Housing Stability Council

October 7, 2016
Oregon Housing Stability Council Minutes
paperwork and ways for applicants to combine funding sources. Looking at ways to raise
the development cost limit to assist the applicants. The agency is looking at implementing
some site control flexibility. Crisis Respite will most likely have a specific carve out in
the next iteration of the MHH NOFA. Councilmember Fieldman encouraged the
additional evaluation of the site control aspect; he thought thinking “outside the box”
would be useful to get more applicants to the table for this funding. Acting Chair Valfre
also suggested that increasing the cap might be helpful to applicants. Councilmember
Geller echoed what Councilmember Fieldman said and suggested that simplifying the
application would be a good idea. Councilmember Fieldman encouraged the agency to
stay focused on the goal to get people into housing.
• Housing Stability Council Retreat in January: possibly on January 31, please mark your
calendars. She would like to have 1:1 meetings with the Councilmembers in the very near
future. The agency is working on setting outcome-based goals for calendar year 2017 and
Margaret hopes to discuss the goals with the Council at the retreat. She also hopes to
discuss the role of the Council at the retreat.
• Governor’s Recommended Budget release: The budget will be released on December 1,
2016. Margaret will update the Council when there is information to give.
Report of the Acting Chair –
Acting Chair Valfre asked Councilmember Dickson if he wanted to make any comments. Mr.
Dickson said he wanted to echo the thoughts and comments provided earlier about the use of
non-traditional methods and being creative in funding for projects. He liked seeing the statewide
distribution of the NOFA awards and he also liked seeing the many of the recommended projects
utilizing project-based subsidies (making their funds go further). He is hopeful that the debrief
session will provide the non-funded projects the information they need to resubmit in upcoming
rounds. He is also excited to see the LIFT recommendations in January.
Acting Chair Valfre then reminded everyone during this special time of year to be thankful for
family, friends and our country and for all those who give of themselves to serve others. He also
expressed his thanks for having Margaret in her role as Director.
Chair Valfre adjourned the meeting at 11:34 am.
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