Pamela Martineau • 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.
Pamela Martineau • 10 min read
Rising Interest Rates and Fears of Recession Force Developers and Lenders to Get Creative
Ravi Malhotra • 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.
Pamela Martineau • 6 min read
Techniques For Cutting Costs and Speeding Construction
Pamela Martineau • 6 min read
How Design Features Are Helping to Reduce Costs
Scott Beyer • 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.
Pamela Martineau • 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.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
This month, Tax Credit Advisor is doing a special “leadership” issue, profiling people and agencies who spearhead the affordable housing industry.
Nushin Huq • 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.
Thom Amdur • 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.”
Scott Beyer • 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.
Nushin Huq • 8 min read
While the efficiency of Emergency Rental Assistance funds disbursement differed from state to state, affordable housing and asset managers agree the aid was an invaluable tool during the pandemic helping residents stay in their homes, as well as helping property owners meet their financial obligations to their investors.