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PRC has been involved with several housing projects
during recent years for both urban and rural geographic areas. Besides
conducting housing studies that have entailed data compilation,
analysis, and preparation of reports describing historical, current
and likely future housing characteristics of a target area, PRC
has developed methods to prepare thorough community housing profiles
and market analyses to determine the need for affordable housing.
In addition, PRC staff have provided consultation on data needs
for effectively describing the factors relating to housing issues.
Some of PRC’s housing clients include the Oregon Housing and
Community Services Department, private housing developers,
and various local private and governmental entities that have an
interest in housing and housing-related information.
Some of PRC’s housing studies include:
Community Housing
Profiles
PRC has created a series of Oregon Community Housing Profiles of
ten smaller communities throughout Oregon at the request of the
Oregon Housing and Community Services Department. The Profiles consist
of demographic and socio-economic information and were made available
to serve as a database and an analytical tool for local communities
and developers across the state to determine where there is a need
for affordable housing. The Profiles were designed so that they
can be easily updated.
Market Analysis
Studies for Housing Developers
PRC produces objective and comprehensive reports that housing developers
may use to fulfill the requirement of demonstrating an area’s
market demand when applying for government funding for affordable
housing development or simply to assess an area market demand for new housing. The methodology used to prepare these studies
may be used for small or large, rural or urban geographic areas.
Download a sample
Market Analysis in Adobe Acrobat.
Housing Portland’s
Families
PRC staff prepared this background report for a National Housing
conference sponsored workshop held in Portland in July 2001. The
report is an analysis if critical housing needs for working families
in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area.
Bi-State Regional
Housing Partnership Project
The affiliates involved in this project are from housing
agencies and organizations such as Vancouver Housing authority,
Multnomah County Department of Sustainable Community Development,
Beaverton Housing Services, and Metro. The purpose of the project
is to assess and describe the housing situation in the Portland-Vancouver
metropolitan area. PRC is providing consultation on data needs and
will prepare comparable 1990 and 2000 census tabulations for Clark,
Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, and for all incorporated
places and unincorporated areas within the region. Comparative analysis
between for different time periods and between geographic areas
will be performed by PRC.
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