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Addressing Affordability Through Supply

5 min read

Several initiatives and policy proposals of late seek to address housing affordability through supply side solutions.

New Developments: Inspired by Summer Reading

4 min read

This summer, I’m planning on taking a deeper dive into source materials behind a recent posting by Solomon Greene and Jorge González of the Urban Institute

Affordable Healthy Housing

6 min read

“Housing is a key driver of all the social determinants of positive outcomes, and safe, healthy housing is foundational.”

New Developments: Mid-Year Check-In

4 min read

The engines are running at full tilt at National Housing & Rehabilitation Association. It’s just half-way through what is turning into a productive year and I wanted to update you on various projects-in-progress:

Talking Heads Tia Boatman Patterson Senior Advisor on Housing, Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom

10 min read

Gavin Newsom was elected California’s 40th governor last November, in part based on the promise that he would fix the state’s critical shortage of affordable housing.

Social Impact Investing: The Trend Towards Resident Services

8 min read

The evolving social impact financing market is an alternative source of funding for Low Income Hosuing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).

Economic Research Report: Estimating the Local Economic Impacts of Building Affordable Housing

8 min read

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s influential 2019 Gap report, the nation’s lowest-income households face a shortage of over seven million affordable and available rental homes.

Introducing the Resiliency Center

8 min read

For most of us, a power outage is an inconvenience. We may have to use flashlights, we may sweat or have to put on jackets, depending on the season, and we don’t open the refrigerator.

Housing USA: Does LIHTC Need Retail?

6 min read

The U.S. market for retail space has been in flux. The industry sees a lot of churn generally, and this has been particularly so in the last decade, as brick-and-mortar stores close.

Great Expectations

10 min read

Investors have different takes on what to do at Year 15 and Year 30 of Low Income Housing Tax Credit deals, and it isn’t quite as simple as the divide between mission-driven and financially-driven backers.

A Good School Up the Block

8 min read

It is now accepted wisdom that the key social determinant to a stable and productive life for both adults and children is stable and permanent housing: It all starts with a secure place to live; that is the game-changer.

Workforce Housing 2.0

5 min read

As MassHousing works to commit the balance of a literally groundbreaking $100 million project to create workforce housing, the agency is already planning for its Workforce Housing Initiative 2.0.

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