Bendix Anderson • 11 min read
Have you ever considered spending your later years living amongst people with whom you shared a profession? Think of the great stories you can tell over dinner to sincerely interested listeners. After all, nostalgia is a favorite pastime.
David A. Smith • 6 min read
You know that old trees just grow stronger/ And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome/ Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello”
– John Prine, 1971
Joel Swerdlow • 5 min read
“All our arts colonies,” says Kasey Burke, President of Meta, “integrate into affordable housing ongoing professional scale arts classes and amenities, which are completely free to residents. Programs are built for professional working artists, as well as nonprofessional artists who enjoy the ability to be creative and expressive.”
Mark Olshaker • 8 min read
“Our mantra is: We don’t build housing;
we build communities.”
—Geoffrey C. Brown, President and CEO, USA Properties Fund, Inc.
Bendix Anderson • 7 min read
Three deals over four decades have gradually transformed the historic Westward Ho Hotel complex in Phoenix, Arizona.
Marty Bell • 7 min read
The English royals seem to have succession down pat. It’s based on birthright, everyone knows who’s in line and the citizenry seems to respect it. And despite occasional disruption from wars and marriages, it seems to have worked pretty well for hundreds of years.
Thom Amdur • 7 min read
As the economy continues recovering from the Great Recession, the number of families and individuals who rent their homes instead of buying is growing.
Mark Olshaker • 3 min read
Artspace is not the only organization dedicated to providing affordable living and working opportunities for artists.
Mark Olshaker • 12 min read
When the subject of workforce housing is invoked in any discussion, we tend to think of police officers, firefighters, teachers and other municipal employees. But there is a national nonprofit organization with an ever-expanding footprint and sphere of influence that is enlarging that definition to another cohort its leaders consider critical to a healthy and complete urban environment: Artists.
Darryl Hicks • 10 min read
Massachusetts has improved and expanded access to affordable housing over the past quarter century – and become an innovative public policy leader – in part, through the efforts of Aaron Gornstein.
David A. Smith • 6 min read
For centuries during the late Middle Ages, tales were told of the realm of Prester John, whose empire of milk and honey lay among the heathen somewhere beyond the horizon. Expeditions were mounted in search of this Most Christian King, reputed to breed unicorns, whose prized horns were brought back by intrepid explorers.
Joel Swerdlow • 6 min read
“The disparate impact decision,” says Josh Cohen, Development Director of Beacon Communities based in Boston, Massachusetts, “bolsters the notion that creating affordable housing in areas of opportunity can be a business opportunity for affordable housing developers.