David Godschalk • 5 min read
The prospects are changing for combining solar energy production and affordable housing.
Pamela Martineau • 8 min read
Launched through federal legislation in 2012, the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has leveraged over $19.3 billion in construction investment to improve or construct over 174,000 public housing units and 53,000 Section 8, tax credit and market-rate apartments co-located in these public housing communities.
Nushin Huq • 7 min read
Two proposed changes in tax legislation pending in Congress could increase the number of new and preserved affordable rental homes coming to market in the next ten years by over 200,000, according to consulting and accounting firm Novogradac.
Abram Mamet • 10 min read
In 2021, new guidance was issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that allowed Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) much-enhanced structure for mixed financing methods to expand their overall supply of units.
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
In a three-decade career, Shaun Donovan has had a profound impact on shaping the public policy debate over addressing America’s affordable housing crisis.
Ravi Malhotra • 3 min read
Many federal and state agencies aiming to spend their Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds for residential clients are finding out that it will not be easy.
Pamela Martineau • 8 min read
A lack of workforce housing is a growing element of the nation’s housing crisis and some developers who typically build affordable housing are creatively pulling together financing for housing projects for workers who make above area median income (AMI) but cannot afford market-rate rents.
Abram Mamet • 7 min read
By the time the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) was rolled out as part of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, The Enterprise Foundation was already in a position to become a mission-driven leader in the fledgling LIHTC industry.
Abram Mamet • 8 min read
In the nearly four decades since its creation, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has become a critical engine for creating affordable multifamily housing in the United States.
Nushin Huq • 7 min read
Every year, state housing finance agencies are allocated millions of dollars to help fund affordable housing through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.
Pamela Martineau • 8 min read
Looking to bring their philanthropic missions into their own backyards, an increasing number of faith-based organizations are building affordable housing projects on their properties, often with the help of new local and state laws.
Ravi Malhotra • 2 min read
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) are providing the best business case ever, for “greening” multifamily affordable housing.