Shelley Marchesi Director of Policy
and Public Affairs

Phone:
503.802.8427

Email:
shelleym@hapdx.org

Moving to Work Annual Plan and Report
Since April 1, 1999, HAP has been operating as a HUD-designated Moving to Work (MTW) agency. MTW goals emphasize increased agency cost-effectiveness, increased resident self-sufficiency, and increased housing choice for low-income families. The MTW designation allows a housing authority to intermingle its operating subsidies, capital allocations, and Section 8 tenant-based assistance in conducting its operations as long as it houses basically the same resident profile as pre-MTW designation. To read the full text of HAP's MTW Annual Plan and Report, or to review the new draft plan, click here.

HAP Holds Open House for Residents and Participants; More to Come
Over 130 affordable and public housing residents and Section 8 participants attended an all-HAP Open House on June 8, 2006. Attendees spent time with HAP staff and commissioners discussing important issues at the successful three hour evening event. To read the the Open House report, including photos and feeback, click here. (PDF, 246kb)

HAP Report Details Success of the Community and Supportive Services Program
Community and Supportive Services (CSS) was formed in 2003 to provide services to relocated residents of the former Columbia Villa community. The story of HOPE VI and HAP's New Columbia project is about strength, building community and taking ownership - of oneself and one's future. For the more than 400 families affected by the Villa's closure the birth of New Columbia, regardless of whether or not residents return, is a new beginning. To read the full text of "The First Eighteen Months" CSS report, click here. (PDF, 980kb)