Commission Publications
An important part of the Commission’s mandate
is sharing information about our mission, both in terms of what’s been
accomplished, and where we intend to focus our resources in the coming
years.
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My View from Kim Herman, Executive Director |
Archive
The
view from my office clearly depicts
the growth and energy of downtown Seattle and the surrounding area and
was inspiration for the name of this newsletter. The purpose of this
newsletter is to share My View with many colleagues and
friends who are involved in housing and community development in
Washington and beyond. While much of what I want to write about will be
related to the Housing Finance Commission, much of it will be aimed at
bringing to your attention people, places, events and trends that are
influencing community development from a broader perspective. I hope
you enjoy sharing My View and hope that it will add to your
perspectives about creating better communities throughout Washington. Kim
Herman, Executive Director
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Housing Washington's Seniors - A
Profile (PDF)
The goal of
this report was to prepare a profile of current housing occupied by
older persons, and to assess future demand for senior housing in the
State. The report examines profiles of the older residents of the
state, including data on: 1) Demographic changes, 2) Household
structure, 3) Physical and mental disabilities, 4) Income, and 5)
Current housing arrangements. The study includes a county by county
listing of senior housing properties across the state, among other
appendices. The study was prepared by Glenn Crellin, Director of the
Washington Center for Real Estate Research/Washington State
University for the Housing Finance Commission and completed in
November 2006.
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Housing Finance Plan (PDF)
The
publication of the Housing Finance Plan for 2008-2009 marks another
milestone in our service to the people of Washington. This two year
period represents the beginning of our 25th year of financing affordable
housing and nonprofit community facilities. You will find a presentation of the results achieved by the
Commission in the last two-year period, a detailed description of
Commission policies, and our plan for financing affordable housing during
the two years covered by this plan.
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WSHFC’s Five-Year Strategic Plan: Having a Voice (PDF) The Strategic Plan is the Commission’s big-picture perspective for
the next five years. In a nutshell: Who we are, what we do, our
goals, our approach to achieving those goals, and how we will
measure our progress. This publication is the Commission’s current
blueprint—and our future footprint.
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Annual Report 2007 (PDF)
As we look back at the past fiscal year, the 2007 Annual Report
introduces a few of the people whose lives
have been positively impacted by the Commission’s activities. And of
course, each of the Commission’s divisions gives a detailed
accounting of its accomplishments—from families housed, to
tax-exempt bonds issued, to seminars taught.
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Legislative Report 2007 (PDF) As a publicly accountable organization, we work to ensure that our
legislators know where and how the Commission’s tax-exempt bonds and
federal tax credits are being applied to benefit the people of
Washington. The Report gives a broad-strokes summary of the
Commission’s total economic impact over the 24 years of its
existence, and then breaks the numbers down much further—detailing
the specific impacts and achievements of the Commission’s five
divisions.
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24 Years of Progress: A
Visual Overview (PDF)
A Visual Overview provides a different way at looking at the
Commission’s 24 years as a public agency. We’ve created a visual
breakdown, by each Washington county, of the distribution of housing
and nonprofit community facilities that have been funded through
the Commission. This includes single-family mortgage loans,
nonprofit facilities and housing units, and multifamily housing
units financed either through tax credits or tax-exempt bonds.
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A Catalyst for the
Community: History of the Commission 1983-2003 (PDF .8MB)
The creation of the Commission is a
glimpse into how business gets done in Olympia, a textbook example
of how varied and competing players can come together to hammer out
a solution—in this case, a long-needed agency whose benefits are,
measurable and well documented. It’s the story, too, of a landmark
state supreme court decision with repercussions Washington residents
are still feeling as we seek innovative ways to spur economic
growth. This history offers a portrait of a state agency like
no other: one that operates more like a business than a bureaucracy,
creating thousands of units of affordable housing while pumping
billions into the state.
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Opening Doors—The Movie
Please contact us for a copy!
This summer, we achieved one of our long-time communications goals:
the completion of a 13-minute video that describes the Commission’s
activities to the general public. Opening Doors to a Better Life
tells the Commission’s story simply and directly—and shows the human
side of our mission. The video has already proved to be a valuable
tool for us as we meet and talk with people all across the state.
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