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The Seattle Bank’s Board of Directors approved the following projects to receive 2006 AHP grants. Congratulations to all of our 2006 AHP award recipients!
HAWAII
Waiehu Kou IV
Kahului – First Hawaiian Bank was awarded a $156,000 grant that will allow Habitat for Humanity Maui to provide 12 self-help homes for Native Hawaiians earning between 30 percent and 60 percent of area median income. The Department of Hawaiian Homelands will lease the land to the project for a nominal fee.
IDAHO
Home of Your Own 2
Boise – Zions National Bank was awarded a $50,000 grant that will allow Opening Doors, Inc. to help 10 first-time homebuyers with disabilities purchase a home. Qualifying homebuyers will have incomes between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area median, and many will receive Section 8 homeownership vouchers for assistance with mortgage payments. Homes will be purchased in Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Payette, Valley, and Washington counties.
Montrose Seniors
Post Falls – Mountain West Bank and Bank of America Oregon, N.A. were awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Spokane Housing Ventures and Whitewater Creek to develop a 60-unit rental complex for the elderly. The project will include one- and two-bedroom units for 53 households at or below 50 percent of area median income. Twelve units will be set aside for homeless individuals, and the remaining seven units will be offered at market rates.
Poleline Properties, L.P.
Post Falls – Bank of America Oregon, N.A. was awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Spokane Housing Ventures and Whitewater Creek to develop a 60-unit apartment complex for 53 households with incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median. Twelve of the one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be set aside for homeless individuals, and 14 will be set aside for the disabled. The remaining seven units will be offered at market rates.
OREGON
Umpqua Mixed Homeownership
Roseburg – Sterling Savings Bank was awarded a $199,800 grant that Umpqua Community Development Corp. will use to develop 20 mutual-self-help, single-family homes for families earning between 50 percent and 80 percent of area median income. The four-bedroom homes will be located at two sites in Douglas County. In addition, the project will provide five market-rate homes to create mixed-income neighborhoods.
82nd Avenue Place
Portland – Shorebank Pacific and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. were awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Innovative Housing to construct 57 units of housing for residents earning 50 percent or less of area median income. The project will provide one-, two-, three- and four-bedrooms units, all of which will include a washer and dryer to enhance livability and increase long-term rental viability. At least 15 units will be reserved for the homeless. The project is located near services and public transportation and includes the development of a child care center, community space, and indoor and outdoor playgrounds.
Rose Quarter Housing
Portland – Albina Community Bank was awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Central City Concern to renovate a hotel to provide 182 studio apartments to residents earning 50 percent or less of area median income. Many of the residents will be formerly homeless, and the project will provide social services to meet their needs. Located in a primarily commercial district, the project will also include approximately 14,000 square feet of commercial and office space.
Daggett Lane Development
Bend – Bank of the Cascades was awarded an $89,995 grant that Bend Area Habitat for Humanity will use to build nine single-family homes with two-, three-, and four-bedrooms. The homes, which will be located in northeast Bend, will be offered to individuals earning between 50 percent and 70 percent of area median income.
CCSF Section 32 Housing Project
Marion County – Silver Falls Bank was awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Catholic Community Services Foundation to provide down-payment assistance to 38 low-income, first-time homebuyers, 20 percent of whom have special needs. The project will also target foster parents and mothers who were previously incarcerated. Homes will be acquired from the Marion County Housing Authority and rehabilitated to meet requirements for residents with special needs.
Eastgate Station
Portland – Bank of America Oregon, N.A. was awarded a $250,000 grant that Specialized Housing, Inc. will use to provide 45 affordable apartments to residents earning 60 percent or less of area median income. The site is located next to a light rail station and other services, allowing the tenants, many of whom have special needs and were formerly homeless, to access transportation for employment and other daily needs.
The Dalles Area Habitat for Humanity
The Dalles – Columbia River Bank was awarded a $30,000 grant that will allow Habitat for Humanity – The Dalles to construct three single-family homes with three-bedrooms for families earning 50 percent or less of area median income.
