Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), continues to ramp up now that the first transactions have closed.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
A 2023 Emerging Developer program at the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority (IHCDA) has hit paydirt as a 36-unit supportive housing development fostered by IHCDA funds a first-time developer who has broken ground and looks to finish construction by the middle of next year.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
A big societal change in recent years has been that many grandparents are bringing up grandchildren. Now there are signs that affordable housing is starting to target these often low-income intergenerational or multigenerational families.
Ethan Finlan • 11 min read
In 2022, New York State announced that it would require new and rebuilt high-rise buildings to be fully electric-powered to meet emissions reduction goals.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Player pianos always have had an aura of magic as beautiful music emerges from them seemingly without human assistance. Now, some industrial magic is set to transform an old player piano factory in the north end of Meriden into beautiful multifamily units.
Abram Mamet • 9 min read
In recent years, owners and developers of low-income housing have turned to the Historic Tax Credit program as another key source of funding for projects looking to preserve or create affordable apartments in historic buildings.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Sometimes a building’s name is more than just a placeholder, revealing the passion and intention behind the project. That is certainly the case with The Beacon, which is intended to be a beacon to its East Harlem, NY neighborhood.
Ethan Finlan • 6 min read
Throughout the mid-20th century, transportation authorities constructed massive infrastructure projects through urban centers, particularly, but not exclusively, highways.
David A. Smith • 5 min read
Inflation is not a single force but a swarm of costs that appears in scouts and attacks from all directions.
David A. Davenport • 7 min read
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, in a rare instance of the Court grappling with the issue of homelessness.
Abram Mamet • 10 min read
On May 29 of this year, HUD published a proposed rule update to its decades-old HOME Investment Partnerships program, a federal block grant that provides funding to hundreds of state and local jurisdictions for a diverse array of low- and moderate-income homeownership and rental activities.
Nushin Huq • 11 min read
Affordable housing developers use creative approaches to deal with the rising cost of things, like insurance, utilities, construction and operations.