The waiting game
Cuts to a USDA loan program put home purchases on hold for low-income buyers nationwide.
Housing Resources Bainbridge and Finch Green LLC to create affordable housing on land donated by Bethany Lutheran Church
Finch Green will be a neighborhood of single-family homes thanks to community vision and local expertise.
Housing Resources Bainbridge to dramatically lower prices at Wintergreen Townhomes
Generations of low-income homebuyers will benefit from $2.5 million grant from state
The struggle to stay
As eldercare provider Sam Christy helps her clients age in place, she faces her own struggle to remain on Bainbridge Island, where the cost of housing is prohibitive to those in her profession. Buying an affordable HRB home at Wintergreen would keep her where she belongs.
Sparrows Condominiums take flight
In 2010, HRB turned a cutting-edge affordable housing prototype into a home on Knechtel Avenue. Thanks to a recent rehab, the top-floor unit maintains its original beauty and glorious views.
The beauty and ingenuity of Washington community land trusts
Permanent affordability. That’s their beauty. Resale restrictions that limit home prices while allowing the seller to reap the benefits of homeownership. That’s their ingenuity. Hear how four Washington community land trusts are garnering community and government support to grow their land trusts and meet the housing needs of their communities.
Does community land trust homeownership keep people poor?
Just the facts—and the FAQs.
Seeking a safe harbor
An affordable home gave Marsha Cutting peace of mind because even tireless community activists need a place to rest, especially later in life.
The Teacher Cottage Movement
Building affordable homes for teachers and staff—a good idea whose time has come, gone, and come again.
“It’s a heart thing”: Marta Holt’s work at HRB is highly technical and deeply personal
Want to know all that HRB does? Meet Marta. There isn’t a homeowner or renter in the HRB community who hasn’t gotten to know this committed and caring staff member.