Our Story

Every day we work with a mission to create life-enhancing affordable housing that transcends the fundamental goal of providing high quality homes by building innovative and sustainable developments with a focus on long- term community engagement.

Since 2011, Community Development Partners has focused exclusively on meeting local housing needs by creating vibrant, affordable housing communities that enrich residents’ quality of life by incorporating art, public parks, gardens, fresh food, and culturaL and social programming. Alongside an incredible cohort of partners, CDP has built, preserved, or is actively developing over 55 unique projects comprising 4,800+ affordable homes throughout California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado.

Six core values that guide our work.

Commitment

Commitment

When we say we’re going to do something, we do it. Our word is sacred and we’re accountable to ourselves and to our relationships.

Sustainability

Sustainability

We believe in being stewards of the environment, continually searching for and implementing low-impact or regenerative solutions.

Community

Community

Our vision of community is inclusive and all stakeholders are invited to the conversation.

Equity

Equity

In a world with finite and unequally distributed resources, we strive to ensure equal and equitable access to the essentials of a high quality of life.

Innovation

Innovation

We don’t believe the status quo is sufficient so we’re continually pushing the limits in our pursuit of excellence.

Culture

Culture

We support the arts, artisans, craftspeople, and farmers who celebrate localism and work to integrate this culture into our communities.

We are architects of change.

CDP is dedicated to social change by reimagining community development from the ground up. We’re driven to strengthen the fabric of cities and towns by meeting the housing needs of diverse local citizens and integrating sustainable planning, design, and policy solutions. Through all stages of conceiving, planning, financing, and operating a new project, we center community, environment, and craft. The results show this – over 50 developments that integrate long-term social and cultural programming, symbiotic partnerships, and innovative, sustainable design.

We’re strategic optimists.

We see opportunities where others see obstacles, and have the experience and vision to turn risks into rewards. Our founders have over 30 years of combined experience working with cities and public agencies to bring new investment into existing neighborhoods. Our team is skilled at harnessing diverse resources and partners to share and realize big dreams. Since 2011, CDP has successfully built, preserved or is actively developing 55 unique projects, comprising 4,800+ units and $1.8 billion in total development impact.

We believe in quality not quantity.

We’re very selective about our projects and have always focused on going deeper, not wider, in the places we work – because they’re the places we live, too. We treasure the local, and the ability to drive transformative change through everyday engagement and a human scale. This is reflected in our integration of sustainable building practices that are energy-efficient and economically sound.

We prioritize impact over profit.

As a Certified B-Corporation, we are dedicated to the highest standards of social and environmental stewardship, public transparency, and legal accountability, including a commitment to support local economic development by sourcing and purchasing at least fifty percent (50%) from local and independent suppliers as well as serving at least seventy-five percent (75%) local and independent customers or clients, including tenants.

We’re a family.

Both literally and figuratively. Founded by two brothers, Eric and Kyle Paine, CDP prides itself on a talented, close-knit team, and on forging long-term relationships with each community we build. Beyond our in-house team, CDP collaborates with the industry’s most progressive thinkers and highest-caliber third party architects, general contractors, financial partners, non-profit organizations, and property managers who share in CDP’s core values of ethical, efficient, sustainable, and community-oriented development. Each development is formed in close collaboration with a local artistic or social platform that runs long-term programming for residents and neighbors, ranging from organic vegetable gardens to job training courses to after-school art programs.

Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion.

Community Development Partners’ mission is to develop life-enhancing affordable housing with a focus on long-term community engagement. We envision a world where accessible and equitable housing is no longer an issue to be solved but a universal need met without question.

We recognize the existence of systemic racism and injustices perpetuated by harmful public policies, discriminatory housing legislation, poverty, food insecurities, education, and gentrification have restricted and denied BIPOC and other historically marginalized  communities* access to equitable housing.  

We are dedicated to finding solutions that prevent  further harm. Our goal is to  provide equitable housing and services that prioritize residents’ ability to thrive above all else. This work is strengthened by strong partnerships with BIPOC led nonprofit organizations and resident services providers, and through advocacy efforts within the states in which we serve.

We strive for an inclusive corporate culture that respects and celebrates our diversity through intentional programming, procedures, and policies that seek to challenge and transform our team for the better.  

* We define historically marginalized communities as anyone who has experienced inequities because of their socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, nationality, disability, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age. We recognize that this list is not comprehensive and strive to prioritize all groups that experience inequities as a result of how they identify or are identified by others.