2740 SE Powell Blvd., #5
Portland, OR 97202
(503) 231-4866
FAX: (503) 231-4327
www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org

AGENCY INFORMATION (CARITAS HOUSING)
Pietro Ferrari, Executive Director
Terri H. Silvis, Ph.D., Director of Housing
Housing & Community Development Staff: 2
Annual Operating Budgets: $300,000
Total Cost of Development: $65,000,000
Year Incorporated: 1999
Area Served: Western Oregon

Total Number of People Housed (total persons in households as of Nov. 30, 2010): 530 families
Total Number of Units Developed: 585 (all Rental)
Total Number of Units Under Development: 200 (all Rental)

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED

• Resident Services
• Social Services
• Youth Programs
• Workforce Development
• Senior Programs
• Community Organizing
• Green Building

MISSION

Caritas Housing’s mission is “to serve our society’s most vulnerable in a way that honors the sanctity of life and affirms our belief in human dignity by developing, owning and operating affordable housing projects in our service area – providing quality, affordable, stable living environments that facilitate hope and self-sufficiency for Oregon’s low and very low-income residents without regard to faith, race, ethnicity, marital status, gender or condition in life.”

WHO WE SERVE

Catholic Charities serves the poor and the most vulnerable among us regardless of faith, race, marital status or condition in life.  We house 530 families with our affordable housing portfolio.  Fifty-five percent of our portfolio houses those with incomes between 31-50% MFI, 30% serves those between 0-30%, and 14% of our portfolio serves those with incomes between 51-60%.  Our tenants include farm workers, seniors, those diagnosed with chronic persistent mental illness, people with disabilities, people who have experienced homelessness, and low-income families.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Established development, asset management and resident service coordination functions – including partnerships internally and with community at large
• Strengthened links between housing and support services
• Participated in collaborative efforts such as the Clackamas Housing Action Network and Oregon ON and a number of industry task forces

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

Loveridge Hunt • Cascade Management • City of Portland – BHCD • Clackamas County Community Development • Community Development Law Center • Community Development Network • USBank and USBank CDC • Enterprise Community Partners • Oregon DEQ • First American Title • Home Builders Foundation of Metro Portland • Home Forward • HUD • JD Fulwiler • Lundin Cole Architects • Miller Nash • Multnomah County • National Equity Fund • Neighborhood Partnership Fund • Network for Oregon Affordable Housing • OMHAS • Oregon Housing and Community Services Department • Portland Development Commission  • Umpqua Community Action Network • Housing NW •  USDA Rural Development • Wells Fargo • Portland Impact • Cascade AIDS Project • HOST Development • Lunabridge Consulting • Housing Development Services • Washington County Community Development • Bateman Seidel • Kelly Donion Gill • Community Funding Group