Northwest HUD Lines
October 2017

HUD e-Briefs from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon & Washington

Leland Jones, Editor, (206) 220-5356 or Leland.jones@hud.gov

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WELCOME HOME
New leader, long-time friend
On Thursday, September 14th the U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump's nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude as HUD's new Deputy Secretary. She is no stranger to housing issues or to HUD. Her mother & father, she recalled in her testimony to Congress, "created & ran a successful homebuilding business in New Hampshire." After graduating from St. Anselm College, she went to Washington D.C. for an internship - with HUD. In the 35 years since she has held a number of leadership positions at HUD, most recently as Assistant Secretary for Community Planning & Development during the Administration of President George W. Bush. As Deputy Secretary, Ms. Patenaude will lead the Department's Disaster Management Group & will play a primary leadership and operational role in coordinating the long-term recovery efforts of 16 program and support offices within HUD. "At this moment when so many of our citizens are suffering, Pam will bring strong leadership when we need her most," said HUD Secretary Carson. "Pam's extensive housing and community development experience will be invaluable as we embark upon the long road to recovery for communities hard-hit by disaster and I'm grateful the Senate confirmed her nomination." We join our colleagues across the country in welcome her home.

P.S.
If you're a Twitter-ista, you may follow Deputy Secretary Patenaude at @HUDDepSec And, of course, you can follow our Secretary at @SecretaryCarson.

! ! ! NEWS TO USE ! ! !
New FMRs to take effect
HUD's Fair Market Rents for Federal fiscal year 2017 - 10/1/17 to 9/30/18 - are now up & posted. They are effective October 1st in all markets.

! ! ! NEWS TO NOTE ! ! !
Competition deadline extended
HUD has extended the application deadline to submit applications in its current competitions for Fair Housing Initiative Program - Education & Outreach, Fair Housing Initiative Program - Fair Housing Organizations Initiative & Fair Housing Initiative Program - Private Enforcement Initiative until October 6th, 2017.

HELPFUL HINTS
Post "hack" protections
What to do if you or someone you know or serve is one of the estimated 143 million American consumers potentially affected by the Equifax hack? Washington state Attorney General offers some tips worth considering.

THE DISASTER NEXT TIME
HUD hurricane - and natural disaster - FAQs
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon & Washington have had the good fortune to not be directly affected by Harvey, Irma and Maria. Our hearts go out to those who have. We thank our lucky stars, but realize that one day our luck is bound to turn. None of us knows when or where disaster will strike which, of course, means it's best to always be prepared for when it does. In response to the Terrible Trio that recently have made life miserable for so many, HUD has prepared an on-line library of materials about who does what - and why - in responding to Presidentially-declared major disasters. If the best time to fix a leak when the sun is shining, the best time to prepare for responding to a natural disaster is ALWAYS. Want to get started?

BRIEF BRIEFS
Washington State Housing Finance Commission & Oregon Housing & Community Services adopt waivers to permit victims of Hurricane Harvey & Hurricane Irma who are at or below 60 percent of area median income to obtain access to housing in their states. . .First "highly-vulnerable," homeless residents move into newly-completed Juneau Housing First Collaboration's new 32-unit Housing First complex, says KTOO-FM,, the first in Juneau & the third in Alaska. . .With help from Idaho Housing & Finance, City of Boise breaks ground on the 41-unit, New Path Community Housing, reports KTVB-TV,, the first Housing First community in Boise. . .Washington State Department of Commerce awards more than $10 million in Community Development Block Grants to 23 rural communities for infrastructure improvements, says Governor Inslee, "crucial to support and sustain healthy local economies that work for all Washingtonians". . .Cook Inlet Housing celebrates grand opening of 3600 Spenard, 33 affordable, one-bedroom units that, executive director Carol Gore tells KTUU-TV, are "perfect fit" for individual "55 or over on a fixed income" or "a mom & a child". . .With support from Bank of America, the Fall Industry Conference hosted by Housing Oregon - formerly the Oregon Opportunity Network - honors the non-profit Proud Ground with its 2017 Innovation Award for its community realty fund that "creating more funds to house Oregonians while remaining true to Proud Ground's mission and values". . .Port Townsend, Washington city manager urges City Council to finance completion of four-unit apartment building barged from Victoria, B.C. this past spring, says The Leader, to show city's commitment to affordable housing. . .Oregon Opportunity Network promises to continue deliver the same great advocacy & service but wants to share its brand new name - Housing Oregon. . .Alaska Mental Health Trust, reports KTOO-FM, to contribute $100,000 to fund a housing & homeless services coordinator the City & Borough of Juneau. . ."They're fantastic workers," reports Idaho Statesman, of work crew of homeless formed by City of Boise & Interfaith Sanctuary. . .Calling it "a bridge to something else," Suquamish Tribe says it will build six-unit "tiny home" village on tribal land to provide temporary housing to "underserved population," says Kitsap Sun. . .Boise, Idaho Housing Authority one of 10 nationwide awarded HUD Resident Opportunities & Self Sufficiency Service Coordinator grants, winning $246,000 to promote employment opportunity & financial literacy among public housing residents. . .Following Clackamas County Commission's approval of zoning amendments in August, County's development office & Catholic Charities launch partnership to build transitional housing for up to 30 homeless veterans on a 1.5 acre, County-owned parcel in an unincorporated area using "sleeping pods" designed by SRG Partnership & Portland State University. . .Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards $1.65 million to Enterprise Community Partners, says Philanthropy News Digest, "to develop affordable housing and facilities for early childhood education in the Seattle area".

