Affordable Housing

Kristina Smock Consulting works with nonprofit affordable housing providers, intermediaries, foundations and local governments to support affordable housing policy and planning.

Areas of expertise include:

  • ­ Affordable housing policy

  • ­ Community building

  • ­ Resident services

  • ­ Strategic planning

  • ­ Program development

SAMPLE PROJECTS

Community Development Network, Permanent Supportive Housing Project: Coordinated a strategic planning and research process to address the technical and resource barriers to developing permanent supportive housing, 2005-2007.

Housing Choice Education Partnership, Tenant Screening Evaluation: Worked with a collaborative representing housing authorities, private landlords and legal aid to evaluate alternative tenant screening tools designed to reduce bias, 2018-2019.

Housing Development Center, Capital Needs Analysis: Wrote a briefing paper on the capital needs of Seattle’s affordable housing portfolio for the City of Seattle’s Office of Housing, 2008.

Housing Oregon, Strategic Planning: Facilitated strategic planning process for statewide network of affordable housing organizations, 2019-2020.

Human Solutions, Permanent Supportive Housing Assessment: Conducted an assessment of Human Solutions’ PSH programs and developed recommendations to guide future PSH development based on input from PSH residents and staff, an analysis of agency data, and national best practices research, 2019.

­Metro Regional Government, Affordable Housing Bond Annual Report: Worked with Metro staff to develop the 2022 annual report for the affordable housing bond, 2023.

Meyer Memorial Trust, Affordable Housing Initiative: Conducted an evaluation of the first five years of Meyer's Affordable Housing Initiative, coordinated the development of a framework for a new five-year Initiative, and conducted annual evaluations of the new Initiative, 2012-2018.

Oregon Opportunity Network, Resident Services Opportunity Project: Coordinated research and stakeholder engagement with a statewide network of affordable housing organizations to develop recommendations for supporting the stability and success of low-income tenants, 2010.