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Affordable Housing Study Trip
Affordable Housing Study Trip
With each of these projects, many public, non-profit, and for-profit entities worked together to find a path to support the development of these three new amazing affordable housing communities. No one entity can do it on their own.
—Cheryl Twete
Saturday, April 22, 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Saturday, April 22, 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Open to community members who graduated from or are attending Unite Oregon Washington County Chapter's leadership development programs. Presented in English with live multilingual interpretations (upon request in advance).
Led by Sheila Greenlaw-Fink*, this study tour will provide community members/leaders, housing advocates and members from the Cooper Mountain Advisory Group and the Housing Technical Advisory group an opportunity to learn about the Mary Ann and the South Cooper Mountain affordable housing projects, which include Goldcrest and Wishcamper.
Other purposes of the tour include:
Build rapport with community members who participate in the Beaverton Inclusive Housing Cohort
Celebration of the affordable housing projects, and partner collaborations, and explain how the cohort had an impact on these initiatives
Get community members excited about upcoming housing and planning projects (including Cooper Mountain) and empower folks to advocate for housing in Beaverton and share feedback with decision makers
Questions about the registration or interpretation, feel free to contact Piyawee Ruenjinda at piyawee@uniteoregon.org or (971) 599-1968 voice/text. For questions about Beaverton affordable housing, please email Bianetth Valdez at Bianetth@BeavertonOregon.gov.
2023.04.22 REACH Presentation of the Mary Ann .pdf
Sheila Greenlaw-Fink* recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Housing Oregon for her outstanding contributions to the field. She served as the Director of Community Housing Fund from 2015 until 2022, where she significantly increased loan volume and expanded the range of products offered. Prior to her work at CHF, she was the founding executive director of Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH), where she served for 20 years. Before that, she held several positions in Washington, D.C., including Education Director for the American Public Power Association (APPA) and Director of Program Information and Research for the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). During her time in D.C., she also served as the Board Chair of Housing Opportunities for Women. Earlier in her career, she coordinated the HUD Project Self-Sufficiency pilot program for Portland/Multnomah County. Sheila holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Lewis & Clark College.
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