LIVE-BRARY
Cornelius, Oregon just broke ground for a brand new library. But it's a whole lot more than just a dusty ol' pile of books. Read why.

FLEXIBILITY FIRST
Block grants in Indian Country
Just as cities & counties like HUD's Community Development Block Grant program, Tribes & Native Villages like the Indian Community Development Block Grant program. The reason's simple. Both programs afford their grantees a great deal of flexibility in deciding how the funds can be spent to meet their housing & community development needs. You see that flexibility at work in the most recent round of ICDBG funds competitively awarded by HUD. Twenty-three of this year's 77 winners are from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon & Washington. All told, they won $10.7 million this year. Some winners will use the funds for community-wide mold remediation & prevention. Others will make their older housing stock more energy-efficient Still others will renovate existing or build new community & senior centers. In a 2015 survey, reports KLCC-FM, some 70 percent of the residents of the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde in Oregon said drug abuse was their most serious public safety concern. The Grand Ronde already had doubled its behavioral health center in 2006. The latest ICDBG award will allow it to expand its treatment capacity. In Anchorage, Alaska, Cook Inlet Tribal Housing has used ICDBG funds to upgrade housing in the once-distressed Mountain View neighborhood, helping to transform it into one pf the most vibrant, diverse neighborhoods in the country. Now reports Alaska Public Radio, it wants to use its latest ICDBG award to try to do the same." And, in Washington state, the Upper Skagit Tribe will use its award to extend water & sewer lines to support the development of a new affordable housing subdivision. Simply put, what makes the ICDBG program so popular is also what makes it work - the flexibility it provides to meet local needs, address local priorities.

AND THE WINNERS ARE. . .
The multi-family industry picks its favorites
According to Affordable Housing Finance magazine, it's time for a few of our partners to stand-up & take a much deserved bow. Why? Because the magazine's 2017 readers' choice awards have named the Seattle, Washington Housing Authority's Raven Terrace as the year's best public housing redevelopment project, the Northwest Housing Alternatives' Hawthorne East Apartments in Portland, Oregon the year's best preservation project & the Low Income Housing Institute's Marion West, also in Seattle, the year's best mixed-use project. Congratulations on work very, very, VERY well done!

BY THE NUMBERS
The dollars & sense of Housing First
By now the Housing First approach to serving the homeless is widely-accepted especially in Alaska & the Northwest which, so far, has seen Housing First complexes open or planned in Seattle then Anchorage then Fairbanks then Juneau & soon in Boise, Everett & Lane County, Oregon. But every time Housing First or "low barrier" housing has been proposed, it's faced the same question - "Why," some ask, "should my tax dollars go to put a roof over the head of a homeless guy so that he can be warm, dry every night he spends drinking himself to death?" Because, Housing First proponents respond, "you'll likely spend more tax dollars if you don't." In a recent TedxTalks in Sun Valley, Idaho, Vanessa Fry, the assistant director at Boise State University's Idaho Policy Institute, walked us through the numbers. Her numbers tell the tale.

