Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a median household income as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.
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The Landlord Police
This week in Portland NAHB is voting on the Federal Anti-Poverty and Economic Mobility Initiative resolution. The resolution calls on Congress to make changes...
Riverside Capital invests in comprehensive redevelopment of Los Angeles affordable housing
Riverside Capital, LLC, a leading provider of investment capital to high quality affordable housing developers, is pleased to announce it has provided $25.4 MM...
JCHS releases State of Housing 2018
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released the latest version of its report, “The state of the nation’s housing.” This annual report...
Rose Community Capital arranges $16.1 million financing for rehabilitation of Fenway Manor in Cleveland,...
Rose Community Capital, a MAP designated FHA Lender and the residential financing division of the Jonathan Rose Companies, has secured a $16,119,100 Section 221(d)4...
Philadelphia passes tax to fund affordable housing
Thursday, the Philadelphia city council voted to create a new construction impact tax. The measure passed by a 9 to 8 vote. Before it...
Meta Housing breaks ground on 71-unit transit-oriented affordable housing community in East Los Angeles
Meta Housing Corporation, a Los Angeles-based developer, has broken ground on Whittier & Downey SE, a 71-unit affordable housing community that will be developed...
NDC issues report on America’s housing shortage
A group called the New Democrat Coalition issued a report this week on the nation’s housing shortage titled “Missing Millions of Homes.” The report...
Somerset Development, Jonathan Rose Companies and NCP celebrate opening of Portner Fflats affordable housing...
A joint venture of Somerset Development Company (Somerset), New Community Partners (NCP) and Jonathan Rose Companies (JRCo) joined with community and elected officials to...
California: The great housing bust
California is the sixth biggest economy in the world according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Legislators like to tout that fact. They often forget...
Dallas adopts its first housing policy
This week the Dallas City Council approved its first-ever housing policy intended to help remedy its affordable housing shortage, a deficiency estimated to be...
San Francisco celebrates renewal of 255 Woodside
City and County officials will join Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) and BRIDGE Housing at 12:00 noon today to celebrate the renewal of 255...
Micro-units remain big for some apartment developers
If you think micro-units have had their 15 minutes of fame, think again. Think tanks, policy makers and apartment notables are looking at high-density...
The U.S. isn’t just getting older. It’s getting more segregated by age.
Back in 2010, one of Judson’s residents realized that the goal of enlivening the cultural life of the retirement community and the need to...
Water efficiency upgrades save multifamily housing providers $20,500 per property
A new study from Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and Elevate Energy shows how affordable housing owners can save money, conserve resources and strengthen the...
Revitalizing neighborhoods with a fresh take on affordable housing
In the last decade, a development group has been working to revitalize the community, and several community partners invested $70 million in a redevelopment...
