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.
Edward Seiler & Mathew Dietzel • 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.
Thom Amdur • 3 min read
There are many reasons why the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and the Historic Tax Credit (HTC) have endured politically and produced or preserved so many affordable units and historic structures.
Forrest Milder • 7 min read
Much of the excitement associated with the 2017 Tax Act was due to the large corporate tax cuts. Far less notice was accorded new sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code: They provide a broad incentive based on the concept of “qualified Opportunity Zones.”
Scott Beyer • 5 min read
By the reckoning of today’s pundits, wealth inequality is one of the seminal problems of our time. It has been called a “moral issue” by Bernie Sanders.