UTAH
NNHC's First-time Homebuyer Program
Logan – Bank of American Fork and Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. were awarded a $139,980 grant that will allow Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation to acquire existing homes on scattered sites and develop mutual self-help homes. The project will provide 20 three- and four-bedroom, single-family homes for households earning between 50 percent and 70 percent of area median income.
Brimhall Estates
Provo – Bank of American Fork was awarded a $40,000 grant that will allow Habitat for Humanity of Utah County to construct three single-family homes and rehabilitate an existing, historic, single-family home. All four homes will be available for first-time homebuyers earning between 25 percent and 50 percent of area median income, and one home will be set aside for a homeless household.
Grayson Apartments
Blanding – Bank of American Fork and Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. were awarded a $126,000 grant that will allow Multi-Ethnic Development Corp. to construct 25 two-bedroom apartments, in a predominately Native American community, for households earning 50 percent or less of area median income. The project will be located near the College of Eastern Utah, where residents will have access to basic life skills training.
Morley Meadows
Santaquin – Bank of American Fork was awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow Rural Housing Development Corp. to develop three vacant parcels of raw land into 36 buildable lots for a mutual self-help development serving households with incomes between 50 percent and 80 percent of area median income.
WASHINGTON
Shoalwater Bay Willapa Ridge Housing
Tokeland – Anchor Bank was awarded a $136,000 grant that Southern Puget Sound Intertribal Housing Authority will use to provide 20 three-bedroom homes for low-income Native American families. The units will be leased to the families for 15 years, after which they will convert to homeownership. Residents will be selected from the Shoalwater Bay Tribe's housing wait list and will have incomes at or below 60 percent of area median income. Five units will be reserved for homeless families.
Passage Point – Rehabilitation
Maple Valley – HomeStreet Bank was awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow YWCA of Seattle-King, Snohomish Counties to rehabilitate a former addiction treatment facility into a supportive housing community for women discharged from correctional systems and working to reunite with their children. This phase of the project will rehabilitate seven buildings into 46 one- and two-bedroom units for households earning 50 percent or less of area median income. The project will also provide community space for a variety of onsite social services.
Patterson Park, Building C
Redmond – First Mutual Bank was awarded a $41,400 grant that will allow Habitat for Humanity of East King County to provide six owner-occupied homes within a larger development of multi-family townhomes. The project will provide five two-bedroom units and one four-bedroom unit, and serve households earning 50 percent or less of area median income.
Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King County
Tukwila – HomeStreet Bank was awarded a $55,992 grant that Habitat for Humanity Seattle will use to develop eight single-family homes for households earning 50 percent or less of area median income. Five of the homes will be acquired and rehabilitated, and three will be new construction. Seattle Public Utilities is donating homes located in an urban flood zone and providing funds to relocate them onto new foundations on donated lots.
AHP Alternate Projects
Third & Blanchard Apartments
Seattle, Washington – Sterling Savings Bank was awarded a $250,000 grant that Plymouth Housing Group will use to provide 92 apartments for homeless seniors who are at or below 30 percent of area median income. The 95-unit facility will be constructed in the Belltown neighborhood of downtown Seattle and will include three units for onsite managers, a community room with full kitchen facilities, and laundry rooms on each floor. The project will also provide a variety of social services and 24-hour security.
Gregson II
Salt Lake City – Bank of American Fork and Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. were awarded a $250,000 grant that will allow the Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake to provide 84 studio apartments for chronically homeless individuals earning 50 percent or less of area median income. Located in South Salt Lake City, the project will provide a range of onsite social services, including case management and substance abuse counseling.
Maple Grove Development
Boise, Idaho – Bank of the Cascades was awarded a $161,355 grant that Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity will use to develop six single-family, detached and attached homes for households with incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median. The six homes will be built to Energy Star standards, and all will be visitable.
Sunset Corner, Phase 2 Rentals
Sweet Home – Citizens Bank was awarded a $30,000 grant that Corvallis NHS, Inc. will use to reduce the principal on an acquisition loan for six single-family rental units. The two- and three-bedroom units are reserved for residents earning 50 percent or less of area median income.
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