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. [...]
Prehistory
Affordable housing is becoming increasingly scarce on Bainbridge Island, and there is no housing agency to address the need. The Helpline House board of directors convenes a committee from [...]
An affordable neighborhood is born
Phase 1 of Ferncliff Village, 24 single-family homes, is built on land donated by Lois Curtis. HRB receives funding from HUD’s Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program which requires that the [...]
HRB breaks ground at Janet West Home
Work on Janet West Home, named in honor of former HRB board member and Bainbridge Island mayor (1994-1997), begins. Architect Charlie Wenzlau designed the complex to resemble Seattle’s historic [...]
HRB builds first homes
HRB completes its first development, Island Home on Knechtel Way, with donations from the community, state funding, and discounted services from an Island construction firm and architect. Island Home [...]