An Endangered Species: Rural Rental Housing Finance and the Future

By Caitlin Jones
October 24, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011:

By Ginger McGuire, Lancaster Pollard

Budget and legislative proposals in Washington are raising questions about the future of federal financial support for rural affordable rental housing projects and how these much-needed developments will be funded in coming years.

Property data and rural market analyses suggest that the USDA Rural Development’s Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program provides a beneficial service by financing new affordable rural rental housing properties and preserving older Section 515 apartment developments.

Leveraging NMTC and GGRF

A Synergistic Approach to Community Development

Jennifer Kirkley & Regan St. Pierre • September 13, 2024 6 min read

Increasingly, climate solutions are central to preserving and creating wealth and well-being in communities across the country.

What Can Be Done About Insurance?

NH&RA Panelists Explore Ways to Rein in High Insurance Costs for Affordable Housing

Pamela Martineau • September 1, 2024 6 min read

Meet with your underwriter in person, provide as much data as possible on relevant inspections and offer photos of improvements you’ve made to affordable housing properties. These were just a few of the tips offered at the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s Summer Institute Panel: “What Can Be Done About Insurance?”

Rainbow Housing: Transforming Resident Services from Within

Abram Mamet • September 1, 2024 9 min read

For most organizations, radical shifts in market strategy and company makeup generally come after crises. For Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation (Rainbow), that radical shift came not as a result of significant challenges, but as a way to leverage successful internal practices to better serve the affordable housing industry.