5136 NE 42nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97218
(503) 595-2111
FAX: (503) 595-2116
www.haciendacdc.org

AGENCY INFORMATION
Victor Merced, Executive Director
Total Number of Staff: 28
Total Number of Housing Staff: 5
Annual Operating Budget: $2,500,000
Total Cost of Development: $44,600,000
Area Served: Multnomah, Clackamas and Clark (WA) counties
Year of Incorporation: 1992

Total Number of People Housed: 1,488
Total Number of Units Developed: 381 (all Rental)
Total Number of Units under Development: 0

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED

• Social Services
• Child Care
• Youth Programs
• Workforce Development
• Community Safety
• Economic Development
• Community Organizing
• Micro-enterprise
• Homeownership Counseling(prepurchase & foreclosure)
• Downpayment Assistance
• IDAs
• Bilingual Adult Education
• Mixed Use Development
• Green Building
• Community Facilities
• Health
• Education
• Civic Engagement

MISSION
Hacienda CDC develops affordable housing and builds thriving communities in support of working Latino families and others in Oregon by promoting healthy living and economic advancement.

WHO WE SERVE
Hacienda serves a community of almost 5,000 individuals annually, including both affordable housing residents and other low-income families in the Portland-area.  Of the residents in Hacienda’s housing communities, roughly 60% are Latino.  Residents typically earn between 30 to 60 percent of Area Median Income: $21,600 to $43,200 for a family of four in 2011.  More than half of our residents are children.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed over 380 dignified, affordable units of workforce housing with culturally-specific supportive services for immigrants, refugees and general low income families.
• Developed Baltazar F. Ortiz Community Center that hosts a primary healthcare clinic, family resource services, community police contact office, commercial kitchen and community room space to serve NE Portland’s Cully neighborhood.
• Established, incubated and spun off the Hacienda Community Credit Union (now Point West Credit Union) and Verde, a native plant nursery.

• Lead sponsor of the annual Latino Home Buying Fair, with average attendance of 600.
• First LEED-certified multifamily housing project in West Coast.
• Hacienda CDC is a HUD-certified Homeownership Counseling and Foreclosure Prevention agency.
• In 2010 Hacienda also took on the role as the Multnomah County Agency for the Mortgage Payment Assistance (MPA) Program of the Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative (OHSI). Since November of 2010, Hacienda has provided mortgage payment assistance to 719 families, a total of $5,083,192 in payments funded by US Treasury Hardest Hit funds.
• Micro Mercantes participants have seen an average increase of 20% in household income as a result of our tamale vender microenterprise initiative.
• Zero families we have assisted into homeownership have experienced foreclosure.
• Awards: National Development Council, First Place for Rural Development, Plaza Los Robles, Molalla, OR, conferred in Spring 2009 in Washington DC, Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Award – Class 2004

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Preservation and development of affordable rental housing.
• Member of the Fannie Mae Mortgage Help Network (MHN) to provide homeowners with faster decisions on their individual mortgage situations.
• Multnomah County Agency for the Mortgage Payment Assistance (MPA) and Mortgage Payment Assistance Unemployment (MPAU) programs under the Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative (OHSI).
• Camino a Casa – Pathways to Homeownership: bilingual pre and post purchase homebuyer education, counseling and foreclosure prevention.
• Portland Mercado Project: A community economic development initiative in cooperation with the Latino community to provide market access to Latino entrepreneurs.
• Arrancando Mi Negocio: A 10-week microenterprise training program.

• Micro Mercantes: micro enterprise development, incubation, training and technical assistance.

• Carreras Verdes: Workforce training leading to job placement in the growing “green sector” economy.
• Plaza Comunitaria: Spanish to English adult literacy education, GED and workforce readiness.
• Expresiones: after-school programs for elementary and middle-school youth residents.
• Portland Niños: early childhood nutrition, home safety, dental care classes and parental involvement.
• Avanzamos: Academic and personal support along with enrichment activities for at-risk middle school youth

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

US Housing & Urban Development • Oregon Housing and Community Services Department • Multnomah County – City of Portland – Portland Development Commission • Homestead Capital • Enterprise Communities • MMA Investments • USDA Rural Development • Energy Trust • several private sector banks and lending institutions

STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Catherine Kes Multi-Family Development
Rudy Ulin Homeownership Development
Valentina Smith Resident Services
Tanya Stagray Property & Asset Management
Tanya Wolfersperger Resident Services