Mark Olshaker • 12 min read
These comments were offered by Steven E. Lawson, chairman of The Lawson Companies, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders at a September 6 hearing of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
Jerome A. Breed • 6 min read
As you have read in these pages, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 enacted a new incentive for community development, the Opportunity Zone Program found in Internal Revenue Code Sections 1400Z-1 and -2.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
How do good ideas go from theory into political reality? This has become a pressing question for America’s YIMBY movement.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
According to a recent report published by the Council of Community Finance Agencies (CDFA), 2017 was a record setting year for multifamily private activity bond issuances – $15,302,500,000 in total.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
Much like America’s East Coast, the West Coast is struggling from a housing affordability problem – meaning Washington, Oregon and California.
John W. Gahan III • 5 min read
The last couple years of watching Washington has taught us that everything is fair game for subjective (call that “partisan”) interpretation.
Darryl Hicks • 10 min read
Brian Goeken is widely regarded as one of the nation’s top historic preservation experts with a background spanning over 25 years in urban planning, architecture, economic development and urban design.
Mark Olshaker • 2 min read
Each year since 2004, NH&RA has bestowed its Affordable Housing Vision Award to affordable housing and community development leaders who have made significant and valuable contributions to the field and demonstrated years of leadership, commitment and imagination.
Mark Olshaker • 7 min read
If you’re looking for one word to summarize John W. Gahan III’s approach to affordable housing—and virtually every other important aspect of his life—that word would be teamwork.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
During an era of urban renaissance, and while sitting within one of America’s most prosperous regions, Baltimore has managed to become the nation’s biggest tragedy.
Mathew Dietzel & Edward Seiler • 6 min read
Rental-housing affordability is a serious issue for many essential moderate-income (“workforce”) workers – especially in more affluent population centers.
Mark Olshaker • 7 min read
William “Bill” McGonagle literally has spent nearly his entire life involved with public and affordable housing.