Who We Are
The Community
Housing
Resource
Center
provides education and counseling services to individuals and families in Southwest
Washington and throughout the Portland
metro area in Oregon. In the past
15 years, the Center has worked with over 25,000 households.
Services include: financial education and credit repair and
financial management counseling, first-time homebuyer counseling,
certified homebuyer education classes, assistance with applications
for special first-time homebuyer loans and closing cost assistance for
qualified buyers, a Lease Purchase homeownership program and long-term
preparation to become first-time homeowners. Other services
include mortgage default prevention counseling and assistance to senior
citizens to safely use home equity as a means to supplement their
incomes through reverse mortgages.
Budget, credit, debt management and foreclosure prevention counseling
services are available in both Spanish and English.
The Center provides its services to all community residents and
families, the majority of those who receive services are of low to
moderate income.
Our Staff
< Teri Duffy,
Executive Director - Manages day-to-day operations, leads
fundraising efforts and develops and implements the long-term
organizational vision in coordination with
the Board of Directors. To contact Teri, call 360-690-4496 x 100 or e-mail
teri@homecen.org.
> Kevin Gillette, Program Manager - Provides
homeownership, budget, credit, debt management and foreclosure prevention
counseling services. Teaches classes and orientations. To contact
Kevin, call 360-690-4496, x 101 or e-mail
kevin@homecen.org.
< Neal McKeever, Financial Counselor - Provides bilingual
(Spanish/English) budget, credit, debt management and foreclosure
prevention counseling services. To contact Neal, call 360-690-4496
x 102 or e-mail neal@homecen.org.
> Sharon Malpass, Program Assistant / Office Manager - Provides day-to-day
program and operations support and supervises volunteers. To contact
Sharon, call 360-690-4496
x 104 or e-mail sharon@homecen.org.
< Daniel Couch, Grants and Events Manager - Assists the
Executive Director with administrative and fundraising activities. To contact
Daniel, call 360-690-4496
x 107 or e-mail daniel@homecen.org.
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