate for Housing Choice Vouchers. Compare the population with Vouchers to those who turned theirs back by race, ethnicity, & (if possible) disability and presence of children.

update info Washington County Department of Housing Services

The City continues to provide fair housing educational information through printed literature that is distributed at City events and through our City Library’s multi-lingual resource section. The new Housing and Community Services section of the City’s website also includes a fair housing section with information pertaining to fair housing in Beaverton, landlord and tenant resources as well as information regarding individual’s rights and responsibilities under the Act.

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CITY OF BEAVERTON

LISTING OF PROPOSED PROJECTS


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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need N/A Project Title Planning and Administration Description The City of Beaverton will allocate up to twenty (20) percent of the CDBG allocation towards general planning and administration. This amount is estimated at $113,961 in this program year. The City will use these funds to staff and secure consulting services and related costs to carry out the program activities of this program. Program activities will include: HUD reporting, HUD compliance, file management, community outreach, marketing, technical assistance, application processes, contracting, Davis Bacon monitoring, Environmental Reviews, coordination with other agencies, and strategic planning. In addition, general coordination of activities of the City role in the Washington County HOME Consortium and the related Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the County will be managed under this activity. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area 4755 SW Griffith Dr, Beaverton, OR 97005


Objective Number N/A

Project ID 1201

HUD Matrix Code 21A General Program Admin

CDBG Citation 570.205/570.206


CDBG National Objective 570. 208 (d)(4)

Start Date 07/01/2012

Completion Date 06/30/2013


Annual Units 1 ORGANIZATION

Local ID

Units Upon Completion 1 ORGANIZATION

Funding Sources: CDBG $ 113,961 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $113,961 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $ 113,961


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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Economic Development Project Title Mercy Corps NW-Micro-Enterprise Assistance Description The City will partner with Mercy Corps Northwest to provide local, qualified micro-enterprises with loans, education and technical assistance to establish or expand their business. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area Businesses located within City limits


Objective Number EO - 1

Project ID 0902

HUD Matrix Code 18C

CDBG Citation 570.201 (o)

Type of Recipient Private Nonprofit

CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(2)(C)



Performance Indicator # of businesses assisted

Annual Units 5

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $75,000

ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $75,000

Prior Year Funds $ 49,619 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 76,800 Total $ 201,419


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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Economic Development Project Title MESO-Micro-Enterprise Assistance Description The City will partner with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon to provide local, qualified micro-enterprises with loans, education and technical assistance to establish or expand their business. This is a pilot project for the organization’s outreach to Beaverton. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area Businesses located within City limits


Objective Number EO - 1

Project ID 1202

HUD Matrix Code 18C

CDBG Citation 570.201 (o)


CDBG National Objective 570.208(a)(2)(C)



Performance Indicator # of businesses assisted

Annual Units 3

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $50,000

ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $50,000

Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 171,834 Total $ 221,834


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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Economic Development Project Title Downtown Storefront Improvement Program Description Provide qualified business/property owners in Beaverton’s downtown with up to $20,000 in matching grants for façade improvement projects. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability

Location/Target Area Beaverton downtown area bordered by Lombard, 2nd, Stotts, and Canyon


Objective Number EO-3

Project ID 1108

HUD Matrix Code 17C Commercial Rehabilitation

CDBG Citation 570.202(a)(3)


CDBG National Objective 570.208(b)(1)



Performance Indicator # of businesses

Annual Units 2

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 47,404 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 47,404 Prior Year Funds $ 93,339 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 100,000 Total $ 240,743


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Housing Project Title Adapt-a-Home Description The City of Beaverton will award Unlimited Choices Inc $80,000 to continue to provide grants of up to $5,000 to provide low and moderate income Beaverton residents with accessibility improvements Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Citywide Objective Number DH-1

Project ID 1203

HUD Matrix Code 14A-Rehab, Single Unit Resid.






Performance Indicator # of Households

Annual Units 14

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $80,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $80,000 Prior Years Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $80,000


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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Housing Project Title Mend-a-Home Description The Mend-a-Home program provides low and moderate income Beaverton mobile home owners and site built homeowners who cannot qualify for the Hope-4-homes program with grants of up to $5,000 to address emergency rehabilitation activities in their home. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area: Citywide Objective Number DH-3

Project ID 1204

HUD Matrix Code 14-A Single Unit Rehab, Res.






Performance Indicator # of Households

Annual Units 6

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 50,000 ESG HOME $ HOPWA Total Formula $ 50,000 Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ Total $ 50,000



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Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Housing Project Title Hope-4-Homes Description Unlimited Choices Inc will continue to administer the City’s housing rehabilitation loan program. The program will provide up to $20,000 in loan funds to qualified low and moderate income Beaverton homeowners to complete housing rehabilitation projects. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area The Home Rehabilitation Loan program is offered to eligible households city-wide.


Objective Number DH-3

Project ID 1205

HUD Matrix Code 14A –Rehab Single Unit Residential






Performance Indicator # of Housing Units rehabbed

Annual Units 7

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 165,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 165,000 Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding Total $ 165,000


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Housing Project Title Proud Ground Community Land Trust Homebuyer Program Description Proud Ground is a Portland-metro area community land trust that increases affordable home ownership. The City will partner with the land trust for one buyer-intiated homeownership activity. The land trust and the homebuyer will partner to buy and existing home. The land will be owned by the land trust, while the home will be owned by the new homeowner. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity

Outcome category: Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Location/Target Area City-wide Objective Number DH-2

Project ID 1210

HUD Matrix Code 13-homeownership assistance

CDBG Citation 570.201 (n)





Performance Indicator # of households

Annual Units 2

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 130,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 130,000 Prior Year Funds Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 270,000* Total $ 400,000

The primary purpose of the project is to help: the Homeless Persons with HIV/AIDS Persons with Disabilities Public Housing Needs .

*Other funding includes SHOP funds, home buyer down payment, and mortgage loan secured to purchase the property.


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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Facilities Project Title Boys & Girls Aid Transitional Housing Description Rehabilitaion of a 4 unit apartment building to serve as a permanent location for a transitional housing program for homeless youth. The program typically assists 13 youth per year. Participants receive stable housing and services while living in the apartments, and ultimately transition into permanent housing. The complex was purchased with CDBG in PY2011 Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area Project is located at 11855-11885 SW 5th Ave, Beaverton, OR 97005. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1107

HUD Matrix Code 03-C Homeless Facilities

CDBG Citation 570.201 (c)





Performance Indicator # of persons served

Annual Units 13

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 178,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 178,000 Prior Year Funds $ 374,000 Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 50,000 Total $ 602,000



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Services Project Title Boys & Girls Aid Safe Place Shelter Description The Safe Place for Youth Shelter is a short-term shelter that provices shelter, supportive services and a critical link to community resources that will assist homeless, runaway and at-risk youth from Washington County to increase their stability. CDBG funds will be used for staffing costs to provide Beaverton clients case management and shelter services. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area Shelter is located in Hillsboro at 454 SE Washington, Hillsboro, OR 97123. The program will provide shelter and services to homeless and abused/neglected Beaverton youth who are in need of shelter services Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1206

HUD Matrix Code 05D-Youth Services

CDBG Citation 570.201 (e)






Annual Units 15

Local ID





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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Services Project Title Community Partners for Affordable Housing Resident Services Description Community Partners for Affordable Housing will provide onsite servies to low-income residents at two affordable housing complexes in Beaverton. Services will incluce lifeskills, youth programs and housing stability programs. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area Fircrest Manor Apartments (13765 SW Allen Blvd) and Spencer House Apartments (13665 SW Larch Place) in Beaverton. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1207

HUD Matrix Code 05 Public Services







Annual Units 100

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 25,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 25,000 Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $ 27,000 Total $ 52,000



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Services Project Title Community Action Energy and Emergency Rent Program Description Community Action’s Energy and Emergency Rent Progam provides rental and utility assistance to households facing eviction. Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area Community Action’s Energy and Emergency Rent program is offered to eligible households city-wide Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1208








Annual Units 430

Local ID


Funding Sources: CDBG $ 30,000 ESG HOME HOPWA Total Formula $ 30,000 Prior Year Funds $ Assisted Housing PHA Other Funding $163,253 Total $193,253



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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Services Project Title Good Neighbor Center Description The Good Neighbor Center provides homeless families shelter and case management services. The Good Neighbor Center also transitions families into sustainable housing through its Housing Stabilization Program, which provides stable housing and case management Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area The Good Neighbor Center provides shelter services for homeless families from Washington County; the shelter is located in Tigard. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1209








