Beth Mullen • 7 min read
In the weeks since the passage of HR 1, also known as Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act) on December 22, 2017, we have been assessing the potential impact of this law on the affordable housing industry.
Darryl Hicks • 14 min read
Volunteers of America, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, has dedicated itself to improving the lives of America’s most susceptible citizens: veterans, low-income seniors, children and families, the homeless, those with intellectual disabilities, those recovering from addiction and the formerly incarcerated.
Mark Fogarty • 8 min read
Property managers in the affordable housing sector aren’t there just to collect the rent and keep steam in the radiators. Usually they are quite concerned about their residents’ quality of life.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
If the downtown area of a major U.S. city is growing, there is little chance that it’s also providing affordable housing for all income groups.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Affordable housing in Missouri may take a big hit after the state Housing Development Commission voted against matching Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits with State Housing Tax Credits as they have done in past years.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
Many state housing finance agencies are beginning work to tweak or, in some cases completely overhaul, their QAPs over the next few months.
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Private activity bonds are a huge part of affordable multifamily housing and their elimination—now or in any year—would blow a hole through the market.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
Imagine a world without tax credits. No Low Income Housing Tax Credit. No New Markets Tax Credit.
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
Founded in 1973 by Michael J. Levitt, The Michaels Organization, Marlton, NJ, ranks among the nation’s largest private-sector developers and owners of affordable housing.
Mark Olshaker • 13 min read
There is no argument that affordable and subsidized housing is under strain and in many areas, finding land and launching new building projects is increasingly problematic.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
Detroit, MI—This struggling city has a land mass of 138 square miles. And about dead-on 7.2 miles of it is certifiably “back.”
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
Those who follow housing policy already understand that there is a nationwide housing crisis. Various demographics in the U.S., faced with low wages and government regulations that make the commodity more expensive, cannot buy or rent the units they need.