St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.

PO BOX 24608
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 687-5820 
FAX: (541) 683-9423
www.svdplanecounty.org

AGENCY INFORMATION
Terrence R. McDonald, Executive Director       
Anne Williams, Housing Programs Director
Total Number of Staff: 350               
Housing & Community Development Staff:  12
Annual Operating Budget: $16,343,775     
Total Cost of Development: $98,987,404
Area Served: Focus on Western Oregon and California; overseas activities in Africa, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan and the U.K.
Year Incorporated: 1955

Total Number of Units Developed: 995 (Rental-866; Homeownership-129)            
Total Number of Units Under Development: 179 (Rental-158; Homeownership-21)

PROGRAM AND SERVICES OFFERED

  • Social Services
  • Child Care
  • Youth Programs
  • Workforce Development
  • Economic Development
  • Community Organizing
  • Homeownership Counseling
  • IDAs
  • Mixed Use Development
  • Green Building
  • Waste-based business development

MISSION
Incorporated in 1955, the mission of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (SVDP) is to provide emergency service and aid to homeless and low-income people while creating opportunities for self-improvement and self-sufficiency through jobs, training, affordable housing, and recycling.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Interfaith Emergency Shelter: providing 750 families with day/night shelter, child care and case management
  • Development of over 962 units of affordable housing
  • Completed the 10 unit Fairhaven homeownership development
  • Second Chance Renter Rehabilitation Program
  • DR3 mattress deconstruction project, with Alameda Solid Waste and Cities of San Francisco and Oakland, CA, recycled a record 125,000 mattresses
  • Developed DR3 mattress recycling center in Eugene
  • Expansion plans for east coast facility
  • Formation and grant management of the Lane County Rural Housing Rehabilitation Consortium, welcoming Junction City as a participant
  • Completion of Aster Apartments, a 54 unit HUD 202
  • Completion of 3 projects serving chronically homeless veterans
  • Developed the Book recycling Project in partnership with the UK, San Francisco and Alameda Counties, and Oregon cities, diverting over 3.5 tons of books from landfills
  • Established a recycling partnership with NPO’s in UK to divert furniture from UK landfills.

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Workforce Training and Job Readiness Economic Development and Recycling
  • Aurora Glass Foundry, creating gift items and architectural accents from 100% recycled glass
  • Sustainable waste-based business partnerships in California and Washington
  • Propane, fiber and computer recycling
  • Grant Manager for Lane County Housing Rehab in eight communities
  • Affordable housing development in Eugene , Stayton, Veneta , Lowell, Oakridge and Springfield
  • Developing home ownership opportunities for extremely low-income people through acquisition and rehabilitation of older mobile home parks and Mutual Self-Help housing
  • Expansion of Book diversion Project
  • Construction of new retail thrift store
  • Completing first new Market tax Credit project
  • Planning second HUD 202 to be combined with a Thrift Store in Veneta, OR


PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT

OHCSD  •  Federal Home Loan Bank  •  The Enterprise Foundation  •  ESIC  •  NOAH  •  Cities of Eugene, Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Florence, Lowell, Westfir, Salem, Veneta, Junction City,  Florence  and Oakridge  •  Key Bank  •  Umpqua Bank  • Washington Mutual and Washington Mutual Foundation  •  Siuslaw Bank • Centennial Bank  •  US BanCorp  •  Wells Fargo  •  Lane County Housing Authority  •  USDA Rural Development  •  Lane Community College  •  University of Oregon  •  HUD  •  Calvert Foundation  •  Oregon Community Foundation  •  Collins Foundation  •  McKay Family Foundation  •  Paul Allen Foundation  •  Marion County Solid Waste  •  Alameda County Solid Waste  •  Santa Clara County Solid Waste  •  City of San Francisco  •  Lane County Solid Waste  •  Gellert Foundation   •  Weyerhauser  •  Lane County Home Builders Association  •  Jones & Roth, CPA  •  Bank of America  •  OUR Credit Union  •  Bayer Corporation  •  Meyer Memorial Foundation  •  NPF  •  United Way  * The East Bay Foundation * The Hewlett Foundation * The California Wellness Foundation * the Resource Management Development Zone, City of Oakland * US Department of Housing and Urban Development * Veterans Affairs

STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Jennifer Cervantes Property & Asset Managers
Nora Cronin Multi-Family Development
Kristen  Karlee Multi-Family Development
Guinevere Garcia Resident Services
Amy Harwood Property & Asset Managers
Samantha Heath Resident Services
Mary Moore Resident Services
Mike Rose Resident Services
Anne Rose Resident Services
Toney Schindler Fiscal Managers
Colleen Stewart Homeownership Education & Counseling
Celia Walker Homeownership Education & Counseling
Anne Williams
Multi-Family Development