Las Flores

OREGON CITY, OREGON

Goal: Deliver essential housing for families with children, prioritizing agricultural workers and addressing the needs of Oregon City’s homeless and at-risk residents.

Las Flores is a collaboration between Community Development Partners and Hacienda CDC. The project is located in Oregon City and is comprised of 171 units of affordable housing reserved for individuals and families earning 30%-60% of the area median income. A segment of the units is set aside of agriculture workers and their families through an award of Agriculture Workforce Housing Tax Credits, and nine units are for individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness and included support services through Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA) and Hacienda’s Youth and Family Services division.

Las Flores features a gracious central green area, surrounded by seven residential buildings. The site design will support a series of amenities within a park-like setting and the preservation of several clusters of existing mature trees. Site amenities include a community garden, walking paths, children’s play areas, outdoor picnic areas, and a community building for events and classes. To accommodate a wide range of household sizes, the residential buildings feature a mix of unit types including one- to four-bedroom homes.

DEVELOPMENT

The property is made possible by a 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) allocation with equity investment by Aegon, OHCS Market Cost Offset Funds, Clackamas County Metro Bond Funds administered by the Housing Authority of Clackamas County, Agriculture Workforce Housing Tax Credits, and a Section 8 contract for 70 project-based vouchers. Construction financing is being provided by US Bank and permanent financing is being provided by Citi.

DATA
  • Completion Date: 2022
  • Total Development Cost: $71M
  • Affordability: 30% - 60% AMI
  • Total Units: 171
  • Unit Mix: 47 1BD, 74 2BD, 89 3BD, 14 4BD
  • Sustainability: Earth Advantage Platinum
TEAM
  • Developer: CDP & Hacienda
  • Architect: Salazar Architects
  • Landscape Architect: PLACE
  • Community Engagement: CPID
  • Contractor: LMC Construction
  • Property Management: Guardian Management
  • Resident Services Partner: Hacienda
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PARTNERS

CDP is proud to partner with these organizations, who are critical team members who share our mission of enhancing quality of life for the communities in which we work.

Hacienda CDC

Hacienda CDC is Oregon’s largest Latino-led, Latino-serving housing organization that strengthens families by providing affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement, and educational opportunities. Hacienda was formed in 1986 to provide necessary housing and supportive services to the Cully neighborhood’s low-income, predominantly Latino community. At that time, NE Portland’s Cully neighborhood was home to the largest Latino population in Oregon. Hacienda has since built 10 housing communities in Northwestern Oregon, creating 441 units of supportive, community-centered affordable housing in North and Northeast Portland and Molalla, providing safe, stable homes for over 1,500 individuals each year, over half of whom are children.

Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA)

Founded in 1982, NHA is a leading not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in Oregon. Their mission is to create opportunity through housing for families, seniors, and people with special needs across Oregon. To that end, NHA develops, builds, and manages rental housing designed for Oregonians with extremely limited incomes. These homes help families live healthy and stable lives, allow older adults to age in place, and give people with special needs a dignified residence. Along with providing housing, NHA provides services that connect tenants to critical health and community resources, work to prevent homelessness before it begins, and offer emergency shelter and services for families experiencing homelessness.

Center For Public Interest Design (CPID)

The Center for Public Interest Design is a research [+action] center at Portland State University that aims to investigate, promote, and engage in inclusive design practices that address the growing needs of underserved communities worldwide.  Through research and design, fieldwork, and public outreach, CPID promotes a mode of practice that is socially conscious, environmentally sustainable, and economically accessible to all.

CPID leads asset-based development outreach, which identifies existing resident-serving assets that are in the surrounding community as well as identifying needs that are not being met by those existing assets.  The process involves utilizing PSU Master of Architecture studio students and CPID fellows and staff for on-the-ground outreach and interpretation of findings into a conclusive report. The entire process produces an in-depth understanding of the community’s assets and needs that can then be utilized to inform the concept and design of the project. The end result is a project that has been thoughtfully concepted and that provides the greatest benefit to the community.