Darryl Hicks • 9 min read
For the past three years, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH), a Boston-based, nonprofit affordable housing developer and property owner, has improved the lives of its tenants through a federal program called Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS).
Mark Olshaker • 5 min read
In late 2016, the Millennia Companies, a vertically integrated real estate development and management firm in Cleveland, OH, that owns and manages nearly 30,000 residential units spread across 27 states, entered into a contract to purchase a portfolio of Section 8 properties from the financially troubled Global Ministries Foundation (GMF) of Memphis, TN.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
There’s plenty of data to indicate Maryland’s Health Enterprise Zones (HEZ) have been successful in their goal of reducing health disparities for racial and ethnic minorities and reducing healthcare costs in the state.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
New York City’s public housing, once a source of affordable housing industry pride, is in crisis.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
A new certification not only indicates that an affordable housing owner/manager has a coordinated and robust resident services operation but also that it can help them qualify for an up to 30 basis point discount on a multifamily affordable housing loan from Fannie Mae.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
There is a small but growing worldwide movement to incorporate modern health best practices into building designs. Health problems, after all, continue to be manifold in developing and developed nations alike.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
When I started my career in affordable housing, the term “preservation” generally was attributable to strategies and resources aimed at extending the affordability of HUD Assisted or USDA Rural Development properties.
Mark Olshaker • 11 min read
Opportunity Zones are a new designation aimed at bringing business, housing, jobs and prosperity into economically challenged areas.
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
Since this issue focuses on Tax-Exempt Multifamily Housing Bonds (TEBs) and includes case studies and technical details of how they are used, we thought it would be beneficial to begin with a basic introduction.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
If you’re a renter who’s managed to secure a spot in The Beverly, you’re living the life right now. The 14-story project sits right near the Lovejoy Wharf in Boston’s fashionable North End.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
November’s state and municipal elections brought a big crop of newly-approved bonds into the affordable housing finance mix, with some of them passing by wide margins, and the biggest, in California, authorizing a whopping $4 billion in new money.
Thom Amdur • 3 min read
Last summer, National Housing & Rehabilitation Association launched a new policy advocacy and educational initiative focused on increasing Multifamily Tax-Exempt Bond production across the country.