Pamela Martineau • 7 min read
For 33 years, Bank of America has worked to develop the next generation of affordable housing leaders through its Affordable Housing Challenge, a competition in which students design an affordable housing project from concept through funding and developable plan.
Ethan Finlan • 9 min read
Throughout the early 2020s, costly delays have hammered multifamily projects thanks to supply chain, labor force and interest rate challenges.
Mark Shelburne • 7 min read
Making the numbers work for a Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transaction can be challenging, or sometimes even impossible.
Pamela Martineau • 5 min read
As the United States struggles with a severe housing crisis, investing in affordable housing preservation offers stable, risk-adjusted returns that can produce positive social outcomes.
Ravi Malhotra • 3 min read
The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are in their second and third years, respectively. $480 billion of BIL, and most of the approximate $390 billion of IRA clean energy funds have now been awarded from the Feds to states, municipalities and other entities.
Jennifer Kirkley & Regan St. Pierre • 6 min read
Increasingly, climate solutions are central to preserving and creating wealth and well-being in communities across the country.
Pamela Martineau • 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?”
Abram Mamet • 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.
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.
Pamela Martineau • 5 min read
As an increasing number of cities and states develop programs to subsidize housing for middle-income earners, policymakers must ensure that middle-income programs don’t take vital resources from low-income housing programs.
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.
Abram Mamet • 12 min read
Since 2010, the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits has awarded several developers for distinguished work in a variety of impact areas related to affordable housing.