Kaitlyn Snyder • 5 min read
There was a flurry of activity last month from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) around its new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) demonstration.
Scott Beyer • 7 min read
In 2018, I wrote for TCA about how the affordable housing issue had gained momentum in America, from one that a decade ago nobody talked about, to a rising local and state issue.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
If U.S. cities want to create far more quality affordable units on public housing sites, they’ll need to follow two strategies: The first is to leverage funds from HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, since it has become the main funding mechanism to repair and manage old public housing.
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
Whether an affordable housing deal succeeds and remains profitable many years into the future often depends on the asset managers you work with and their level of involvement during the earliest planning stages and in the ensuing years after a property is placed in service.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
An alternative way to estimate utility allowances (UA) in Florida is producing lower UA amounts for affordable housing managers – in some cases considerably lower.
John W. Gahan III • 4 min read
In April, fueled by the realization that “the regulations have taken a little longer than anticipated” to be issued, aides to Senators Tim Scott and Cory Booker, the architects of the Opportunity Zone (OZone) legislation, hinted at a bipartisan legislative effort to extend some aspects of the program.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
When people hear “housing agency,” they likely envision a big city bureaucracy in New York or Philadelphia. But for each of those, there are numerous smaller agencies that serve tiny cities nationwide.
Kaitlyn Snyder • 5 min read
Several initiatives and policy proposals of late seek to address housing affordability through supply side solutions.
Thom Amdur • 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
Mark Olshaker • 6 min read
“Housing is a key driver of all the social determinants of positive outcomes, and safe, healthy housing is foundational.”
Thom Amdur • 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:
Darryl Hicks • 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.