Resources for Housing Professionals

RLRA Risk Mitigation Program and PHB Risk Mitigation Pool

The RLRA Risk Mitigation Program and the PHB Risk Mitigation Pool provide extra financial protection to landlords that operate permanent supportive housing. HDC administers and processes landlord financial assistance claims for both programs. To learn more, visit our RLRA Risk Mitigation Program and PHB Risk Mitigation Pool pages and watch the Housing Oregon Conference presentations linked below.

Tools and Templates

Glossary of Affordable Housing Asset Management Terms All the jargon and acronyms, 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. For more tips, see this related article, based on this recorded presentation.

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.

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, April 2025.

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. These tools and practices can help. By Liz Winchester, June 2022.

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, October 2021.

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, January 2019.

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

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, March 2025.

How to Build an Early Affordable Housing Development Pro Forma: 5 Tips Organizational Decision-Makers Can Use These financial modeling short-cuts and tips will help you move to an early go/no-go decision. By Travis Phillips, November 2024.

What Development Teams Can Learn From Asset Managers, Parts 1-3 How do decisions made by development teams impact a property’s long-term operations and resident quality of life? This three-part series looks at issues related to design and construction, legal and financial structure, and the costs and benefits of water submetering. By Liz Winchester, December 2022-March 2023.

The Triple Bottom Line of Choosing Modular: Parts 1-4 A construction project manager weighs the pros and cons of offsite vs. onsite construction, comparing hard costs, the development process and budget, building quality, and environmental impact. By Jenn Sharp, June-November 2019.

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. Recordings of 2025 presentation videos will be posted here when they are available. These and other conference videos can be found on the Housing Oregon YouTube site.