BRIEF BRIEFS TOO
Idaho Association of REALTORS names Corey Farmer of Group One Sotheby's Realty in Boise as its 2017 REALTOR of the Year. . .Oregon Governor Kate Brown & Oregon Housing & Community Services make additional $350,0)0 in lottery revenues available to community action agencies to provide emergency housing aid to homeless veterans. . .University of Washington & Seattle Housing Authority sign MOU, says UWNews, to develop "a minimum of 150 units" of affordable housing in city's University District. . .Farmworker Housing Development Corporation tells Independentthat it expects to begin construction of 44-unit farmworker & workforce housing complex in Woodburn, Oregon next spring. . .Treasury Department allocates more than $10.2 million in financial & technical under its 2017 Community Development Financial Institutions & Native America CDFI Assistance Program to 18 organizations in Anchorage & Juneau, Alaska, Boise, Ft. Hall & Pocatello, Idaho, Astoria, Portland, Sherwood & Springfield, Oregon & Lakewood & Seattle, Washington to "increase lending and investment activity in low-income and economically distressed communities". . .Catholic Housing Services tells Yakima Herald that $750,000 from State of Washington will allow it to move forward with street project that will enable it to build an additional 20 affordable homes in its New Life subdivision in Wapato. . .Developers tell Idaho Business Review they'll begin construction of 114-unit Adare Manor affordable housing complex in Boise's West End in October. . .Leonard Forsman of the Suquamish Tribe in Washington State elected President of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians says Tribal Tribune. . .Salem, Oregon City Council rejects proposed ordinance, reports Statesman Journal, to "outlaw daytime sitting and lying on city sidewalks" instead voting to direct Mayor to establish a task force to study homelessness in downtown and North Salem". . .Justice Department settles lawsuit brought under Fair Housing Act against Edmonds, Washington landlords who discriminated against a family with children. . .Lane County, Oregon unveils plans to build four-story, 50,000 square-foot, 50-unit Housing First complex next to its behavioral health center, says Eugene Weekly. . .With affordable housing "beyond a crisis in our community," Anacortes, Washington City Council hears Anacortes Family Center proposal to build 19-unit affordable housing complex says GoAnacortes.com. . .Idaho Housing & Finance Association releases data from January, 2017 point-in-time count reporting that "state's homeless population continues to hover at 2,000 on average," consistent "consistent with the numbers reported the last six years."

AN INVITATION
Advancing Native American homeownership
Since its inception, HUD's Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program has helped some 1,900 Native American families in Washington State purchase a home and, in so doing, injected more than $400 million in "homeownership capital" into the state's economy while helping those families both build up their economic assets and put down even deeper roots in the communities they call home. On October 25th, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, USDA & HUD are hosting a conversation with interested real estate agents, lenders & other housing professionals about ways to "grow" our efforts to open the door to homeownership for even more Native American families in Washington State.

NOFA-TUNITY
Incentivizing financial independence
HUD has set a November 17th deadline for eligible public housing authorities to apply for an expected 5 Jobs Plus Initiative grants of up to $3.7 million each. The Jobs Plus pilot is intended to "develop locally-based, job-driven approaches to increase earnings & advance employment outcomes through work readiness, employer linkages, job placement, educational advancement, technology skills, &d financial literacy." It does so by "incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working families, and a set of services designed to support work including employer linkages, job placement and counseling, educational advancement, & financial counseling." Housing authorities that won Jobs Plus funds in 2014, 2015 or 2016 are not eligible for 2017 funding.

NOFA-TWO-NITY
Supporting the at-risk in Washington State
Building Changes has set an October 16th deadline for nonprofits, local tribes, housing authorities and/or community-based organizations to apply for some $3 million from its Washington Youth & Families Fund for housing and social service agencies in Washington State, excluding King County for projects serving youth & young adults, and excluding King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties for projects serving families. The funding "will support interventions & activities that use cross-system collaborations to improve the housing outcomes for youth and young adults and/or families experiencing homelessness. Funding from Building Changes will be provided for up to three years per project." From 2004 through 2016 the Fund has supported the work of 100 organizations in 24 counties across Washington State.

