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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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.   

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

 

This page was last modified on 02/27/2008.