David A. Smith • 4 min read
In today’s market, a dollar of tax-exempt volume cap that funds affordable housing is more than ten times more valuable than if it funds any other property type.
Darryl Hicks • 10 min read
John Rucker has been an investment banker since 1977 and one of the most sought-after bond underwriters in the country.
Kaitlyn Snyder • 4 min read
Demand for tax-exempt bonds has been steadily rising with more and more states reaching their bond cap limit.
John W. Gahan III • 7 min read
Years ago, while moderating a session at the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s Summer Institute on Martha’s Vineyard and faced with an audience far more interested in the then ongoing TV coverage of the Summer Olympics than “Year 15” issues, I analogized my affordable housing panelists to the “Dream Team.”
Darryl Hicks • 11 min read
Emily Cadik is one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington, DC advocating for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.
David A. Smith • 5 min read
For just over a third of a century, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ (JCHS) State of the Nation’s Housing has been an annual must-read for its comprehensive, omni-sourced examination of all things housing – and its disciplined just-the-facts-ma’am compilation makes it fertile ground for a guru to discover the invisible drivers of housing.
Kaitlyn Snyder • 4 min read
New York Mayor Eric Adams recently set a ‘moonshot’ goal of 500,000 new affordable homes over the next ten years.
Jessica Hoefer • 3 min read
Don’t Drop the Ball in 2023
Jessica Hoefer • 3 min read
As I write this, I am already feeling nostalgic for the holiday season.
Darryl Hicks • 12 min read
NewPoint Real Estate Capital is a real estate lender that’s looking to make a big splash in the affordable housing space.
David A. Smith • 4 min read
In early September, USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity’s Way Forward Housing Coalition, put on an in-person Washington, DC conference called “Housing’s Contribution to Economic Development.”
Kaitlyn Snyder • 4 min read
In November, I attended a White House meeting on Resident-Centered Management Practices to solicit best practices.