NOFA-THREE-NITY
Prepare now
Business Oregon has set a January 31, 2018 deadline to apply for $35 million in seismic rehabilitation grants, $25 million of which will be allocated to schools & $10 million of which will be awarded to emergency service projects. All emergency building retrofits must be designed to "immediate occupancy" standards & all schools are encouraged to design retrofits to the seismic immediate occupancy with schools intended to serve as shelters required to do so. Oregon Business expects a second round of seismic rehabilitation that will award an estimated $85 million. For more, visit or contact gloria.zacharias@oregon.gov

BRIEF BRIEFS THREE
Describing it as "kind of like an ER for housing," City of Boise's new One Path process - staffed by interns from Boise State University - means that "for the first time in Ada County homeless people can find housing, health care & other services with a single stop," says Idaho Statesman. . .EPA awards $18 million to Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to support revolving loan fund that helps "finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment". . .Kulshan Community Land Trust talks to Bellingham Herald about how "self-help" housing can increase homeownership opportunities even in a bustling Whatcom County, Washington housing market. . .City of Tacoma, Washington celebrates 25th anniversary of its citywide network of eight Neighborhood Councils charged with advising it "on issues of local importance and to seek consensus among residents on specific plans of action". . .Seattle Housing Authority purchases "old records storage facility" from King County, Washington, says Daily Journal of Commerce, on which it "plans to find a nonprofit partner to develop about 125 affordable units". . .With winter approaching, Anchorage Homebuilders Association & Anchorage Community Foundation each donate $25,000 to Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness to help homeless "move off the street," says KTUU-TV. . .Providence Care Center opens to provide access to primary care housing & mental health services in downtown Olympia, Washington, says The Olympian. . .Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes action against real estate servicer for "steering" consumers to affiliated companies. . .Following 18-month assessment of "where we should be in the community so we're as easy as possible for people with low incomes to make it to our office," says Register Guard, Housing & Community Services Agency - HACSA - of Lane County purchases former public library in downtown Eugene that may serve as new headquarters. . .Seattle, Washington City Council votes unanimously to allow City-chartered Capitol Hill Housing, previously restricted to developing housing only within city limits, to enter into agreements with King County & 11 cities in County permitting it to develop housing there as well says Capitol Hill Times. . .Valley House in Twin Falls, Idaho breaks ground for transformation of a building to be known as Sharon's House that, reports KMVT-TV, will provide transitional shelter to an additional 12 women are victims of domestic violence. . .Seattle Housing Authority celebrates completion of the 111-unit Hoa Mai Gardens, the newest affordable residential housing in its revitalization of the Yesler Terrace revitalization area.

NOT-SO-FACT-ASTIC
A fiery, costly summer
The rains have returned and, if we're lucky, maybe the wildland fires are dying down, at least for now. Long overdue, the U.S. Forest Service would probably say, now that Service had, as of September 14th, spent more than $2 billion on fire suppression making 2017 "the most expensive year on record," says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. "At the peak of Western fire season," he & U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke recently reported, "there were three times as many uncontained large fires on the landscape as compared to the five-year average, and almost three times as many personnel assigned to fires. More than 27,000 people supported firefighting activities during peak Western fire season. The Forest Service has been at Preparedness Level 5, the highest level, for 35 days as of September 14, 2017. Approximately 2.2 million acres of National Forest system lands have burned in that time. At the peak of Western fire season, there were three times as many uncontained large fires on the landscape as compared to the five-year average, and almost three times as many personnel assigned to fires."

QUOTEWORTHY
Smart housing, smart schools
"Children who grow up in deep poverty bring challenges to the classroom that the fanciest facility with the best-trained teacher cannot overcome. Housing instability is at the top of that list of challenges. . . When you invest in children, it's a long-term bet. "Organizations need to make such initiatives part of their core mission, or they won't have the stamina to see them through. . .We're eager to do this on a larger scale," he says. "We are dedicated to improving outcomes for parents, but emphatically so about educational outcomes for children, because we do not wish them to need our housing when they grow up." - Tacoma, Washington Housing Authority executive director Michael Mirra on efforts to promote education outcomes through housing stability in "How housing authorities can shape school outcomes," The Atlantic Monthly's CityLab, September 7, 2017.

QUOTE TO NOTE
Second thoughts
"The homeless citizens relocated from their community deserved an outstretched hand from their elected officials instead of a hammer and a bunch of rocks. For all of this, I am sorry. . . We have a law for tent cities on the books. You need a private organization to step in and host them. I've seen it done successfully on church properties." - Spokane, Washington City Council President Ben Stuckart, "Stuckart regrets decision to use boulders to move homeless," The Spokesman Review, September 7, 2017.

