605 SE Kane Street
Roseburg, OR  97470
(541) 673-4909
FAX: (541) 673-5023
www.nwumpqua.org

AGENCY INFORMATION

Betty Tamm, Executive Director
Total Number of Staff: 50
Housing & Community Development Staff:  9
Annual Operating Budget: $5,300,000
Total Cost of Development: $55,000,000
Area Served: Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties plus some services throughout Southern Oregon
Year Incorporated: 1991

Total number of people housed (total persons in households as of Nov. 30, 2011): 877
Total Number of Units Developed: 467 (rental-418; homeownership-49)
Total Number of Units under Development: 57 (rental-55; homeownership:-2)

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED:

• Social Services
• Youth Programs
• Workforce Development
• Community Safety
• Community Economic Development
• Community Organizing
• Community Facilities
• Homeownership Counseling (foreclosure & prepurchase)
• Downpayment Assistance
• IDAs
• Microenterprise
• Green Building
• Mixed Use Development

MISSION
To work for and with low- and moderate-income people to provide affordable housing and economic opportunities.

WHO WE SERVE
NeighborWorks Umpqua addresses the needs of our low/moderate income  population.  Our programs reach across housing and economic development activities from youth to adult IDA programs to building housing people can afford (lease and homeownership), from rehabilitation of senior housing projects to building housing for our special needs populations, from basic microenterprise TA to establishing our Think Local Umpqua small business alliance, from Heartwood ReSources (used building materials retail and deconstruction) to enhancing collaboration between our business sectors from small farms to support industry sectors.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Hotel Oregon

• Developed 21 housing projects, 417 rental housing units, and 61 accessible units.
• Rehabilitated 238 homes for existing, first-time or low-income homebuyers.
• Constructed 47 single family homes including 36 units of Self-Help Housing.
• MEDAL Program – Business development training for micro-entrepreneurs and new businesses.
• Community & OSU Extension Services Building constructed in Myrtle Point (6500 sq. ft.).
• Developed 136 units of special needs housing including autistic adults, severe physical disabilities, traumatic brain injuries and senior housing.
• Acquired and rehabbed expiring use projects in Coquille, Cottage Grove and Roseburg, preserving 141 affordable rental units.
• Restored two Hotels (on the National Register of Historic Places) into mixed use affordable housing and commercial units; in Roseburg and North Bend, adding 65 affordable rental units.
• Establish and manage an IDA Program serving 12 counties and a local youth IDA program.
• Completed construction of Heartwood ReSources new 14,000 sq. ft. retail used building materials store with deconstruction services.
• Established a chapter of the American Independent Business Alliance shop local initiative and buying guide.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Self-Help Housing Rehab planned to assist families in repairing and rehabbing their homes

• Operating two Regional Housing Centers to serve Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties providing homeownership and HECM counseling.
• Rehabbing and preserving a 50 unit HUD senior housing project in Roseburg
• Foreclosure Counseling and mitigation assistance for homeowners in our three counties.
• In predevelopment for 55 units of housing for homeless Veterans on the Roseburg Veterans Administration campus in Roseburg
• Financial Fitness, Homebuyer Education, Post Purchase, and Foreclosure Prevention classes.
• Individual Development Account “Dream$avers Program” serves over 400 participants in 12 southern Oregon Counties.
• Specialized business plan development counseling and microenterprise boot camp.
• Administering Mortgage Payment Assistance programs in Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Completed construction on housing for residents with developmental disabilities, in Roseburg.
• Managing a property management company for housing in 4 counties.
• Completed owner occupied rehabs, 17 in Douglas County, 5 in Coos County, and 3 in Curry County.
• Used NSP funds to purchase seven foreclosed properties.  We are renting the homes.

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

NeighborWorks® America • Rural LISC • Enterprise Community Partners  • Ford Family Foundation • Meyer Memorial Trust • OECDD • OHCS • Coos Curry Douglas Business Development Corporation • Disabilities Network • Small Business Development Centers • USDA Forest Service • Cities throughout Southwest Oregon • South coast Workforce Quality Committee • Bank of America • Premier West Bank • Umpqua Bank • US Bank • Washington Mutual • Wells Fargo Bank • UCAN • Douglas County Housing Authority • Umpqua Training and Employment • OSU Extension Services • Coos, Curry & Douglas Counties • Umpqua Community College • Umpqua Homes for the Handicapped • Energy Trust of Oregon • Wolf-Creek Job Corps • Women’s Safety & Resource Center

STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Mickey Beach Homeownership Development
Stacey Howard Homeownership Development
Olympia Church Homeownership Education
Karan Reed Multi-family Development
Eric Harvey Fiscal Managers