Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Affordable housing specialist Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. not only has a new name and headquarters, it has a new ownership structure that may become a model for the industry.
Mark Olshaker • 13 min read
HUD’s HOPE VI program was developed to deal with severely distressed public housing through three critical factors: physical improvement, management improvement and social and community services.
Mark Olshaker • 9 min read
It’s a well-known problem in many areas of the country: A pernicious combination of high land values, mounting construction costs, super-gentrification and lagging wages have conspired to put decent housing out of reach for the workforce on which the increasingly affluent community depends.
Darryl Hicks • 9 min read
Boston’s vibrant neighborhoods, cultural assets, productive workforce, innovative businesses and renowned hospitals and universities have spurred an era of rapid growth.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
In these last few decades, as Americans have flocked to major metros, two economic trends have surfaced.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
The South has played a crucial role in American history, and by extension, in the nation’s architectural legacy.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Low Income Housing Tax Credit project in Columbus, OH is giving a fresh perspective to the concept of workforce housing.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
Doctors don’t always diagnose the source of an ailment and as a result sometimes prescribe the wrong medicine.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
Workforce housing is on the minds of the elected officials of Montgomery County, MD even more than it normally is.
Mark Olshaker • 9 min read
The year 1962 saw the opening of the two most exhilarating architectural symbols of the dawning jet age: Dulles International Airport, serving Washington, DC in Chantilly, VA, and the Trans World Airlines Flight Center at Idlewild (now John F. Kennedy) Airport in Queens, NY.
Darryl Hicks • 9 min read
Headquartered in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, KS, Cohen-Esrey has evolved over its 24-year history from being a small property manager to one of the Midwest’s largest real estate firms focused on historic rehabilitation and affordable housing development.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Tax credit pricing has taken a hit, but not a mortal one, with the new 21 percent corporate tax rate, according to investors atttending a recent affordable housing summit held by market analysts.