Annual Units 30

Local ID





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Table 3C

Consolidated Plan Listing of Projects Jurisdiction’s Name City of Beaverton Priority Need Public Services Project Title Lifeworks Northwest Healthy Start Program Description Lifeworks Northwest’s Healthy Start program provides support and education to first time parents to promote healthy child development Objective category: Suitable Living Environment Decent Housing Economic Opportunity


Location/Target Area The Healthy Start program is available to eligible parents city-wide. Objective Number SL-1

Project ID 1210

HUD Matrix Code 05 Social Services







Annual Units 100

Local ID




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FUNDING SOURCES Entitlement Grant

CDBG $ 569,808 ESG $ 0 HOME* $ 0

HOPWA $ 0 Total $ 569,808

Prior Years' Program Income NOT previously programmed or reported CDBG $ 0 ESG $ 0 HOME* $ 0 HOPWA $ 0 Total $0 Reprogrammed Prior Years' Funds CDBG $470,028 ESG $ 0 HOME* $ 0 HOPWA $ 0 Total $470,028

Total Estimated Program Income $ 0 Section 108 Loan Guarantee Fund $ 0 TOTAL FUNDING SOURCES $ 1,039,836 Other Funds $0

Submitted Proposed Projects Totals $ 1,039,836

Un-Submitted Proposed Projects Totals $ 0

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APPENDICES

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Appendix A

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENT PERIOD ON

WASHINGTON COUNTY’S CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

(CAPER) FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2010/2011

Washington County and the City of Beaverton have prepared their 2010 CAPER report as required by federal regulations. The report details project accomplishments as well as expenditures throughout the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program. The purpose of the report is to measure to what extent the jurisdictions are meeting priority needs, goals and strategies as outlined in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The report is presented in two volumes. Volume One contains the narrative describing the CDBG, ESG, and HOME activities according to HUD’s prescribed format. Volume Two contains reports generated from HUD’s Integrated Disbursement and Information System. Both are available for review and comment and can be downloaded from the County’s web site at http://www.co.washington.or.us/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/annual-performance-report.cfm

The report is due to HUD on October 21st. A 15-day public comment period on the report begins on Wednesday, September 28th and runs through 5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 13th. A public hearing on October 13th will be held to receive comments on the CAPER. The hearing will also be an opportunity to accept public comment on housing and community development needs in the County. The hearing will take place in the Washington County Public Services Building, 155 North First Avenue, Hillsboro, located in the Cafeteria. The public hearing starts at 7:00 p.m.

Comments on the CAPER may be directed to: Jennie H. Proctor, Program Manager

Washington County Office of Community Development 328 W. Main Street, Suite 100

Hillsboro, OR 97123 Phone: 503-846-8814 Fax: 503-846-2882

or by E-mail: [email protected]

The meeting room is accessible to persons with mobility impairments. Please notify the Office of Community Development at least 7 days before a hearing if special equipment or interpreting service is needed. If you have a disability or are hearing impaired and need assistance, please make arrangements in advance by calling 503-846-8814 or TTY 503-846-4598.

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PUBLIC HEARING 2010 CAPER

Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:00 p.m.

Washington County Public Services Building Cafeteria 155 N First Avenue Hillsboro, Oregon

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

Peter Truax, Chair of the Policy Advisory Board, opened the public hearing at 7:00 p.m.

After brief introductions, Jennie Proctor gave an overview of the CAPER. There is no regulatory requirement to hold a public hearing for the Annual Performance report. However, as the Lead Agency for the Consolidated Plan, there is a requirement that each year at least two public hearings are held. These hearings are for the following:

One for taking citizen views on housing and community development and reviewing past program performance

One for taking public comments on the Action Plan

This public hearing satisfies the first criterion. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) staff presents the CAPER document for review and comments and offers citizens an opportunity to give their views on housing and community development. This year, the format of the document has been revised to better align it to US Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) CAPER guidance, as well as to incorporate the new tables used in the 2010-15 Consolidated Plan. This is the first year of the cycle under the Consolidated Plan so that the CAPER now mirrors the 2010-15 Con Plan. Jennie introduced Lauren Sechrist, Senior CD Specialist with Office of Community Development and Andrea Nelson with the City of Beaverton. Lauren briefly summarized the 2010 CDBG funding Allocation. Total available resources for the 2010 program year were $5,048,842.53. This amount was made up of the entitlement grant of $2,896,355, program income totaling $67,186.56 and a carry-forward balance from the previous program year of $2,085,300.97. The City of Hillsboro completed its second year of the 2009-2012 Intergovernmental Agreement with the County that allows the city to remain in the Consortium and participate as a joint entitlement. Under this agreement, the Washington County Office of Community Development (OCD) manages the housing rehabilitation and public services funds to continue providing countywide service in those areas. Per the Agreement, the City can use 40% of its allocation to fund a project at its discretion, provided it complies with HUD national objectives and eligibility requirements. HUD set the City of Hillsboro’s 2010 allocation at $719,589 and the County’s at $2,176,766 for a combined entitlement of $2,896,355. Hillsboro elected to fund the 18th Street Improvement project out of its 40% set-aside ($287,836 plus $12,399 in reprogrammable funds for a total of $300,235); the Hillsboro 18th Street project also utilitzed 2009 CDBG funding in the amount of $279,384 for a total CDBG allocation of $579,619.

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Total disbursements for the 2010 program year were $2,925,303.84. This leaves a carry-forward balance of $2,123,538.69 into the 2011 program year. Lauren pointed out Table 4-1 in the CAPER, which describes the relationship of CDBG funds to the public facility priorities. One completed high priority activity expended $115,354.49. Three other projects are underway so far expending $614,687.67. The completed project was: Marjorie Stewart Senior Center located in the City of Sherwood The three underway projects were:

Sequoia Mental Health Clinic and Office Juanita Pohl Senior Center located in Tualatin North Plains Senior Center

Table 4-2 describes the relationship of CDBG funds to the infrastructure priorities. The table shows that two completed high-priority activities expended $498,164. Two projects are underway and have expended an additional $20,791.69 in funds to date. The two completed projects were:

The Knoll Off-site Improvements located in the City or Tigard Garrett Street Improvements located in the City of Tigard

The underway projects were:

18th Street Improvements located in the City of Hillsboro Gaston Water Tank Refurbishment located in the City of Gaston

Table 4-3 describes the relationship of CDBG funds to the public service priorities. The table identifies eleven completed high priority public service activities that expended $238,974. Seven other projects are underway and expended $133,363.24. The eleven completed projects were:

Impact NW Senior GAP LCSNW Hopespring Community Action Basic Needs Care to Share Emergency Utility Assistance WaCo HHS Children’s Dental Care Essential Health Clinic Community Action Bridges to Housing Child Care Assistance Luke Dorf Eviction Prevention Boys & Girls Aid Safe Place for Youth Community Action Warm Line HomePlate Youth Services

The underway projects were:

Impact NW Senior GAP Housing Independence Living Program

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CASA for Children Advocates Community Action Shelter Waitlist Family Bridge Expanded Volunteer Management St Vincent de Paul St Matthew St Vincent de Paul St Anthony

Table 4-4 and 4-5 refers to CDBG housing rehabilitation activities. These activities expended $408,590 and served 485 households. The CDBG housing loan program completed 10 housing rehab projects, expending $220,831 and the HARDE Grant program completed 59 emergency/accessibility projects, expending $132,759. Rebuilding Together completed 4 rehab projects expending $10,000. Community Action Weatherization served 418 persons expending $45,000. Jennie gave a recap of the Emergency Shelter Grant program (ESG). ESG funding this year was $88,350. The funds were allocated to Community Action which then distributed the funds to four homeless shelters and one resource center. The dollar match for this program was dollar-for-dollar with the matching funds coming from Washington County Pubic Service Levy, Community Action’s Emergency Housing account, Continuum of Care funds and private funds. This year, ESG funds served just over 1,000 persons. Jennie mentioned that there are new regulations coming from HUD that will impact the allocation of ESG funds in the future. She explained that OCD would follow the developments and adjust the program as needed. Jennie proceeded to give a summary of the HOME program accomplishments. There was one completed project, Willamette West Habitat for Humanity’s Farmington Road project. This was a homeownership project with a total of fourteen housing units. Two rental projects were essentially completed but did not have occupant data and therefore could not be closed. These were:

The Knoll at Tigard Apartments senior housing with forty-eight units Spruce Place Apartments with fourteen units for persons with chronic mental

illness located in Aloha One rental project, Juniper Gardens, with 24 units located in Forest Grove is in the development phase. Willamette West has three homebuyer projects underway located in Aloha, Beaverton, and Hillsboro. Andrea Nelson summarized the City of Beaverton’s accomplishments for the 2010 CAPER year. The City received $662,513 in new CDBG funds for PY 2010, program income totaling $11,120.08 during the program year and a carryover of $731,312.71. The total amount available for projects during PY 2010 was $1,404,945.79. The City expended $576, 914.24, but $10,327.35 of the disbursements were reprogrammable funds from an over draw in PY2009. The total financial activity resulted in a carryover balance of $838,358.90. There were five Public Service projects that served the homeless expending $99,377 and served 1102 residents. Casey’s Food Corner Facilities project expended $22,500 towards the installation of a walk in freezer/cooler to serve additional clients.

