Washington State to Impose Evergreen Standard

By Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson
August 25, 2008 1 min read

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission has announced that beginning in 2009 all applicants for low-income housing tax credits will need to meet the Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard of the state Department of Community Trade and Economic Development, along with all related policies and procedures, regardless of the funding sources for a proposed housing credit project.

The Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard Criteria was originally developed to set a minimum level of sustainable performance for projects applying to the state’s housing trust fund after 7/1/08. read more…

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.