NeahCasa

Accomplishments

• Incorporated as Oregon non-profit, with Community Land Trust articles and bylaws, and obtained a definitive (as opposed to advanced) IRS 501c3 approval.
• Attended Community Land Trust trainings and regional network gatherings.  Our treasurer did advanced trainings in CLT bookkeeping at National CLT conference and through NeighborWorks.
• Developed and approved Strategic Plan, Conflict of Interest Policy and other organizational policies.
• Achieved a membership of over 80 individuals so far.
• Our Student Family Housing Fund provided emergency funds to over 40 Neah-Kah-Nie School District families for securing or retaining family shelter and utilities.
• Assisted the Tillamook County Women’s Crisis Center in funding, obtaining, and designing remodel for an emergency shelter.
• Developed a Rental Housing Support Group to offer support for landlords and tenants regarding best practices to improve the quality and availability of affordable long-term rental housing.
• Sponsored the 2006 Tillamook County Housing Summit and helped organize the 2007 Clatop County Housing Solutions Conference
• Do on-going public policy advocacy with county and city councils and planning commissions.
• Maintain a website that includes a resource list of activities and strategies proven elsewhere which can be pursued in the future.
• Participated in local Buildable Lands Inventory of available lands for housing, including mapping of global warming impacts on local UGBs (50% of area threatened).
• Initiated review by Oregon Land Conservation Development Commission of impediments to affordable housing.
• Developed “free land” and “free housing” strategic planning. 
• Participate actively in regional and state housing advocacy groups and legislative proposals. 
• Joined the Board of Northwest Oregon Community Development Collaborative (NOW CDC).
• Participated in Northwest Community Land Trust Efficient Housing initiative.
•  Created a “flex-home” design that can provide a 1500 sq.ft. factory-built duplex delivered to site on single trailer.  Ready to start gathering sharable house designs for the NWCLTs.
• Brokered one home acquisition  
• Done a remodel/flex-home conversion demonstration project.
• Negotiations are in process on a 10 acre parcel for site acquisition to create affordable zero energy demonstration houses.....