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Housing rehab activities, Adapt-a-Home, Hope-4-Homes, and Mend-a-Home, continued to serve primarily low-income clients.

Adapt-a-Home expended $56,156.86 completing fourteen units Hope-4-Homes expended $196,725.77 completing five units Mend-a Home expended $34,996.65 completing eleven units

Beaverton Downtown Storefront Improvement Program expended a total $56,007.55 in support of economic development activities in PY 2010. Nine businesses benefitted as a result of these investments. She added that this program leverages funds dollar-for-dollar and is very popular. The partnership with Mercy Corp Northwest has been a slow process. During PY 2010, there were no loans executed and therefore no businesses assisted or jobs created. In that there were no interested parties in attendance and no written or oral testimony was provided, Chair Truax asked for any additional comments from the Board members. There were no comments from Board members. Chair Truax closed the public hearing at 7:30pm. 2. 2010 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE & EVALUATION REPORT

(CAPER): There were no questions or further discussion. No public comments were submitted.

Debbie Raber MOVED TO APPROVE THE CAPER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. Brad Coffey SECONDED. Motion CARRIED.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND HEARINGS Draft Program Year 2012 Action Plan & Draft Fair Housing Plan

Washington County and City of Beaverton

You are invited to submit public comments in writing or in person regarding the Draft 2012 Action Plan and Fair Housing Plan during the public comment period of March 13 – April 12, 2012.

Draft Action Plan The Draft Action Plan describes how Washington County and the City of Beaverton propose to spend scarce federal resources for activities serving low- and moderate –income persons, the homeless, and persons with special needs for the time period of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. It specifically includes the use of funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to counties and cities under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) formula programs. Washington County and the City of Beaverton each receive an annual CDBG entitlement grant, and Washington County receives HOME and ESG program funds annually on behalf of the entire county. Draft Fair Housing Plan The Draft Fair Housing Plan includes an analysis of impediments to fair housing choice in the County and strategies to address them. The plan describes what actions jurisdictions and their partners propose to take to improve access to the benefits of housing regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status (the presence of children in the household) and disability during the next five years. All jurisdictions awarded CDBG, HOME or ESG funds must affirmatively further fair housing as a condition of receiving these funds. To Review the Plans The plans are available for public review and comment from Tuesday, March 13, 2012, through Thursday, April 12, 2012, at all County library branches, and Beaverton City Hall (Mayor’s Office) during regular business hours. Copies of the draft plan documents can be obtained from the County’s website: http://www.co.washington.or.us/CommunityDevelopment Click on Planning, then Annual Action Plan or Fair Housing Plan. Or if unable to access via the web, you may contact the Washington County Office of Community Development at 503-846-8814.

Two public hearings will be held on the draft plans:

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 2:00 p.m. Beaverton Library Conference Room

12375 SW Fifth Street, Beaverton, OR

Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Washington County Public Services Building

Cafeteria (entrance from back of building) 155 N First Avenue, Hillsboro, OR

Both meeting rooms are accessible to persons with mobility impairments. Please notify the Office of Community Development at least 7 days before a hearing if special equipment or interpreting service is needed. If you have a disability or are hearing impaired and need assistance, please make arrangements in advance by calling 503-846-8814 or TTY 503-846-4598.

You may comment on the plans at either of the public hearings, or by writing:

Jennie H. Proctor, Program Manager

Washington County Office of Community Development 328 W. Main Street, MS7

Hillsboro, OR 97123 Phone: 503-846-8814

Fax: 503-846-2882 or

E-mail: [email protected]

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PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT 2012 ACTION PLAN

Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th Street

Beaverton, OR April 5, 2012

2:00 p.m. Staff members present: Jennie Proctor, Ben Sturtz, Lauren Sechrist, Andree Tremoulet, and Patricia Longua with Washington County’s Office of Community Development and Andrea Nelson with the City of Beaverton Community members present: Val Valfre with Washington County Housing Services, Annette Evans with Washington County Housing Services, Alton Harvey, Sr. with Beaverton Human Rights Commission, Greg Heaton and Sharron Apple with Cypress Management, and Mark Forker with Willamette West Habitat for Humanity. Jennie Proctor opened the Action Plan public hearing at 2:47 p.m. After introductions, Ben Sturtz provided background as to the purpose of the Action Plan. The annual Action Plan is a component of Washington County’s Consolidated Plan. It describes and implements, on a yearly basis, the strategies and objectives contained in the overarching document. The County submits the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to apply for funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs. This Action Plan covers the program year from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. This is the second of the required public hearings held by Washington County annually (in conjunction with the use of its federal entitlement funds for housing and community development activities); the first one being held in the fall in conjunction with the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report. To highlight the elements of this year’s Action Plan Ben explained, Lauren Sechrist would be highlighting Washington County’s CDBG and ESG programs, he would be highlighting the Washington County Consortium HOME program and Andrea Nelson would be highlighting the City of Beaverton’s CDBG program focus for the upcoming year. In Washington County, three jurisdictions receive formula allocations through the federal programs described above. Ben then introduced Lauren Sechrist, Senior CD Specialist for Washington County Office of Community Development. Lauren explained that she would be giving a brief summary of the County’s CDBG projects for 2012-13. The total CDBG funds for 2012-13 Program Year is $2,499,301. Combined with program income ($136,746) and minus the Program Administration costs of $524,697, this leaves $2,111,350 to be allocated as follows. 10 – Public Service projects utilize 15% of CDBG funds, of these:

5 will target homeless prevention 2 will provide health care services 2 are focused on resident services at affordable rental properties 1 is focused on fair housing activities

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The Public Service projects being funded are: CPAH Residential Services $25,579 Bienestar Residential Services $25,579 Fair Housing Council of Oregon $7,870 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew $40,000 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony $28,800 Community Action – Basic Needs $35,000 Community Action Homeless Prevention and Intervention $60,000 Virginia Garcia Oral Healthcare Initiative $50,000 Essential Health Clinic $75,000 Open Door Counseling Center $45,695

Total Public Service: $393,523

7 – Public Facility projects utilize 40% of CDBG funds, of these:

2 park improvements 2 senior center improvements 1 homeless shelter improvements 1 housing acquisition for persons with special needs 1 warehouse acquisition to assist low-income homebuyer households

The Public Facility projects being funded are:

City of Hillsboro Walnut Park $75,000 City of Hillsboro Dairy Creek Park $185,718 Good Neighbor Center Roof replacement $29,000 Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade $58,000 Sherwood Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Accessible Restroom/Lobby Upgrade $179,600 Community Services Inc. (CSI) Housing Acquisition for persons with developmental disabilities

$150,000 Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Warehouse Acquisition $9,813

Total Public Facilities: $687,131

3 – Infrastructure projects utilize 30% of CDBG funds, of these:

1 sidewalk improvement project in Aloha at 173rd 1 pedestrian safety improvement project in North Plains 1 well water improvement project in unincorporated Washington County

The public Infrastructure projects being funded are:

Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation (DLUT) SW 173rd Sidewalk improvements $191,663

North Plains Claxtar St. Pedestrian Improvements $249,385 Laurel Acres Water Company $74,300

Total Public Infrastructure: $515,348

Funding for Housing Rehabilitation at 30% of CDBG includes:

HARDE Grant Program and Rebuilding Together Housing Repairs for elderly and/or disabled persons

Deferred Interest baring loans for income qualified homeowners

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And 2 weatherization projects The Housing Rehabilitations Activities being funded are:

Administration $199,802 HARDE Grant Program $100,000 Housing Rehab Program $160,546 Rebuilding Together $10,000 Community Action Self-help Weatherization $25,000 Community Action Comprehensive Weatherization $20,000

