Pamela Martineau, Mark Fogarty & Scott Beyer • 7 min read
Affordable Across America
Thom Amdur • 5 min read
Over the past five decades, the affordable housing delivery system has evolved to meet the changing needs of low-income Americans, the waxing and waning of political will and ideologies and constantly evolving financial and housing market conditions.
Scott Beyer • 7 min read
For National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to do a breakdown of the affordable housing situation in different parts of America, and how it has changed throughout the years.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
Navigating rising construction costs is currently a primary concern of all NH&RA members—and fittingly the focus of this issue.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
The housing development sector nationwide continues to struggle with supply chain disruptions and building material price increases.
Nushin Huq • 8 min read
As construction costs continue to increase, exacerbated due to COVID-related supply chain issues and inflation, manufactured housing is an increasingly attractive option for affordable housing developers.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
For several decades, U.S. cities have been building extensive light rail and bus rapid transit networks. In recent years, such expansions have included intentional plans to promote development around lines, implementing a strategy known as transit-oriented development (TOD).
Scott Beyer • 7 min read
The use of technology in real estate has become so common as to have a moniker: PropTech. Short for “property technology,” it describes how everything from cloud storage to artificial intelligence to smart infrastructure can streamline development, construction, management and the realty of homes.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
It’s been a common story in America, particularly since the pandemic: home prices keep rising.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
I am the father of three young children, so birthdays still play an outsized role in our household. In the under ten set, all the action is around what kind of party you are having and between our household and the kids’ friends, we have been to just about every kind of birthday party venue you can imagine, including climbing, gymnastic and trampoline gyms, dinosaur digs, Medieval Times, state parks, country clubs, bowling alleys, laser tag courses, rope courses, petting zoos and on and on.
Pamela Martineau • 7 min read
For 40 years, the Historic Tax Credit (HTC) has allowed developers to preserve some of the most beautiful, iconic, historic buildings in the nation, while revitalizing small towns and cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Peter Bell • 13 min read
In the early 1970s, the City of Boston embarked on an effort to encourage developers to acquire and rehabilitate older apartment buildings in disinvested neighborhoods.