PO Box 11527
Portland, OR 97211
(503) 287-9529
FAX: (503) 287-4649
www.habitatportlandmetro.org

AGENCY INFORMATION
Steve Messinetti, Executive Director        
Number of Staff:  21
Number of Housing Staff: 8
Operating Budget: $3.5 Million, includes construction for 20 homes.
Area Served: Multnomah and Northern Clackamas County
Year Incorporated:   1981

Total Number of Units Developed: 200 (Homeownership)                 
Total Number of Units Under Development: 20 (Homeownership)

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED

• Social Services
• Community Economic Development
• Community Organizing
• Green Building

MISSION

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East creates successful homeownership by partnering hardworking families in need with the community to build healthy, affordable homes.

WHO WE SERVE

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East offers homeownership opportunities to low-income families earning 30-60% MFI (or $21,000-42,000 a year for a family of four).

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed and sold 200 homes to hardworking, low-income families earning 30-60% MFI (41% on average).
• Completed first Platinum LEED-Certified Habitat homes in Oregon in 2009.
• Annually involve more than 6,000 volunteers who donate over 45,000 hours.
• We have experienced less than a 1% default rate on our mortgages, much lower than the national average.
• Opened a second Habitat ReStore in Vancouver, and will open a third in Beaverton in 2011. Currently, the stores raise more than $120,000 annually from selling donated building materials to the public and also divert more than 1,000 tons of material from the landfill each year.
• Finished the largest Habitat for Humanity development in the state—Jubilee Commons in January 2011. This project has 23 homes and is located in the Rockwood community of Gresham.
• Completed 35 homes in southeast Portland’s Lents community, including a recent nine-home community in 2010.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Building 12-home community in North Portland called Rivergate Commons.
• Purchased several properties as part of our land bank to continue building affordable housing in our community.
• In 2011, we will aim to complete another 20 homes in our local area.

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

• Entire community!