Four Goodale & Barbieri Company projects have been approved to receive over $7 million in funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for low-income housing developments in three states. Out of the 12 projects awarded HUD funding this year in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, Goodale & Barbieri will be overseeing the development of one-third of those projects.
“To have all four projects receive HUD funding is phenomenal,” said Sheryldene Rogers, Director of Residential Development for Goodale & Barbieri Company.
With the four recently approved projects, Goodale & Barbieri Company will have overseen the formation, development, and inception of over 45 low income housing projects in the Northwest. “These are not just build and run projects, Goodale & Barbieri Company’s flat-fee contracts typically cover a five-year period, from development of the concept through the first year of operation,” stated Rogers.
The only HUD approved project in the State of Idaho was submitted and will be developed by Goodale & Barbieri Company. The development will be located in Coeur d’Alene and will provide 37 new units for very-low income elderly persons and is sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau. This is the second consecutive year that St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau has been awarded HUD funding. “We are very pleased to work closely with the City of Coeur d’Alene, which was instrumental in this award by leasing land for the two adjacent developments for $1/year,” said Rogers.
Seven HUD projects were approved for funding in the State of Washington, two of which are being developed by Goodale & Barbieri Company and will be built to Evergreen Sustainability criteria. “An Evergreen Sustainable Development is new to low income housing,” says Rogers, “We will be building to green standards that not only will have a positive effect on the environment but will be beneficial to the residents and their cost of living.” The 17-unit project sponsored by Spokane Mental Health will be built as two separate buildings approximately 2 blocks apart in Spokane, Washington, and will provide housing for very low-income persons with chronic mental illness. This is the third consecutive year that Spokane Mental Health has been awarded funding. The second Washington project will be located in Kennewick, and will provide 15 new units for very low income persons with developmental disabilities and is sponsored by Shalom Ecumenical Center of Richland. This is the fifth time that Shalom Ecumenical Center has been awarded funding for a low-income housing project.
One out of four HUD approved developments in the Sate of Oregon is also being overseen by Goodale & Barbieri Company. The new 15-unit structure, located in Beaverton, Oregon, will provide housing for very low-income persons with chronic mental illnesses and is sponsored by Sequoia Mental Health Services. It will be a condominium project with the sponsor’s clinic and offices.
“These projects truly change the occupants lives in a positive way,” said Thomas Barbieri, President of Goodale & Barbieri Company, we are very proud of our rich history of developing housing with HUD, State, local, and sponsor non profit agencies since 1970.”
