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The Jose Arciga Apartments are named for a 7-year old Washington County boy who died from congenital birth defects brought on by his mother’s exposure as a farmworker to pesticides. This was the first scattered site project (4 buildings on 3 sites in 2 cities) for HDC and for the construction lender Bank of America. Jose Arciga Apartments won the Governor’s Livability Award in 2002.

Project Description:

• 50 apartments on 3 sites built in 1994
        20 - 2 bedroom units
        25 - 3 bedroom units
        5 - 4 bedroom units
• Scattered sites—3 sites in Cornelius and Forest Grove.
• HDC is general partner of Jose Arciga Limited Partnership
• Financing: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Partnership with ESIC/NOAH; HOME, State of Oregon Migrant Million Fund
• Development costs = $6.7 million ($134,000 per unit)
• Residents must qualify as to income (50% or less of area median family income) and one member of household must be employed in agriculture.
• Amenities: Playgrounds, laundries, community centers (2); computer lab.
• Average occupancy rate = 97%
• Manager: Elba Flores 

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