Total Housing Rehab: $515,348 After concluding the summary of CDBG projects, Lauren proceeded to move on to discuss the Emergency Solutions Grant program. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $157,499 Lauren explained that with the authorization of the HEARTH Act in May 2009, Congress made significant changes to the McKinney-Vento Act programs. One of the changes replaced the Emergency Shelter Grant program (ESG) with the Emergency Solutions Grant, also called ESG. Because of changes in the program, Washington County commenced a consultation process with its Continuum of Care, through its Housing and Supportive Services Network, to provide for the participation of local homeless service providers and not less than one homeless individual or formerly homeless individual in considering and making policies and decisions regarding any facilities, services, or other eligible activity that receives funding under ESG. Policies and other decisions resulting from this consultation process included how to allocate the ESG funds each year (between what eligible activities), the amount of funds distributed between activities, developing performance standards and evaluating outcomes, and policies and procedures related to the administration and operation of the County’s Homeless Management and Information System (HMIS). Summary of Consultation Process Washington County Office of Community Development (OCD) consulted with members of the Housing and Supportive Services Network (HSSN), the Continuum of Care (CoC) body for the area to discuss the activities to be funded under new regulatory guidelines of ESG on February 10, 2012. Eight members were asked to attend a subcommittee meeting held on February 22 and February 29, 2012 to assist in the consultation process. Participants of this meeting included former recipients of the Emergency Shelter Grant program, former HPRP recipients, formerly homeless individuals, and other service providers in the area representing all segments of the CoC including domestic violence providers, permanent supportive housing providers, emergency shelter providers, and emergency service providers. A discussion ensued on needed Emergency Solutions Grant program components as well as the percentage of and mechanism for distributing a total of $157,499 in PY 2012 ESG funding. The general consensus of the group was an emphasis for the continued funding of all activities allowable under the new ESG, with an emphasis on Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing activities due to the importance that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has placed on looking predominantly toward Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing as an effective way for communities to combat homelessness. It was discussed that while supporting Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing activities deserved to be a focused effort, that funding for operations of shelters and street outreach activities can be limited and that shelter still serves a crucial element in the road to transitioning individuals and families from homelessness and into permanent housing.

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Once consultation was completed to obtain concurrence with the decision about funding, final consultation with the entire HSSN occurred on March 7, 2012, and was presented to the Policy Advisory Board and approved on March 8th for inclusion in the 2012 Action Plan. Washington County plans on funding the following activities:

Street Outreach Emergency Shelter Homelessness Prevention Rapid Re-Housing HMIS administration General ESG Program administration

Lauren then gave a brief summary of each activity. Street Outreach $25,000 will go to support Street outreach activities targeted to homeless singles and families without children. Services will be initially targeted to engagement, case management, emergency health services, emergency mental health services, and or transportation activities to serve up to 100 individuals. Match support will come from private donations and foundation support. Emergency Shelter $50,000 has been allocated to Community Action to support Emergency Shelter activities in Washington County’s Shelter Network to serve 560 families, individuals, and youth. Match support will come from shelter Levy funding (local), private donations, and foundation support. These funds will be allocated to Community Action as the Shelter Coordinator, as is currently the process. Homeless Prevention (HP) and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) $22,562 will be allocated to Community Action to carryout homeless prevention activities, which include rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve a minimum of four households. Additionally, $45,125 will be allocated to Community Action to support Rapid Re-Housing activities, which includes rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve a minimum of 7 additional households. Match support will come from Emergency Housing Account and the Supportive Housing Assistance Program. HMIS $3,000 of the FY 2012 ESG grant will be allocated towards supporting HMIS activities, representing 1.9% of the total 2012 allocation. Match support will come through a combination of funding sources including private donations, Foundation support, Emergency Housing Account, and Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Administration Administration will be used for costs related to the planning and execution of the ESG activities. The total amount for administration will be $11,812, representing 7.5 percent of the total FY 2012 allocation of ESG funding grant, and the maximum amount allowable for administration, planning, implementation, reimbursement, and reporting under ESG regulations. Administrative dollars will be retained by the Office of Community Development. This concluded the overview of CDBG and ESG programs, Lauren then turned the hearing back to Ben. Ben proceeded to highlight the HOME program funding and activities for PY 2012-13.

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HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Ben explained that from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the Washington County Office of Community Development will utilize $1,371,245 in available HOME funding towards the development of affordable housing throughout the County in various forms. Predevelopment Funding

$50,000 will be allocated as a predevelopment set-aside for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) towards determining the feasibility of developing affordable housing.

CHDO Operating Grants

$55,856 will be set aside to fund CHDO Operating Grants for the two eligible CHDOs in Washington County. Community Partners for Affordable Housing and Bienestar will each receive $27,928 in funding to be used towards their ongoing operating costs such as salaries, benefits, rent, insurance, utilities and other administrative expenses. These funds are contingent upon them being certified as CHDOs for the 2012-13 program year.

Housing Development

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $750,000 of the FY 2012 allocation towards the construction activities for The Orchards at Orenco, a workforce housing project for households at or below 50% of the area median income ($36,500 for a family of four) in the Orenco Station neighborhood in the City of Hillsboro. The sponsor of the project is REACH Community Development, Inc. who has proposed 5 HOME-assisted units in the 57-unit project which will also include 8 units with project-based Section 8 vouchers from the Housing Authority of Washington County to serve residents at extremely low incomes at or below 30% of the area median income. REACH Community Development, Inc. acquired the 6.2 acre parcel in September 2011 and envisions this project being the first of three phases on the large parcel. The 57 units will be comprised of 37 one-bedroom apartments and 20 two-bedroom apartment with a size of 680 and 960 square feet respectively. The units will be affordable to households with incomes at 50% or less of the area median income at rents of $621 to $672 for one-bedroom units and $732 to $771 for the two-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $250,000 of the FY 2012 allocation towards the construction activities for the second phase of Juniper Gardens Apartments, a farm worker housing project for households earning between 40% to 50% of the area median income ($29,200 to $36,500 for a family of four) in the City of Forest Grove. The sponsor of the project is Bienestar, Inc., one of the two Certified Housing Development Organizations certified by the Washington County Office of Community Development. Bienestar, Inc. was successfully awarded $750,000 in FY2010 for Phase I of this project, which helped the organization to purchase 6.5 acre parcel for an initial development of twenty-four (24) units. Phase II will add twenty-two (22) units to the project for a total of forty-six (46) units. In this phase, Bienestar has proposed an additional 2 HOME-assisted units to the 4 HOME-assisted units already allocated in Phase I for a total of 6 HOME-assisted units. Due to the fact that this project has funding from the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program, all 46 units will have rental assistance and operating subsidies to ensure all tenants pay no more than 30% of their income for rent. The 46 units will be comprised of 15 two-bedroom apartments, 25 three-bedroom apartments and 6 two-bedroom apartments with a size of 880-895 (two-bedroom apartments), 1,150-1,225 (three-bedroom apartments) and 1,450 (four-bedroom apartments) square feet respectively. The units will be affordable to households with incomes at 40% to 50% of the area median income at rents of $717 for two-bedroom units, $806 for three-bedroom units, and $895 for the four-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $110,682.73 of the FY 2012 allocation and $1,149,463.27 in prior years’ HOME funds for a total of $1,260,146 towards the

