The Community Preservation Corporation launches financing guide for small multifamily building projects
The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), a leading nonprofit affordable housing and community revitalization finance company, announced the launch of Start Small: A guide to financing small multifamily building projects. CPC created this straightforward guide...
Special Delivery: 2018 NMHC/Kingsley Package Delivery Report
Just in time for the holiday delivery season, the 2018 National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)/Kingsley Package Delivery Report unpacks the industry’s response to rapid, continued growth of e-commerce. This holiday shopping season, retailers such as...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Randy Noel on 2018 midterm elections
Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., today issued the following statement regarding the 2018 midterm elections: "With the 2018 midterm elections behind us, NAHB...
In a critical victory for the multifamily industry, California voters defeat Prop 10
Statement from National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) CEO Doug Bibby on California Ballot Initiative Proposition 10: “California voters sent a resounding message yesterday that rent control is not the answer to solving the housing affordability...
New research compares student housing costs
NMHC and RealPage recently released new research that evaluates cost differences between on-campus and off-campus housing. The study, focusing on 22 universities around the country, found that despite frequently charging lower rents, on-campus dorms...
Metro Denver rents decrease in the third quarter
Average rents in Denver fell by $19 per month in the third quarter of 2018, continuing a three-year trend in rent decreases during the third quarter, according to the Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy...
Multifamily decline pushes overall housing starts down in September
Led by a drop in multifamily production, total housing starts fell 5.3 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.2 million units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and...
The all-new HUD.gov
HUD Public Affairs launch their newly redesigned website, HUD.gov. The site has been extensively redesigned with the goal of improving the site's usability. Changes were made to the site's menus to improve the ease...
HUD invites public housing agencies to join Moving to Work demonstration program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is inviting public housing agencies to join the Department’s expanding Moving to Work demonstration program. Moving to Work (MTW) allows public housing agencies (PHAs) to...
Historic Chicago apartment development earns 2018 HUD secretary award
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) today announced Chicago’s Rosenwald Courts Apartments, once home to boxer Joe Louis, and Olympian Jesse Owens, as...
HUD awards $6.7 million in research grants to reduce lead and other housing-related health...
To help protect children and seniors from exposure to lead and other home health hazards, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $6.7 million to seven universities and public health organizations...
2018’s fastest-growing cities in America
With the Census Bureau reporting that the South held 8 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2017, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America...
HUD and US Virgin Islands sign $243 million disaster recovery grant agreement
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Pamela Hughes Patenaude and the U.S. Virgin Island's Governor Kenneth Mapp today announced the formal execution of a $243 million grant agreement to help...
HUD and Puerto Rico ink $1.5 billion disaster recovery grant agreement
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson and Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló today announced the formal execution of a $1.5 billion grant agreement to help citizens in Puerto Rico...
The Skilled Labor Fund announces contribution for training
The Skilled Labor Fund, through the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), provided over $57,000 to address the shortage of skilled labor entering the residential construction market. The funding...