WORTH A READ
A rural focus
The Washington State Housing Finance Commission's Kim Herman has done it again, this time asking Marty Miller of the Office of Rural Farmworker Housing, Kay Kassinger of the Peninsula Housing Authority, Mary Traxler of USDA Rural Development, Susan Grindle & Craig Kelly of HopeSource, Michone Preston of Habitat for Humanity Washington, Billie Heath of the Rural Community Assistance Corporation & Mario Villanueva of Partners for Rural Washington to participate in a My View conversation about the pressures & needs faced by rural housing advocates, providers & beneficiaries in rural Washington. "Some challenges in rural housing are not unique," Kim writes, "high infrastructure costs, loss of subsidized housing, low rental vacancies and rapidly increasing construction costs. However, rural areas have other unique problems: fewer local and federal resources, lower family incomes, smaller communities and longer distances to travel." Sometimes the best way to get a fresh perspective of life in the big city is a drive in the country. Thanks to Kim & his contributors, the latest issue of My View you won't even have to fill up your tank. Enjoy.

WORTH A LISTEN
What's behind, what's ahead
As part of its "region of boom" series on development in Puget Sound region, KUOW-FM visits a Yesler Terrace family to talk about life there before the Seattle, Washington Housing Authority launched its HUD Choice Neighborhoods re vitalization, what it expects the neighborhood like once it's done & whether the transformation will improve or aggravate the city's affordable housing shortage.

WORTH A WATCH
Up close with Carson
C-SPAN airs "just over 30-minutes" profile interview on September 11th with HUD Secretary Carson on his background * his work at HUD.

WORTH A LOOK
The hearts behind the houses
Seattle, Washington's Low Income Housing Institute - LIH - takes a look at why people like to volunteer their time to help expand city'snetwork of "tiny home" villages.

JUST PUBLISHED
USDA issues reminder of assistance & relief available to its single-family housing loan borrowers, multi-family housing loan borrowers, community facilities borrowers & communities that have experienced "significant declines" in water quality as a result of recent hurricanes. . .HUD publishes Housing First Assessment Tool to help Continuums of Care & providers determine their "progress in aligning with Housing First best practice . . .Dow Jones S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices reports that in July, 2017 Seattle had the highest year-over-year increase - 13.5 percent - & Portland had the second-highest increase - 7.6 percent - in home sales prices among the nation's 20 largest cities. . .HUD study finds "Persons living with mental illness, intellectual or other developmental disabilities continue to face significant housing discrimination in the rental housing market" & "receive fewer responses to their rental inquiries, are informed of fewer available units, and are less likely to be invited to contact the housing provider". . .First-ever Consumer Financial Protection Bureau national financial well-being survey finds that more than 40 percent of U.S. adults have trouble making ends meet. . .HUD's Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV publishes guidance "de-mystifying" its new funds allocation formula. . .Portland Housing Bureau posts on-line map of affordable rental housing it built from 1984 through 2017 & of what's planned for construction over next three years. . .FHA issues guidance on origination or revision of FHA-insured mortgages in Presidentially-declared major disaster areas. . .The Urban Institute & HUD ask whether the demand for affordable rental housing be met in the next 15 years. . .HUD issues Housing First Assessment Tool to help Continuums of Care "assess and measure a project's progress in aligning with Housing First best practice standards". . .FHA issues Mortgagee Letter 2017-14 concerning the annual revisions to base city high cost percentage, high cost Area & per unit substantial rehabilitation threshold for 2017. .HUD User looks at how Seattle Housing Authority's Breathe Easy indoor air quality program is a model for prioritizing health in public housing redevelopment.".

NOTES TO NOTE
Washington Department of Commerce sets October 9th deadline for receipt of Stage 2 applications for homeownership or multi-family funds from the Washington Housing Trust Fund, HOME Investment Partnership or National Housing Trust fund. . .Building Changes sets October 16th deadline to apply for approximately $3 million from its Washington Youth & Families Fund. . .HUD sets October 23rd deadline to apply for a total of $35 million in Resident Opportunity & Self-Sufficiency funds. . .HUD sets November 17th deadline for eligible public housing authorities to apply for Jobs Plus Initiative fund of up to $3.7 million each. . .HUD sets November 22nd deadline to apply for $132 million in Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grants. . .Business Oregon sets January 31, 2018 deadline to apply for $25 million in seismic rehabilitation funds for schools & $10 million for seismic rehabilitation in emergency services projects.