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construction activities for the Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing project, a supportive housing project for households earning at or below 60% of the area median income ($35,040 for a family of two) in the Old Town neighborhood in the City of Beaverton. The sponsor of the project is Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH), one of the two Certified Housing Development Organizations certified by the Washington County Office of Community Development. CPAH has been working with the City of Beaverton to acquire the 0.84 acre City-owned parcel after applying to the City under a Request for Qualifications process in the fall of 2011. The project will occur on a full-city block in partnership with a private developer, Central Bethany Development (CBD), who will develop market-rate housing and retail uses on the site. CPAH will be developing 48 units of affordable housing in one four-story structure with an elevator in order to attract seniors and persons with special needs, while CBD will finance and build 55 market-rate units over ground floor retail with shared parking. CPAH has proposed a total of 9 HOME-assisted units in this project in addition to 8 project-based vouchers it obtained from the Housing Authority of Washington County to serve residents at extremely low incomes at or below 30% of the area median income. The 48 units will be comprised of 3 efficiency apartments, 42 one-bedroom apartments and 3 two-bedroom apartments with a size of 539 (efficiency apartments), 625 (one-bedroom apartments) and 850 (two-bedroom apartments) square feet respectively. 29 of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income while 8 of the units will be targeted to households at or below 30% of the area median income. The proposed rents will be set at $592 for the efficiency apartments, $637 to $783 for the one-bedroom units, and $763 to $925 for the two-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The City of Beaverton Andrea Nelson addressed the City of Beaverton’s projects. Andrea mentioned that the City has been notified that it would receive approximately $569,808 in new CDBG funds for PY 2012-13. The City estimates that it will carry over $407,028 from previous projects for a total of $1,039,836. Of those funds, the City plans to set aside $113,961 for administration to cover staff compliance, training and other administrative activities. The City sets aside 15% of its project award for public services. The City estimates, that will total about $85,471 for public service projects. Andrea indicated that located on page 123 of the Action Plan there was a full listing of potentially eligible projects. The City Council would be voting on these projects this evening, April 5th. She explained the final approved list would be available at the public hearing on April12th. The City has set side $172,000 for economic development activities including micro-enterprise assistance through Mercy Corp Northwest, and the recently opened Micro-Enterprises of Oregon (MESO). Approximately $47,404 will be allocated for the Downtown Storefront improvement program. The City set aside $178,000 comprised of both 2012-13 funding and carryover for a 4-plex that was purchased in central Beaverton that will service as a permanent home for the Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth program. The City has allocated approximately $195,000 for the Proud Ground Community Land Trust. $65,000 will be carried over from PY 2011. These funds will be used to assist households purchasing homes within the City. The City anticipates there will be three buyers participating in this program. The homes will then be a part of a community land trust stock of permanent affordable homes within Beaverton.

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The last components of the City’s Action Plan are its three housing rehabilitation programs. $80,000 has been set aside for the Adapt-a-Home program, providing one-time grant assistance for accessibility modifications. The City allocated $50,000 for Mend- a-Home for emergency repairs and accessibility modifications targeted at mobile homeowners. On occasion, site built home owners can be helped as well. The City has set aside $165,000 for the Hope-4-Homes program which provides up to $20,000 in loan funds (on a sliding scale interest rate) to LMI Beaverton homeowners to address life and safety issues in their homes. That concluded Andrea’s presentation. Jennie opened the hearing to any questions or comments for staff members. Val Valfre asked Andrea in regards to Proud Ground, if the City of Beaverton donated the land. Andrea explained that the program is buyer initiated so that the buyer would purchase the home anywhere within the City. There is a process that the buyer will go through with Proud Ground. A portion of the funds for the acquisition will be CDBG funds with the homeowner then applying for a traditional mortgage for the remainder of the unit. The City has one potential home owner it is presently working with. Annette Evans asked how the buyers were chosen. Andrea explained that Proud Ground maintains a pool of potential buyers and from this pool asked if any would like to purchase a home in Beaverton. There were nine clients that expressed interest, who will be served on a first come first served basis. The public hearing was closed at 3:15pm.

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PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT 2012 ACTION PLAN

Washington County Public Services Building Cafeteria

155 W Main Street Hillsboro, OR April 12, 2012

7:00 p.m.

Staff members present: Jennie Proctor, Ben Sturtz, Lauren Sechrist, Andree Tremoulet, and Patricia Longua with Washington County’s Office of Community Development and Andrea Nelson with the City of Beaverton PAB representatives present: Brian Biehl, City of Banks; Harley Crowder, City of Cornelius; Peter Truax, City of Forest Grove; Rick Lorenz, City of Gaston; David Newham, City of King City; Robert Kindel, City of North Plains Community members present: None were present. (Community members attended the Fair Housing Plan public hearing but left shortly after that hearing ended) PAB Chair Peter Truax opened the Action Plan public hearing at 8:15 p.m. After introductions, Ben Sturtz provided background as to the purpose of the Action Plan. The annual Action Plan is a component of Washington County’s Consolidated Plan. It describes and implements, on a yearly basis, the strategies and objectives contained in the overarching document. The County submits the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to apply for funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs. This Action Plan covers the program year from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. This is the second of the required public hearings held by Washington County annually (in conjunction with the use of its federal entitlement funds for housing and community development activities); the first one being held in the fall in conjunction with the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report. To highlight the elements of this year’s Action Plan Ben explained, Lauren Sechrist would be highlighting Washington County’s CDBG and ESG programs, he would be highlighting the Washington County Consortium HOME program and Andrea Nelson would be highlighting the City of Beaverton’s CDBG program focus for the upcoming year. In Washington County, three jurisdictions receive formula allocations through the federal programs described above. Ben then introduced Lauren Sechrist, Senior CD Specialist for Washington County Office of Community Development. Lauren explained that she would be giving a brief summary of the County’s CDBG projects for 2012-13. The total CDBG funds for 2012-13 Program Year is $2,499,301. Combined with program income ($136,746) and minus the Program Administration costs of $524,697, this leaves $2,111,350 to be allocated as follows. 10 – Public Service projects utilize 15% of CDBG funds, of these:

5 will target homeless prevention 2 will provide health care services

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2 are focused on resident services at affordable rental properties 1 is focused on fair housing activities

The Public Service projects being funded are:

CPAH Residential Services $25,579 Bienestar Residential Services $25,579 Fair Housing Council of Oregon $7,870 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Matthew $40,000 St. Vincent de Paul – St. Anthony $28,800 Community Action – Basic Needs $35,000 Community Action Homeless Prevention and Intervention $60,000 Virginia Garcia Oral Healthcare Initiative $50,000 Essential Health Clinic $75,000 Open Door Counseling Center $45,695

Total Public Service: $393,523

7 – Public Facility projects utilize 40% of CDBG funds, of these:

2 park improvements 2 senior center improvements 1 homeless shelter improvements 1 housing acquisition for persons with special needs 1 warehouse acquisition to assist low-income homebuyer households

The Public Facility projects being funded are:

City of Hillsboro Walnut Park $75,000 City of Hillsboro Dairy Creek Park $185,718 Good Neighbor Center Roof replacement $29,000 Forest Grove Senior Center Facility Upgrade $58,000 Sherwood Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Accessible Restroom/Lobby Upgrade $179,600 Community Services Inc. (CSI) Housing Acquisition for persons with developmental disabilities

$150,000 Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Warehouse Acquisition $9,813

Total Public Facilities: $687,131

3 – Infrastructure projects utilize 30% of CDBG funds, of these:

1 sidewalk improvement project in Aloha at 173rd 1 pedestrian safety improvement project in North Plains 1 well water improvement project in unincorporated Washington County

The public Infrastructure projects being funded are:

Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation (DLUT) SW 173rd Sidewalk improvements $191,663

North Plains Claxtar St. Pedestrian Improvements $249,385 Laurel Acres Water Company $74,300

Total Public Infrastructure: $515,348

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Funding for Housing Rehabilitation at 30% of CDBG includes: HARDE Grant Program and Rebuilding Together Housing Repairs for elderly and/or disabled

persons Deferred Interest baring loans for income qualified homeowners And 2 weatherization projects

The Housing Rehabilitations Activities being funded are:

Administration $199,802 HARDE Grant Program $100,000 Housing Rehab Program $160,546 Rebuilding Together $10,000 Community Action Self-help Weatherization $25,000 Community Action Comprehensive Weatherization $20,000

Total Housing Rehab: $515,348 After concluding the summary of CDBG projects, Lauren proceeded to move on to discuss the Emergency Solutions Grant program. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) $157,499 Lauren explained that with the authorization of the HEARTH Act in May 2009, Congress made significant changes to the McKinney-Vento Act programs. One of the changes replaced the Emergency Shelter Grant program (ESG) with the Emergency Solutions Grant, also called ESG. Because of changes in the program, Washington County commenced a consultation process with its Continuum of Care, through its Housing and Supportive Services Network, to provide for the participation of local homeless service providers and not less than one homeless individual or formerly homeless individual in considering and making policies and decisions regarding any facilities, services, or other eligible activity that receives funding under ESG. Policies and other decisions resulting from this consultation process included how to allocate the ESG funds each year (between what eligible activities), the amount of funds distributed between activities, developing performance standards and evaluating outcomes, and policies and procedures related to the administration and operation of the County’s Homeless Management and Information System (HMIS). Summary of Consultation Process Washington County Office of Community Development (OCD) consulted with members of the Housing and Supportive Services Network (HSSN), the Continuum of Care (CoC) body for the area to discuss the activities to be funded under new regulatory guidelines of ESG on February 10, 2012. Eight members were asked to attend a subcommittee meeting held on February 22 and February 29, 2012 to assist in the consultation process. Participants of this meeting included former recipients of the Emergency Shelter Grant program, former HPRP recipients, formerly homeless individuals, and other service providers in the area representing all segments of the CoC including domestic violence providers, permanent supportive housing providers, emergency shelter providers, and emergency service providers. A discussion ensued on needed Emergency Solutions Grant program components as well as the percentage of and mechanism for distributing a total of $157,499 in PY 2012 ESG funding. The general consensus of the group was an emphasis for the continued funding of all activities allowable under the new ESG, with an emphasis on Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing activities due to the importance that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has placed on looking predominantly toward Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing as an effective way for communities to combat homelessness. It was discussed that while supporting Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing

