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Housing USA: Can the Affordable Housing Industry Attract and Retain Talent? 

6 min read

In order to build more affordable housing units, it’s crucial for firms in the industry to attract the next generation of developers, architects, project managers and other real estate professionals.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Set for Strong 2022

7 min read

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily are experiencing an uptick in purchase volumes as the debt capital market environment appears to be shifting in the latter half of 2022.

Affordable Housing and the Finance Market  

10 min read

Rising Interest Rates and Fears of Recession Force Developers and Lenders to Get Creative

Weatherizing Multifamily Affordable Housing with BIL Funding    

3 min read

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) helps low-income households access energy efficiency, renewable energy and health and safety upgrades for their homes. 

Innovations in Housing Construction Offer Promise in Increasing Affordability 

6 min read

How Design Features Are Helping to Reduce Costs

Housing USA: Prefab Construction

6 min read

Developers who build market-rate housing are increasingly turning to prefabricated construction techniques, because they represent, in multiple ways, a path to efficiency.

Generational Shift: Wave of Retirements Brings New Leaders into Affordable Housing Space

10 min read

With the Baby Boomer generation retiring en masse, a wave of new leaders is stepping up in the affordable housing space creating a generational shift in the industry.

Housing USA: The Seven Key Federal Agencies for Home Affordability

6 min read

This month, Tax Credit Advisor is doing a special “leadership” issue, profiling people and agencies who spearhead the affordable housing industry.

Three Government Agencies Propose Updates to the Community Reinvestment Act

9 min read

In what may be a once in a generation update, three government agencies released joint proposed rules to update The Community Reinvestment Act, or CRA, on how activities qualify for consideration, where those activities are considered and how they are evaluated.  

New Developments: One for the Road

4 min read

Unless I’ve miscounted, I believe this is my 150th and final New Developments column. Over the years, I’ve explored countless themes but the ones I have enjoyed writing the most are about transformative public policy. For my final column it feels fitting that I am writing about the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Housing Supply Action Plan.” 

Housing USA: Bracing for Gas Price Hikes

5 min read

Fuel prices are increasing, with the per-gallon cost of gasoline up 47 percent year over year and the cost of diesel up 63 percent over that same period.

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