Housing Rehabilitation For Accessibility

Mainstream Housing acts as the consultant and/or developer for rehabilitation projects, which make homes accessible. Through a program funded primarily by Oregon Department of Seniors and People with disabilities Mainstream Housing Inc. acts as the developer for rehabilitation projects, which make homes accessible to children with disabilities so they can remain in their family home. Mainstream will also research possible funding sources and act as an advocate in assisting a family to acquire funding for rehabilitation.

Licensed Group Homes

Mainstream built and owns 32 group homes that were funded and licensed by the Oregon Department of Seniors and People with Disabilities. Mainstream Housing took the lead role in advocating for high quality design and construction of these homes, built as a result of a legislative mandate to close Fairview State Hospital and provide homes in the community for residents who were leaving Fairview.

HomeSpace Program

HomeSpace is a collaborative project between Lane County Human Services Commission, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County, Mainstream Housing Inc. and Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services. The program was developed to support people with developmental disabilities and their families who are homeless and their families who are homeless or being evicted.

HomeSpace offers housing with subsidized rent and on-going support to work on issues that have caused prior homelessness. The goal for every participant is to maintain safe, affordable housing, and to enhance independence and self-determination. Participants must agree to work with project staff in order to be involved in this program.

Before moving into an apartment, HomeSpace staff work with individuals to develop a support plan that meets their specific needs and desires. The plan is created with a person-centered approach to promote self-determination. This support plan will then become a part of the lease agreement.

Eligibility Requirements: Participants in the HomeSpace Program must meet the following criteria:

• One individual in a household must have a developmental disability as defined in the Oregon Administrative Rule.
• The individual must be receiving case-management through Lane County or Full Access Brokerage.
• Individuals must be homeless or about to become homeless due to an eviction or other urgent circumstances.

HomeSpace offers comprehensive supports to help ensure the participants are given the best opportunities for success. Participants will work closely with an Advocate from Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services and an on-site Resident Services Coordinator (RSO).

Please contact Mainstream Housing Inc. at 541-484-4868, 180 E. 18th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401.

Multi-Family Rentals

Currently, Mainstream Housing, Inc. has four multi-family development projects underway with diversified funding sources. Our projects for individuals with developmental disabilities include:

• A six-unit apartment building in Gresham, Oregon.
  Mainstream Housing, Inc. is developing an affordable housing project in Gresham called On Your Own. This project fills a vital need in Multnomah County for affordable rental units with support services for people with developmental disabilities. This project will provide six new one-bedroom, single story apartments for developmentally disabled adults. An existing single family home will be rehabilitated for an on-site manager. The project also incorporates supported living; individualized daily assistance plans will be created and provided for residents by Community Vision, a service organization that works with developmentally disabled adults to assist them to live independently in the community.
  

• A 10-unit apartment building in Eugene, Oregon.
  The Mainstream Apartments Project involves the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing 10-unit apartment complex in an urban neighborhood in lovely downtown Eugene. Our project will make the rents affordable to people with very low incomes (below 40% of median) and will bring in support services to the units. Seven units will be service enriched and set aside for people with developmental disabilities. One unit will be at 60% for an on-site resident manager. One unit will provide administrative office space for Mainstream Housing, Inc. One unit is rented to an on-site service provider whose rent is 50-80% of median.
  

• An existing 26-unit apartment complex in Springfield, Oregon.
  The Aquarius Apartments will be a mixed-use project with 44% of the units (11 units) set aside for very low income individuals (30% of median) with mild disabilities and 56% of the units (14 units) for renters without disabilities and incomes at 60% of median. This project involved the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing 26-unit apartment complex in an urban neighborhood in Springfield. 11 units will be service-enriched for people with developmental disabilities and incomes @ or below 30% of area median. Five of these units will be set-aside for people coming out of homelessness. 14 units will be for non-disabled renters with incomes @ or below 60% of the area median, including the resident manager. One unit will be for a supervised community services and recreational use, for a total of 26 units. These are all one and two bedroom units.

• A 16-unit apartment complex in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

  Mainstream Housing Inc. has acquired and is rehabilitating a 16-unit apartment complex in Cottage Grove, Oregon made up of one-bedroom units. The Applegate Apartments will serve low-income households. Six of the units will be remodeled with appropriate service enrichments and available to people with developmental disabilities such as Down's Syndrome, cerebral palsy and learning disabillities, whose incomes are at or below 30% of the area median income. MHI works in partnership with Lane County DD Services, Senior and Disabled Persons, HACSA and other agencies that provide support and case management for these clients. The remaining 10 apartment units will accommodate renters without respect to demonstrated disabilities, who have incomes at 50% or below the area median income. One of the units will be set aside for an on-site manager.