COMING UP

Washington State Housing Finance Commission & Washington Department of Commerce host Housing Washington Affordable Housing Conference, October 2nd to 4th, Spokane, Washington. Visit

National Community Reinvestment Coalition hosts Oregon Reinvestment Summit, October 2nd, Portland, Oregon. Visit

Oregon Association of REALTORS hosts annual Fall Conference, October 3rd to 6th, Portland, Oregon. Visit

Idaho Association of Cities hosts Idaho Energy & Green Building Conference, October 4th & 5th, Boise, Idaho. Visit

Oregon Main Streets hosts its Annual Convention, October 4th to 6th, Oregon City, Oregon. Visit

AHMA Washington hosts Fair Housing Training for Front Line Staff, October 9th, Moses Lake, Washington. Visit

AHMA Washington hosts Fair Housing Training for Front Line Staff, October 10th, Richland, Washington. Visit

AHMA of Oregon hosts Conquering RD Compliance Workshop, October 10th & 11th, Salem, Oregon. Visit

Association of Alaska Housing Authorities & HUD Alaska's Office of Native American Programs hosts Admissions & Occupancy Workshop, October 10th to 12th, Anchorage, Alaska. Visit

Idaho Apartment Association hosts first annual Economic Forecasting Conference, October 10th, Boise, Idaho. Visit

King County Office of Civil Rights hosts Fair Housing 101 for Non-Profit Transitional & Shelter Housing Providers, October 11th, Seattle, Washington. Visit

HUD's Office of Rural Housing hosts Rural Gateway teleconference with the Federal Reserve System & USDA on their book, Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food Systems to Transform Communities, October 11th, on-line. RSVP at rhed@hud.gov

Washington Public Health Association hosts annual conference on Communities Building a Healthier Washington, October 16th to 18th, Wenatchee, Washington. Visit

Idaho Chapter of the American Planning Association hosts Annual Convention, October 11th to 13th, Ketchum, Idaho. Visit

NAYA Family Center hosts 12th annual Housing to Homeownership conference, October 14th, Portland, Oregon. Visit

City of Portland hosts 10th annual Go Green Conference, October 17th, Portland, Oregon. Visit

AHMA Washington hosts Webinar on How to Write a HUD Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan, October 17th, on-line. Visit

Oregon Office of Rural Health hosts 34th annual Oregon Rural Health Conference, October 18th to 20th, Sunriver, Oregon. Visit

Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association & ISOCARP host joint planning conference, October 24th to 27th, Portland, Oregon. Visit.

Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council holds Annual Conference, October 24th to 26th, Wenatchee, Washington. Visit

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, USDA, HUD & Washington State Housing Finance Commission host Native American Homebuying Assistance Programs Meeting, October 25th, Olympia, Washington. Visit

AHMA of Oregon hosts Basic Evictions for Affordable Housing Providers Workshop, October 26th, Salem, Oregon. Visit

HUD's Office of Housing Counseling hosts Disaster Road Recovery Webinar on how HUD-approved housing counseling agencies can assist victims of natural disasters, October 26th, on-line. Visit

Washington Trust for Historic Preservation holds annual meeting, October 20th, Spokane, Washington. Visit

Portland State University hosts Build Small, Live Large National Housing Summit, November 3rd to 6th, Portland, Oregon. Visit

Alaska Association of Housing Authorities & HUD Alaska Office of Native American Programs host Board of Commissioners training, November 6th & 7th, Anchorage, Alaska.Visit

Alaska Association of Housing Authorities & HUD Alaska Office of Native American Programs host Tribal Council training, November 8th & 9th, Anchorage Alaska. Visit

AHMA of Oregon hosts workshop on Basic Occupancy Skills for Rookie HUD Managers, November 14th, Salem, Oregon. Visit

Association of Oregon Counties hosts annuals conference, November 14th to 16th, Eugene, Oregon. Visit

Association of Washington Counties hosts annual county convention, November 14th to 117th, Seattle, Washington. Visit

Alaska Association of Housing Authorities & HUD Alaska Office of Native American Programs host Low Income Housing Tax Credit workshop, November 14th to 16th, Anchorage, Alaska. Visit

King County Office of Civil Rights hosts workshop on First Steps - Best Practices for Promoting Fair Housing, November 15th, Seattle, Washington. Visit

King County Office of Civil Rights hosts Advanced Fair Housing seminar, November 15th, Seattle, Washington. Visit

Alaska Municipal League hosts annual Local Government Conference, November 15th to 17th, Anchorage, Alaska. Visit

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