Dore Cabin arrives
Dore Cabin is donated and trucked to the city-owned parcel occupied by HRB’s Sadie Woodman House.
HRB becomes a community land trust
In anticipation of a large donation of land and with plans to develop a neighborhood of homes for ownership, HRB becomes a community land trust. With this model, HRB [...]
HRB partners at Island Terrace
HRB accepts an invitation to partner at Island Terrace. The 48-unit complex was built using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, in which developers receive federal tax credits for [...]
Helping islanders live safely at home
Independent Living is founded with funds from the city’s Housing Trust Fund, private donors, and a USDA program to subsidize home repairs. Independent Living provides health and safety home [...]
Sadie Woodman House arrives
Built in 1904 and once the residence of Sadie Woodman, the island’s first woman postal carrier, the home is donated it to HRB. It is trucked from Madison Avenue [...]
Donation at Western View Terrace
Two of the five buildings at Western View Terrace, comprising eight units, are donated to HRB.
Mixed-use development
Village Home is built. The building is mixed use. Originally, there are 11 second-story apartments owned by HRB (the maximum allowed under city code at the time) with one [...]
The arrival of Forest Home
Forest Home is donated to HRB and trucked to its current site on Knechtel Way.
A new nonprofit
HRB applies for 501(c)3 status and becomes a nonprofit. HRB adopts a new tack and commits to developing housing of its own.
New sponsorship
The housing committee secures the sponsorship of the Bainbridge Island Interparish Council (today known as the Bainbridge Island Interfaith Council) and adopts the name Housing Resources Board. [...]