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activities deserved to be a focused effort, that funding for operations of shelters and street outreach activities can be limited and that shelter still serves a crucial element in the road to transitioning individuals and families from homelessness and into permanent housing. Once consultation was completed to obtain concurrence with the decision about funding, final consultation with the entire HSSN occurred on March 7, 2012, and was presented to the Policy Advisory Board and approved on March 8th for inclusion in the 2012 Action Plan. Washington County plans on funding the following activities:

Street Outreach Emergency Shelter Homelessness Prevention Rapid Re-Housing HMIS administration General ESG Program administration

Lauren then gave a brief summary of each activity. Street Outreach $25,000 will go to support Street outreach activities targeted to homeless singles and families without children. Services will be initially targeted to engagement, case management, emergency health services, emergency mental health services, and or transportation activities to serve up to 100 individuals. Match support will come from private donations and foundation support. Emergency Shelter $50,000 has been allocated to Community Action to support Emergency Shelter activities in Washington County’s Shelter Network to serve 560 families, individuals, and youth. Match support will come from shelter Levy funding (local), private donations, and foundation support. These funds will be allocated to Community Action as the Shelter Coordinator, as is currently the process. Homeless Prevention (HP) and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) $22,562 will be allocated to Community Action to carryout homeless prevention activities, which include rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve a minimum of four households. Additionally, $45,125 will be allocated to Community Action to support Rapid Re-Housing activities, which includes rent assistance, financial assistance, and housing relocation and stabilization services to serve a minimum of 7 additional households. Match support will come from Emergency Housing Account and the Supportive Housing Assistance Program. HMIS $3,000 of the FY 2012 ESG grant will be allocated towards supporting HMIS activities, representing 1.9% of the total 2012 allocation. Match support will come through a combination of funding sources including private donations, Foundation support, Emergency Housing Account, and Supportive Housing Assistance Program. Administration Administration will be used for costs related to the planning and execution of the ESG activities. The total amount for administration will be $11,812, representing 7.5 percent of the total FY 2012 allocation of ESG funding grant, and the maximum amount allowable for administration, planning, implementation, reimbursement, and reporting under ESG regulations. Administrative dollars will be retained by the Office of Community Development.

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This concluded the overview of CDBG and ESG programs, Lauren then turned the hearing back to Ben. Ben proceeded to highlight the HOME program funding and activities for PY 2012-13. HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Ben explained that from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the Washington County Office of Community Development will utilize $1,371,245 in available HOME funding towards the development of affordable housing throughout the County in various forms. Predevelopment Funding

$50,000 will be allocated as a predevelopment set-aside for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) towards determining the feasibility of developing affordable housing.

CHDO Operating Grants

$55,856 will be set aside to fund CHDO Operating Grants for the two eligible CHDOs in Washington County. Community Partners for Affordable Housing and Bienestar will each receive $27,928 in funding to be used towards their ongoing operating costs such as salaries, benefits, rent, insurance, utilities and other administrative expenses. These funds are contingent upon them being certified as CHDOs for the 2012-13 program year.

Housing Development

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $750,000 of the FY 2012 allocation towards the construction activities for The Orchards at Orenco, a workforce housing project for households at or below 50% of the area median income ($36,500 for a family of four) in the Orenco Station neighborhood in the City of Hillsboro. The sponsor of the project is REACH Community Development, Inc. who has proposed 5 HOME-assisted units in the 57-unit project which will also include 8 units with project-based Section 8 vouchers from the Housing Authority of Washington County to serve residents at extremely low incomes at or below 30% of the area median income. REACH Community Development, Inc. acquired the 6.2 acre parcel in September 2011 and envisions this project being the first of three phases on the large parcel. The 57 units will be comprised of 37 one-bedroom apartments and 20 two-bedroom apartment with a size of 680 and 960 square feet respectively. The units will be affordable to households with incomes at 50% or less of the area median income at rents of $621 to $672 for one-bedroom units and $732 to $771 for the two-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $250,000 of the FY 2012 allocation towards the construction activities for the second phase of Juniper Gardens Apartments, a farm worker housing project for households earning between 40% to 50% of the area median income ($29,200 to $36,500 for a family of four) in the City of Forest Grove. The sponsor of the project is Bienestar, Inc., one of the two Certified Housing Development Organizations certified by the Washington County Office of Community Development. Bienestar, Inc. was successfully awarded $750,000 in FY2010 for Phase I of this project, which helped the organization to purchase 6.5 acre parcel for an initial development of twenty-four (24) units. Phase II will add twenty-two (22) units to the project for a total of forty-six (46) units. In this phase, Bienestar has proposed an additional 2 HOME-assisted units to the 4 HOME-assisted units already allocated in Phase I for a total of 6 HOME-assisted units. Due to the fact that this project has funding from the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program, all 46 units will have rental assistance and operating subsidies to ensure all tenants pay no more than 30% of their income for rent. The 46 units will be comprised of 15 two-bedroom apartments, 25 three-bedroom apartments and 6 two-bedroom apartments with a size of 880-895 (two-bedroom apartments), 1,150-1,225 (three-bedroom apartments) and 1,450 (four-bedroom apartments) square feet respectively. The units will be affordable to households with incomes at 40% to 50% of the area

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median income at rents of $717 for two-bedroom units, $806 for three-bedroom units, and $895 for the four-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The Washington County HOME Consortium will contribute $110,682.73 of the FY 2012 allocation and $1,149,463.27 in prior years’ HOME funds for a total of $1,260,146 towards the construction activities for the Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing project, a supportive housing project for households earning at or below 60% of the area median income ($35,040 for a family of two) in the Old Town neighborhood in the City of Beaverton. The sponsor of the project is Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH), one of the two Certified Housing Development Organizations certified by the Washington County Office of Community Development. CPAH has been working with the City of Beaverton to acquire the 0.84 acre City-owned parcel after applying to the City under a Request for Qualifications process in the fall of 2011. The project will occur on a full-city block in partnership with a private developer, Central Bethany Development (CBD), who will develop market-rate housing and retail uses on the site. CPAH will be developing 48 units of affordable housing in one four-story structure with an elevator in order to attract seniors and persons with special needs, while CBD will finance and build 55 market-rate units over ground floor retail with shared parking. CPAH has proposed a total of 9 HOME-assisted units in this project in addition to 8 project-based vouchers it obtained from the Housing Authority of Washington County to serve residents at extremely low incomes at or below 30% of the area median income. The 48 units will be comprised of 3 efficiency apartments, 42 one-bedroom apartments and 3 two-bedroom apartments with a size of 539 (efficiency apartments), 625 (one-bedroom apartments) and 850 (two-bedroom apartments) square feet respectively. 29 of the units will be affordable to households with incomes at or below 50% of the area median income while 8 of the units will be targeted to households at or below 30% of the area median income. The proposed rents will be set at $592 for the efficiency apartments, $637 to $783 for the one-bedroom units, and $763 to $925 for the two-bedroom units, exclusive of utilities.

The City of Beaverton Andrea Nelson addressed the City of Beaverton’s projects. Andrea mentioned that the City has been notified that it would receive approximately $569,808 in new CDBG funds for PY 2012-13. The City estimates that it will carry over $407,028 from previous projects for a total of $1,039,836. Of those funds, the City plans to set aside $113,961 for administration to cover staff compliance, training and other administrative activities. The City sets aside 15% of its project award for public services. The City estimates, that will total about $85,471 for public service projects. Andrea indicated that the Social Service Committee approved five projects for FY 2012-13. The next step is for the activities to go to City Council for approval.

Lifeworks Northwest Healthy Start Program Good Neighbor Center Homeless Shelter Boys and Girls Aid Safe Place for Youth Community Action Emergency Rent Community Partners for Affordable Housing Resident Services

The City has set side $172,000 for economic development activities including micro-enterprise assistance through Mercy Corp Northwest, and the recently opened Micro-Enterprises of Oregon (MESO). Approximately $47,404 will be allocated for the Downtown Storefront improvement program.

