2022-2023 Highlights

ORFH welcomed Enero Macias, Vice President of Yakima Federal Savings & Loan Association, to the Board of Directors.
ORFH, working jointly with CASA of Oregon, hosted the (typically biennial) 2023 Farmworker Housing Conference in Hood River, OR! It was great to be back in-person and we had an all-time high for conference participants at nearly 200!
Laurie Waytuck, Fiscal and Operations Director, celebrated 35 years at ORFH.
Marty Miller, Executive Director, celebrated 30 years at ORFH.
Cristina Alvarez Ruiz, RHDFP, with ORFH since 2017, was promoted to Senior Housing Developer.
Collin Thompson was promoted to Senior Housing Developer and celebrated 5 years at ORFH.
Charlie Hitchcock, MPA, RHDFP was promoted to Senior Housing Developer and celebrated 5 years at ORFH.
Joel Mendoza joined ORFH as a Housing Developer.
Once again ORFH was a sponsor and exhibitor at Housing Washington, held in Spokane in 2022, and Marty Miller led a session on Affordable Housing Preservation.

*2023 Farmworker Housing Conference*

Approximately 200 attendees from five states participated in sessions with industry professionals representing all disciplines (agriculture, architecture, lending, construction, property management, etc.). Presenters came from across the nation and around the region to engage in discussions and problem solving regarding successfully developing and operating farmworker housing.
Sessions included: *Agriculture, Farmworkers and Housing - A Changing Landscape;* Linking Housing with Job Training Opportunities; Oregon and Washington Agricultural Tour; The Hidden Impacts of COVID-19; Cost Overruns and Supply Chain Issues; Designing and Building for Resiliency in Affordable Housing Development and so much more.
Expert panelists included: **Joaquin Altoro,** Administrator, Rural Housing Service - USDA; **Robin Wolff** and **Janel Salinas** from Enterprise Community Partners; **Martin Campos-Davis,** Executive Director, Oregon Human Development Corporation; **Eric Siebens,** USDA Midwest Regional Director, and **Bryan Ketcham** and **Holly Anderson** of Catholic Charities Housing Services of Yakima.

ORFH Board of Directors

Jon DeVaney, Chair

Susan Duren, Vice Chair

Daniel Blazquez, Treasurer

Marty Miller, Secretary

Lola Velázquez, Director

Al D'Alessandro, Director

Craig Carroll, Director

Enero Macias, Director

Ketha Kimbrough, Director

ORFH Staff

Marty Miller, Executive Director

Laurie Waytuck, Fiscal & Operations

Korbie Jorgensen Haley, Dir. Housing Dev.

Suzanne Obermeyer, Communications

Cristina Alvarez Ruiz, Sr. Developer

Collin Thompson, Sr. Developer

Charlie Hitchcock, Sr. Developer

Isabel Garcia, Sr. Developer

Sergio Garcia, Housing Developer

Doug Bommersbach, Housing Developer

Joel Mendoza, Housing Developer

Financials

$712,832 reinvested to meet ORFH’s mission! Thank you to these donors for supporting our work during 2022-2023 FY: Enterprise Community Partners, US Bank Foundation, Yakima Federal Savings & Loan, Bank of the West, and Banner Bank.

Completed Developments

During FY 2022-2023, ORFH completed 122 units of affordable housing new construction and/or preservation, with a total maximum capacity of 486. ORFH had another 325 units in progress, which, when completed and fully occupied, will house another 1,354 low-income rural residents, including homeless youth, farmworkers, senior citizens on fixed incomes, and people with disabilities. ORFH’s completed and in-progress development during FY 2022-2023 represents $102,000,000 in investment to develop and/or preserve affordable multi-family rental housing across rural Washington State.