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Woody Guthrie, an Oklahoma native known for writing the song 鈥淭his Land Is Your Land,鈥� spent time in many parts of the U.S. In 1941, he arrived in Portland and was hired to write songs for the Bonneville Power Administration. Now the folk music icon’s name is on a new affordable housing complex in Lents, where he once lived.

Designed by Carleton Hart Architecture to resemble 鈥� in shape and color 鈥� a line of traditional wood-sided boxcars, Woody Guthrie Place was built by Walsh Construction at 5800 S.E. 91st Ave., near Southeast Foster Road. On the exterior, masonry and metal-panel cladding were chosen to suggest natural wood. The building features wood framing atop a slab-on-grade foundation.

ROSE Community Development‘s new building has 64 apartments 鈥� 16 for families with incomes not exceeding 30 percent of the area median income; 21 for those not exceeding 80 percent AMI; 26 for those not exceeding 100 percent AMI; and one for a manager. Each unit 鈥� ranging from 570 to 1,410 square feet 鈥� has either one, two or three bedrooms.

鈥淚t’s completely residential with various income restrictions,鈥� said Erik Pattison, a real estate developer for ROSE Community Development. 鈥淭he whole ground floor on the west side is three-bedroom townhomes. The entrances are facing the street.鈥�

After the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued permission for occupancy on July 1, tenants were able to start moving in. Apartments are being leased quickly, Pattison said.

Some of the units are coupled with project vouchers funded by Home Forward. Others were funded by Prosper Portland.

鈥淭he voucher units obviously go quickly,鈥� Pattison said. 鈥淭hey’re taken immediately, and then the 80 percent units are mostly leased along with a couple of the 100s.鈥�

Amenities include a rooftop terrace, bike parking, a large community room on the ground floor, along with smaller communal spaces and outdoor patios near the elevator lobbies on each floor. An outdoor playground for children sits at the building’s south end, next to the community room.

A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold rating is officially being sought for Woody Guthrie Place. A large photovoltaic solar array sits on the south-facing roof, and is expected during times of peak output to offset as much as 70 percent of residents’ power usage.

Also, a central HVAC system provides pretreated air to residences.

鈥淎ll the units are on that one system, which is a little unique but very efficient,鈥� Pattison said.

While the project is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification , the energy use index and other performance measures thus far have led the project team to become confident the building actually could tally enough points to earn LEED Platinum certification.

The building is the last of four projects in the聽Lents Town Center聽Urban Renewal Area to be completed as part of the Lents Five-Year Action Plan approved by the city in 2014. Prosper Portland oversaw development of the $109 million in projects; others are the Lents Commons and Oliver Station mixed-use projects and the Asian Health & Service Center. The urban renewal agency is聽planning a second round聽of development in the neighborhood.