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The City set aside $178,000 comprised of both 2012-13 funding and carryover for a 4-plex that was purchased in central Beaverton that will service as a permanent home for the Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth program. The City has allocated approximately $195,000 for the Proud Ground Community Land Trust. $65,000 will be carried over from PY 2011. These funds will be used to assist households purchasing homes within the City. The City anticipates there will be three buyers participating in this program. The homes will then be a part of a community land trust stock of permanent affordable homes within Beaverton. The last components of the City’s Action Plan are its three housing rehabilitation programs. $80,000 has been set aside for the Adapt-a-Home program, providing one-time grant assistance for accessibility modifications. The City allocated $50,000 for Mend- a-Home for emergency repairs and accessibility modifications targeted at mobile homeowners. On occasion, site built home owners can be helped as well. The City has set aside $165,000 for the Hope-4-Homes program which provides up to $20,000 in loan funds (on a sliding scale interest rate) to LMI Beaverton homeowners to address life and safety issues in their homes. That concluded Andrea’s presentation. Jennie opened the hearing to any questions or comments for staff members. There were no public comments or questions. The public hearing was closed at 8:37pm.

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Appendix B

MAPS

The following maps were provided by the City of Beaverton on behalf of the Consortium. They depict the geographic distribution of entitlement funds throughout Washington County for program year 2012-2013

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Appendix C

SUMMARY OF OBJECTIVES AND

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

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TABLE 18 - Action Plan Year 2 PY 2012-13

Con Plan Strategy

HUD Obj # Entity Specific Objectives

Performance Measure

Year 5

Goal

Year 3 Con Plan

Goal

Year 3 Action Plan

Funded HOUSING OBJECTIVES Homelessness

1.1 DH-1 W/B Create new permanent supportive housing for hard-to-house mentally ill Hsg Units 14 14 0

1.2 DH-1 W/B Create new permanent supportive housing for HH with incomes below 30% MFI Hsg Units 11 2 16

1.3 DH-1 W/B Create new HU for chronically homeless using P-Based Sec 8 Hsg Units 38 8 0

1.4 SL-1 W/B Provide shelter, prevention and housing for homeless Persons 6,000 1,200 687

Affordable Rental Housing

2.1 DH-1 W/B Produce 400 new affordable rental housing units. Hsg Units 400 75 57

2.2 DH-2 W/B Preserve 300 existing affordable rental housing units Hsg Units 300 50 0

2.3 DH-2 W Weatherize or repair 125 rental housing units Hsg Units 125 25 40Special Needs Housing

3.1 DH-1 W/B

Produce 14 new affordable rental housing units for persons with developmental or mental heath disabilities and/or chemical dependencies Hsg Units 14 14 0

3.2 DH-1 W/B Produce 120 new affordable rental housing units for elderly Hsg Units 120 75 48

3.3 DH-1 W/B Produce 23 new affordable rental housing units for farmworkers Hsg Units 23 23 22

3.4 DH-2 W/B

Preserve 15 existing affordable rental housing units for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health disabilities and/or chemical dependencies Hsg Units 15 0 0

3.5 DH-1 W

Provide accessibility improvements and/or address urgent repair needs for 100 elderly and/or disabled households Hsg Units 100 20 35

3.6 DH-1 B Provide accessibility improvements for 60 disabled households Hsg Units 60 12 15

Affordable Homeownership 4.1 DH-1 W/B Produce 28 new affordable owner-occupied

housing units Hsg Units 28 5 0

4.2 DH-2 W Rehab 40 owner-occupied housing units Hsg Units 40 8 19

4.3 DH-2 B Rehab 35 owner-occupied housing units Hsg Units 35 7 7

4.4 DH-2 B Provide critical home repairs to manufactured housing and other owner-occupied housing units

Hsg Units 25 5 6

4.5 DH-2 W Weatherize or repair 1,000 owner-occupied housing units

Hsg Units 1,000 200 180

4.6 DH-1 B Produce 6 new CDBG-funded affordable, owner-occupied housing units Hsg Units 6 1 3

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TABLE 18 Continued - Action Plan Year 3 PY 2012-13 Con Plan Strategy

HUD Obj #

Entity Specific Objectives Performance Measure

Year 5

Goal

Year 3 Con Plan Goal

Year 3 Action Plan

FundedCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

Public Facilities (counts number of facilities) 1.1 SL-1 W Construct/improve senior centers Facilities 3 0 21.2 SL-1 W/B Construct/improve centers for persons with

disabilities Facilities 7 2 1

1.3 SL-1 W/B Construct/improve facilities for homeless persons, families & youth

Facilities 2 1 2

1.4 SL-1 W Construct/improve youth facilities Facilities 0 0 01.5 SL-1 W Construct/improve neighborhood facilities Facilities 0 0 01.6 SL-1 W Construct/improve child care centers Facilities 0 0 0

1.7 SL-1 W/B Construct/improve health facilities Facilities 1 1 0

1.8 SL-1 W Construct/improve mental health facilities Facilities 2 0 0

1.9 SL-1 W Construct/improve parks & rec facilities Facilities 3 0 2

1.10 SL-1 W/B Construct/improve parking facilities Facilities 2 0 01.11 SL-1 W Plant trees Facilities 0 0 01.12 SL-1 W Construct/improve fire stations/equipment Facilities 1 0 01.13 SL-1 Rehab/preserve commercial historic buildings Facilities 0 0 01.14 SL-1 W/B Construct/improve other facilities Facilities 5 1 1

Infrastructure 2.1 SL-1 W Improve water/sewer systems Persons 500 500 41

2.2 SL-1 W Replace/repair/construct streets & related infrastructure

Persons 5,000 1,000 101

2.3 SL-1 W Replace/repair/construct sidewalks Persons 3,750 750 1,237

2.4 SL-1 W Improve stormwater management & flood drainage systems

Persons 1,000 1,000 0

2.5 SL-1 W Improve other public infrastructure Persons 100 0 0Public Services

3.1 SL-1 W Provide child care services Persons 0 0 03.2 SL-1 W Support crime awareness & prevention Persons 0 0 03.3 SL-1 W Provide employment & training Persons 100 0 0

3.4 SL-1 W Provide fair housing services Persons 800 160 2503.5 SL-1 W Provide services to persons with disabilities Persons 100 30 03.6 SL-1 W Improve health, mental health & dental care Persons 5,000 1,000 7,3753.7 SL-1 Provide legal, advocacy, interpretation &

translation services for agencies Persons 0 0 0

3.8 SL-1 W Provide senior services Persons 200 100 03.9 SL-1 W Provide substance abuse services Persons 0 0 0

3.10 SL-1 W Provide landlord tenant education Persons 200 40 0

3.11 SL-1 W Provide transportation services Persons 100 50 03.12 SL-1 W/B Provide youth services Persons 450 90 15

3.13 SL-1 W/B Provide other services Persons 60,000 12,000 19,626Economic Development (Beaverton Only)

4.1 E0-3 B Support commercial revitalization resulting in employment

Micro Enterprises Assisted/Jobs Created

19 5 8

4.2 EO-3 B Improve facades downtown Businesses 8 2 2

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TABLE 3A - Summary of Specific Annual Objectives Obj.

# Specific Objectives Sources of

Funds Performance

Indicators Expected Number

(this year)

Actual

Number

Outcome/ Objective*

Homeless Objectives

1.2

1.4

Create new permanent supportive housing for households with incomes below 30% MFI Provide shelter, prevention and housing for the homeless. See 3.13 below for five CDBG-funded public service projects that will serve to prevent homelessness in PY 2011.

HOME ESG12

# of housing units # of persons with new access

16

687

TBD

DH-1

SL-1

Affordable Rental Housing Objectives

2.1

2.3

Produce 400 new affordable rental housing units (Project: REACH Orenco Workforce Housing Project) Use CDBG and or other leveraged funds to weatherize rental housing (Self Help Wx and Comp Wx). These are estimates only.

HOME CDBG

# of housing units # of housing units

57

40

TBD

DH-1

DH-2

Special Needs Objectives

3.2

3.3

3.5

3.6

Produce 120 new affordable rental housing units for elderly (CPAH’s Beaverton 1st & Lombard Affordable Housing). Produce 23 new affordable rental housing units for farmworkers (Bienestar’s Juniper Gardens Apartments Phase II). Provide accessibility improvements and/or address urgent repair needs for elderly and/or disabled households (County HARDE) Provide accessibility improvements for disabled households (Beaverton)

HOME HOME CDBG CDBG

# of housing units # of housing units # of housing units # of housing units

48 Co/ City

22

35

15

TBD

DH-1

DH-1

DH-1

DH-1

12 Emergency Solutions Grant

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Table 3A continued Summary of Specific Annual Objectives Obj.


