5301-C Tieton Dr Yakima, WA 98908-3478 Phone 509-853-2800 Fax 509-972-0167 Email  mvillanueva@cfcsyakima.org Director    Mario Villanueva  Ext. 1039

Catholic Charities Housing Services (CCHS) is a faith-based, Washington State 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation established in December 1998 to offer locally based affordable housing solutions to local communities in the 7-county jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Yakima. This area includes Klickitat, Yakima, Benton, Kittitas, Grant, Chelan and Douglas Counties. CCHS also works to establish a service enriched living environment for all the projects it develops where education, self-empowerment and self-sufficiency are promoted to benefit all tenants and clients. CCHS currently owns and manages 231 rental housing units in 8 rural Central Washington communities serving over 1,100 people daily.

Working with local Catholic parishes, community groups and others sponsors, CCHS works to develop, own and manage a variety of affordable housing developments including Agricultural Worker family rental housing, migrant Agricultural Worker seasonal housing, senior and special needs housing and single-family home ownership.  CCHS also works to promote partnerships with local communities, collaboration and networking with other housing and community development entities as well as advocacy at a policy level for the housing cause and clients we serve.

CCHS offers development assistance for multi-family and single family home ownership housing. Working with development consultants, CCHS offers full housing development services including: feasibility analysis, pre-development technical assistance, housing needs analysis, land assembly, development technical assistance, financing packaging, design and total cost assessment, construction assistance including monitoring and draw processing, compliance assurance for financing requirements including those required by local lenders, the State of Washington, USDA Rural Development, Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Affordable Housing Program and the State Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, assistance with marketing and rent up, ongoing management of rental facilities and homebuyer education.

CCHS always seeks to develop its housing developments with attention to maintaining a high level of quality and excellence within budget constraints. This includes a preference for the highest life cycle value for all materials and specifications, priority for “green” and sustainable building methods and maximizing development standards related to site design suitability to create the best service-enriched and resident friendly environment possible.   

CCHS always seek to partner with local parishes, interested community groups and others in its development efforts. Working with local communities CCHS seeks to develop and manage housing from a strategic and planned perspective focusing on regional development. When feasible, properties are developed seeking to concentrate projects in regional clusters or from a “hub-based” approach in a given geographical area. This also includes seeking when feasible, to develop single family projects as a follow up to multi-family housing to meet a locally identified continuum of housing need.