Housing
IHI has two housing projects actively under construction that represent an investment of $29,027,962 in public and private funding for the preservation and creation of low income housing. The first is a historic rehabiliation of Musolf Manor, which provides 95 studio units for very low-income singles in Old Town, Portland. This project is an occupied rehab and is taking place in three phases. Most major systems are being replaced and the building is being seismically upgraded. We are also replacing the ground floor storefronts and are working closely with our commercial tenants to help them stay open throughout the construction period. If you are in Old Town, please support these locally-owned businesses:
  • Darcelle XV & Company
  • CC Slaughters
  • Street Roots
  • Casba Cafe
  • Orchid Beauty Salon
  • Fox & Hounds



Architect's rendering
of 82nd & Broadway		 Our other project is new construction on Northeast 82nd Avenue, near I-84. IHI is building 58 new units of family housing one block from the 82nd Avenue MAX station. This development will include a community room and playground available for neighborhood use as well as a Creative Minds Learning Center location that will be open to the public.

You can see photos of 82nd Avenue Place construction in progress below, under New Projects.


Resident Services
 In 2007 IHI provided services to our residents at seven housing sites in the Portland region. These services included helping 29 heads of household improve their earning potential through job training, education, or employment assistance, and providing backpacks and school supplies to 200 low-income children, new winter coats for 63 children, and 5,807 summer lunches with daily activities to children and adults at three sites. In addition, IHI's Resident Services Team:
  • coordinated 349 community events at seven sites that were attended by 3,860 residents;
  • facilitated 55 workshops at five sites that were attended by 619 residents;
  • made 540 resource referrals; and
  • conducted 135 eviction preventions.

IHI was awarded the following grants and funding to develop and preserve high-quality affordable housing and serve low-income residents in 2006-07:

  • Transit-oriented Development funds from Metro for 82nd Avenue Place
  • Affordable Housing Program Grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle (IHI's application was co-sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank and ShoreBank Pacific)
  • Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Housing Trust Funds, Oregon Affordable Housing Tax Credits, and Low Income Housing Weatherization Funds for construction of 82nd Avenue Place
  • HOME funds from the Portland Development Commission/City of Portland for 82nd Avenue Place
  • Fifteen Project-Based Section 8 units from the Housing Authority of Portland for 82nd Avenue Place
  • Historic Tax Credits for renovation and preservation of Musolf Manor
  • TIF funds for renovation and preservation of Musolf Manor
  • Portland Neighborhood Development Support Collaborative Grant
  • Juan Young Trust Grant
  • Spirit Mountain Community Fund Grant
  • Wal-Mart Foundation Grants
  • Washington Mutual Grant
  • City of Portland Community Initiatives Program Grant
  • Homestead Capital Grant
  • Portland General Electric Employee Volunteer Grant
IHI would like to thank our funders for their support!


Permanent Supportive Housing


View from Bridgeview Apartments		 Thanks to monumental efforts by partners, volunteers, and staff, IHI opened the Bridgeview Apartments in November 2006. The property leased up quickly and now provides safe, warm, housing for 14 formerly homeless men and women. IHI acquired the property in December 2005 and, in less than a year, renovated it to create 13 new units of permanent supportive housing.

IHI's resident services program will help tenants connect with local community resources and Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare is providing an on-site case manager. Funding for this project was provided by the Portland Development Commission, Homestead Capital and Homestead Community Financing, The Enterprise Foundation, and Umpqua Bank. Funding for rental subsidies and services was made possible by the City of Portland's Bureau of Housing and Community Development and the federal McKinney Supportive Housing Program.


Family Housing
Innovative Housing is developing a new multifamily housing project for families in Northeast Portland. We are building 58 affordable, transit-oriented apartments - 47 of them will be two, three, and four-bedroom units for families. This project will include a community room and playground available for neighborhood use as well as a daycare center accessible to the community. The site is less than a block from a MAX station and major bus hub on 82nd Avenue.

This is an ideal location for families – it is well served by public transportation, convenient to services, supermarkets, parks, and schools, and the neighborhood offers a strong sense of community. All of the capital funding has been assembled and sitework will begin in September 2007.

City Commissioner Erik Sten, Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen, Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder, Oregon State's Director of Housing and Community Services Victor Merced, and the Portland Development Commission's Director of Housing Finance Komi Kalevor joined Innovative Housing's staff, board of directors, the Madison South Neighborhood Association, and other neighbors of the project for a celebration and groundbreaking on July 2, 2007.


Commissioner Erik Sten


Councilor Rex Burkholder
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