Resources for Housing Professionals

Tools and Templates

Glossary of Affordable Housing Asset Management Terms. All the jargon and acronyms (with pronunciation), from Above the Line to Zoning.

Basic Development Pro Forma Template for Affordable Rental Housing
Use this template to model your development’s financial structure and operating performance. See this article and the Development 201: Financial Pro Forma Strategies for Affordable Housing Development (2024) video below for more tips.

A Guide to Preserving and Restructuring Affordable Housing
Produced by HDC for the City of Seattle in 2011, this 100-page guide (PDF) outlines a systematic approach to preserving and restructuring affordable housing properties.

Evergreen Articles About Affordable Housing Practice by HDC Staff

Asset Management

How can asset managers be a bridge between property management and resident services? Asset managers are in a unique position to ease tensions, facilitate teamwork, and support better outcomes for residents and property health. By Natalie Thornton.

The 3 Parts Every Asset Management Plan Should Have What does an asset management plan look like? How do you create one? Here’s your overview. By Kimberly Taylor.

Make time for asset management planning with these 4 practices. Long-term planning work is easy to delay, when your plate is always filled with urgent tasks. How do you make time? By Liz Winchester.

Why Compliance Charts Are an Affordable Housing Owner’s Best Friend Tracking layered property funding requirements for multiple properties is a challenging responsibility. But it can be costly to ignore. By Kimberly Taylor.

Development and Construction

How to Build an Early Affordable Housing Development Pro Forma: 5 Tips Organizational Decisionmakers Can Use These financial modeling short-cuts and tips will help you move to an early go/no-go decision. By Travis Phillips.

12 Things Developers and Asset Managers Can Do—Together—to Create Operationally Resilient Properties In today’s tough environment, bringing an operational lens to project development, from feasibility through stabilization, is a must. By Kimberly Taylor.

What Development Teams Can Learn From Asset Managers, Part 1: Design and Construction How do decisions made during the design and construction phase impact long-term property operations and resident quality of life? By Liz Winchester.

What Development Teams Can Learn From Asset Managers, Part 2: Legal and Financial Structure Prevent future operating challenges by ensuring accurate operating proformas, structuring deep cash-flow waterfalls, and more. By Liz Winchester.

What Development Teams Can Learn From Asset Managers, Part 3: Water Submetering Should you submeter for water? Before you do, make sure you understand the real benefits and costs. By Liz Winchester.

Can modular construction help housing resources stretch farther? What started as a research project turned into a regional summit and, then, a hands-on investigation. By Jenn Sharp.

The Triple Bottom Line of Choosing Modular: Parts 1-4 Pros and cons of offsite vs. onsite construction, comparing hard costs, the development process and budget, building quality, and environmental impact. By Jenn Sharp.

Training Videos

HDC staff are regular presenters at the annual Housing Oregon conference. Below are video recordings of training sessions we presented and moderated in 2024, 2023, and 2022. These and other conference videos can be found on the Housing Oregon YouTube site.

PHB Risk Mitigation Pool and RLRA Risk Mitigation Program Documents

The Risk Mitigation Pool is a fund established by the City of Portland to provide financial protection to landlords that operate permanent supportive housing. The RLRA Risk Mitigation Program is a similar fund operated jointly by Clackamas County, Washington County, and Multnomah County. HDC administers both programs. Visit our PHB Risk Mitigation Pool and RLRA Risk Mitigation Program pages to learn more, download claim forms, and submit completed forms. For even more information about the RLRA Risk Mitigation Program, watch the presentations recorded at the Housing Oregon Conference in 2023 and 2024 above.

Data and Analysis: Condition and Performance of Oregon Affordable Housing

Updated data coming soon!