TriMet:

A Partner in Affordable Housing

Partners in Innovation

Policy Forum

Presented by Jillian Detweiler

Senior Planner, TriMet

September 28, 2010, Denver

Portland: All about

cross-silo partnerships

Construction Staging Sites

Arbor Vista

27 Units

Collins Circle

124 Units

Surplus

Property

West

Gresham

Apartments

27 Units

Merlo Station

127 units

Underperforming Property

Workforce Training Center

Project

Funds

Patton Park Apartments

54 units

Opportunities

• Land

• Patience

• Community Process

• Flexibility

Streamline Solicitation

Unsolicited proposals

• New federal funding?

Constraints

• Transit

• Public perception

• Staffing and expertise

• Federal rules

• Knowledge of Federal rules