Barbur Apartments

Innovative Housing, Inc. (IHI) will develop 150 units of new construction apartment homes (149 affordable units and one manager's unit) in a four-story, wood construction building. The Barbur Apartments project will be family-focused housing, including 103 two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes. Nineteen of the family-sized units will have Project-Based Section 8 vouchers to support rents. There is a significant Muslim community in this neighborhood—the City's largest Mosque is located nearby, along with many Muslim religious and service organizations. IHI will engage in outreach to prevent displacement of all individuals that are currently living, working, and worshiping in the SW Corridor, including communities of color, immigrant and refugee communities and Muslim and East and North African households. In addition to Metro Bonds, the project will receive Portland Clean Energy Community Benefit Fund (PCEF) dollars to install high-efficiency electric heating and cooling systems and appliances and a solar array that will offset utility costs and increase year-round comfort for tenants. 

To the southwest of the site is a Safeway grocery store, to the southeast is Barbur Blvd. with a high-capacity bus line stop within 75 feet, and to the north is a tree line buffer with apartments beyond. The site design provides generous outdoor space, with a large central courtyard and children's play-space. The 3^rd and 4^th floors of the main building contain "amenity rooms" which will provide indoor bonus space for small group gathering. In addition, the design includes two large community rooms to accommodate a regular after-school program along with other on-site programming options, management and resident services offices, and space for service partners to use when they meet with clients. The main building provides laundry rooms on every floor and the smaller buildings have in-unit laundry. The main building also provides a large indoor bike room.

 

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