Funds Performance


(this year)

Actual

Number

Outcome/ Objective*

Homeownership Objectives 4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

Use CDBG to finance the rehab of owner-occupied housing units (Rebuilding Together and County Rehab). Use City CDBG to finance the rehab of owner-occupied housing units. Use City CDBG to provide critical home repairs to manufactured housing units and other owner-occupied homes. Weatherize or repair owner-occupied housing units (Self Help Wx and Comp Wx) Use City CDBG funds to fund affordable home-ownership opportunities (Proud Ground Community Land Trust)

CDBG CDBG CDBG CDBG CDBG

# of housing units # of housing units # of housing units # of housing units # of housing units

19

7

6

180

3

TBD

DH-1

DH-2

DH-2

DH-2

DH-1

Community Development Objectives

Public Facilities Objectives 1.1

1.2

1.3

1.9

1.14

Construct/improve senior centers. Projects: Forest Grove Senior Center & City of Sherwood Marjorie Stewart Senior Center Construct/Improve centers for persons with disabilities. (Project: Community Services Inc. Developmentally Disabilities Housing Acquisition) Construct/Improve facilities for homeless persons, families & youth (Projects: County-- Good Neighbor Center Shelter Roof Replacement City—Boys & Girls Aid Society Transitional Housing for Homeless Youth Program) Construct/improve parks & rec. facilities (Projects: City of Hillsboro Dairy Creek and Walnut Street Park) Construct/improve other public facilities (Project: County – Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Warehouse Acquisition

CDBG CDBG CDBG CDBG CDBG

# of persons with improved access # of persons with improved access # of persons with improved access # of persons with improved access # of persons with new access

2,143

5

300 Co 7 City

4,490

76

TBD

SL-1

SL-1

SL-1

SL-1

SL-1

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Infrastructure Objectives 2.1

2.2

2.3

Improve water/sewer systems (Project: Laurel Acres Well Water Improvements) Replace/repair/construct streets & related infrastructure (Project: City of North Plains Claxtar St. Pedestrian Safety Improvements) Replace/repair/construct sidewalks. (Project: Washington County LUT SW 173rd Sidewalk Improv.)

CDBG CDBG CDBG

# of persons with improved access # of persons with improved access # of persons with improved access

41

101

1,237

TBD

SL-1 SL-1 SL-1

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Table 3A continued Summary of Specific Annual Objectives Obj.


Funds Performance


(this year)

Actual

Number

Outcome/ Objective*

Public Services Objectives 3.4 Provide fair housing services (Project: Fair Housing Council of

Oregon) CDBG

# of persons with new access.

250 TBD SL-1

3.6 Improve health, mental health and dental care (Projects: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center & Essential Health Clinic)

CDBG # of persons with new access

7,375 TBD SL-1

3.12 Provide youth services (Projects: City-Boys and Girls Aid Safe Place Shelter)


15 TBD SL-1

3.13 Provide other services (Projects: County – CA Basic Needs, CA- Homeless Prevention & Intervention, Open Door Counseling Center, St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthews’ Rent Assistance, St. Vincent de Paul St. Anthony’s Rent/Utility Assistance, CPAH Resident Services, & Bienestar Resident ) (Projects: City: CPAH Resident Services, Community Action Emergency Rent, Lifeworks Northwest Healthy Start, Good Neighbor Center)


18,966 Co 660 CoB

TBD SL-1

Economic Development Objectives

4.1 Support commercial revitalization resulting in employment

CDBG # of micro-enterprises assisted/jobs created

8 TBD EO-3

4.2 Improve facades downtown

CDBG # of businesses 2 TBD EO-3

Other Objectives

N/A

Outcome/Objective Codes

Availability/Accessibility Affordability Sustainability Decent Housing DH-1 DH-2 DH-3

Suitable Living Environment

SL-1 SL-2 SL-3

Economic Opportunity EO-1 EO-2 EO-3

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TABLE 3B - Annual Housing Goals Resources used during the period Grantee Name: Washington County

Program Year: 2012

Expected Annual Number of Units To Be Completed

Actual Annual Number of Units

Completed

CDBG

HOME

ESG

HOPWA ANNUAL AFFORDABLE

HOUSING GOALS (SEC. 215) N/A

Homeless households 0

Non-homeless households 0

Special needs households 0

ANNUAL AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING GOALS (SEC. 215)

Acquisition of existing units 0

Production of new units 127

Rehabilitation of existing units 0

Rental Assistance 0

Total Sec. 215 Affordable Rental 1271

ANNUAL AFFORDABLE OWNER HOUSING GOALS (SEC. 215)




Homebuyer Assistance 0

Total Sec. 215 Affordable Owner 32

ANNUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS (SEC. 215)

This section reflects projects that serve owners and renters.




Homebuyer Assistance

Total Sec. 215 Affordable Housing 3023

ANNUAL HOUSING GOALS

Annual Rental Housing Goal 0

Annual Owner Housing Goal 3

Annual Mixed Owner/Renter Goal 302

Total Annual Housing Goal 305

1 REACH Orenco Workforce Housing, Bienestar Juniper Gardens II, CPAH Beaverton 1st & Lombard – no completed units this fiscal year 2 Proud Ground Community Land Trust – City 3 Weatherization, Rebuilding Together, HARDE, and County and City rehab programs.

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TABLE 6-1 - Housing Strategies 2010-2015Washington County and the City of Beaverton Strategy 4: Affordable Homeownership Support and help sustain affordable homeownership in Washington County for income, ethnic and racial groups not well served by the private market by providing access to rehabilitation assistance and new home ownership opportunities. Actions Lead Contact Progress Targets 4.a Expand HOME-eligible homeownership programs to include land trust option

as well as existing deferred mortgage approaches. Washington County Office of Community Development

Year 1: Develop and Adopt new opinion. Year 2: Include in HOME application and Action Plan.

4.b Facilitate work session of groups undertaking homeownership activities in Washington County, as needed.


Annually, as needed

4.c Continue to set aside CDBG funds for weatherizing and rehabilitating the homes of Washington County homeowners with incomes at or below 50% MFI.

Washington County Office of Community Development, Community Action, Rebuilding Together

Years 1 – 5

4.d Continue to coordinate with The Portland Regional Lead Hazard Control Program to refer eligible homeowners into the lead remediation grant program. Continue to utilize lead-safe practices and qualified contractors when performing rehabilitation activities.

Washington County Office of Community Development, City of Beaverton

Years 1 – 5: Ongoing Lead Hazard reduction efforts.

Performance Benchmarks HUD Identifiers HUD Production Targets Total Yr

1 Yr 2

Yr 3

Yr 4

Yr 5 Outcome Code

Objective Group

Funding Category

4.1 Use HOME funds to finance and leverage the production of 28 owner-occupied housing units for households with incomes at or below 65% MFI.

28 Housing Units

5 5 5 6 7 DHI O OH

4.2 Use CDBG funds to finance the rehabilitation of 40 owner-occupied housing units for households with incomes at or below 80% MFI in Washington County (excluding the City of Beaverton).

40 Housing Units

8 8 8 8 8 DH2 O OH

4.3 Use City of Beaverton CDBG funds to finance the rehabilitation of 35 owner-occupied housing units for households with incomes at or below 80% MFI in Beaverton.

35 Housing Units

7 7 7 7 7 DH2 O OH

4.4 Use City of Beaverton CDBG funds to provide critical home repairs to manufactured housing units and other owner-occupied homes for households with incomes at or below 80% MFI in Beaverton.

25 Housing Units

5 5 5 5 5 DH2 O OH

4.5 Use CDBG funds to help weatherize or repair 1,000 owner-occupied housing units for households with incomes at or below 50% MFI in Washington County (excluding the City of Beaverton).

1,000 Housing Units

200 200 200 200 200 DH2 O OH

4.6 Use City of Beaverton CDBG funds to fund affordable home-ownership opportunities (Proud Ground Community Land Trust)

6 0 1 2 3 0 DH1

Washington County Office of Community Development 328 West Main Street, Suite 100, MS7

Hillsboro, OR 97123 Phone (503) 846-8814 Fax (503) 846-2882 TTY (503) 846-4598

Internet: http://www.co.washington.or.us/CommunityDevelopment/index.cfm

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