Articles Archives

Why Artist Housing?

6 min read

I have enjoyed a long career in affordable housing development and have spent more than a decade working for Artspace, the nation’s largest nonprofit developer for artist housing.

Talking Heads: Eric Enderlin, New York City Housing Development Corporation 44,000 Workforce Units

10 min read

New York City is undergoing the most audacious expansion of affordable housing in a generation, planning to add 200,000 units of new affordable housing over ten years. The idea came from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced his Housing New York plan after winning the election in 2014.

Rosenwald Courts Reborn

6 min read

After more than a decade’s abandonment, a beloved Chicago landmark has come back to life.

Middle-Income Housing…Really!

5 min read

New multifamily housing construction frequently includes a mix of market-rate apartments and low-income units.

Housing USA: Seattle

6 min read

Seattle, WA—The rise of micro apartments in urban America’s strongest real estate markets is often branded as a hot new trend. But really, it is a reenactment of the way U.S. cities have long worked.

Colleagues & Neighbors

12 min read

In the early 1970s, the well-heeled residents of Aspen and Telluride, CO, faced a problem. Though they were often part-timers from the two coasts and other major cities who spent only weeks at a time in the two ski resort towns, their presence had priced out the very people they needed to run the towns and local businesses.

Combatting High Rents

6 min read

High housing costs are an urban American problem, and there is boundless debate on how to address it. Should developers be allowed to build unfettered, or be restricted on the prices they charge and number of units they erect? Should individual buyers compete in open markets, or get government subsidies? Should public officials be Yimby or Nimby?

New Developments, The Housing Donut Hole

4 min read

On a taxi ride into Denver I counted 27 cranes – a staggering amount of construction. An article in the local paper reported that developers delivered 3,246 new multifamily apartments in the first quarter alone and 10,000 in total are expected to be delivered by year end! A local real estate executive told me that 100 millennials move to Denver every day.

Talking Heads: John Peck, Partner, Jones Walker

9 min read

John Weld Peck has been at the forefront of affordable housing finance in the United States for over 40 years.

State HFA Responses to the Equity Market

7 min read

If you’re reading an issue of Tax Credit Advisor, it’s probably safe to assume you have noticed a drop in equity pricing since the election.

Mixing 4% and 9% LIHTCs

10 min read

The end of 2016 brought both good news and bad news for affordable housing developer the Pacific Companies.

Housing USA: Portland

5 min read

If U.S. Senators weigh in on America’s housing crisis, they need to understand the complexity of the issues. Of course we need more affordable housing almost everywhere, but the problems go beyond that.

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