Mark Olshaker • 8 min read
Our vision of the American household is inaccurate and out dated.
Thom Amdur • 5 min read
On March 13, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition released a new report, “The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes,” which finds that there is a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low income (ELI) households – a startling and sobering number.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
A hugely ambitious public-private partnership is starting to see some big preservation projects getting finished in Baltimore.
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
Preservationists were jubilant when they learned that the Federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) would be saved from the chopping block in the final version of the tax reform bill negotiated by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in December.
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
Pension funds have long been the sleeping giants of housing. That’s because while they have a significant share in the sector, real estate is usually a fairly small part of their overall portfolios and so doesn’t loom very large on their radar screens.
Mark Olshaker • 8 min read
Amidst the ongoing debate about who benefits most and who least from the passage of the tax reform act in December 2017, one provision embedded in the new law appears to offer significant benefits for investment designed to improve low-income and underserved communities.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
Missouri has been a robust state for tax credit construction, and the state-level Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has been its largest such tax credit program.
Mark Fogarty • 4 min read
Returning equity investor Fannie Mae doesn’t expect the new changes to the tax code will crimp its return to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit market.
Thom Amdur • 4 min read
Just last week, I was optimistic that this year’s federal budget cycle, dysfunctional though it is, might offer reasons for hope.
Scott Beyer • 6 min read
New York City can be as rough, cost-wise, on developers as it is on average joes. For years, the city’s builders have complained that a mix of high property taxes, land values and regulatory costs makes it impossible to build workforce apartments.
Mark Olshaker • 6 min read
Austin, TX, the one enclave of the “Mine’s-Bigger-Than-Yours” Lone Star State proudly possessive of its description as “diversely weird” is taking decisive steps to maintain that distinct status against challenges brought on by its own success.
Mark Olshaker • 14 min read
Virtually any experienced social worker will acknowledge that housing is the critical nexus for all desired outcomes, including jobs, education, health, interpersonal relationships, child-raising and development, and basic happiness and wellbeing.