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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Measuring multifamily housing affordability
Apartment List has published a report on multifamily housing affordability. It looks at how well a family making median household income in the country's...
California’s race to build housing
California is a fascinating study of politics, housing and galvanized activism. It’s been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. But not...
Freddie Mac on rent burden
A new report from Freddie Mac examines data on the 50 top metropolitan areas in the country to determine in which metros renters experience...
Merchants Capital announces more than $180m total financing for two new mixed-income, mixed-use projects...
Mortgage banking firm Merchants Capital has secured financing for two affordable housing developments, totaling more than $180.6 million, in the New York City area:...
Infographic: California’s circular housing crisis
"Get me a good package on rent stability this year and I will sign it," Newsom said in his State of the State address...
Seattle zones for affordable housing
The Seattle city council has passed, and the mayor has signed, new zoning laws that will allow higher density housing to be built in...
Two affordable housing communities in Orange will undergo extensive renovations with $11.6 million in...
MassHousing has provided a total of $11.6 million in affordable housing financing to the non-profit Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF), for the renovation and preservation...
Studying transit oriented development
A recently released study on the impact on new housing construction of zoning changes allowing higher density development near transit stations in the city...
Evergreen Real Estate Group completes renovation of affordable senior housing community in Racine, Wis.
Evergreen Real Estate Group, a leader in the development, rehabilitation and management of both affordable and market-rate multifamily housing, today announced it has completed...
New governor takes on California housing
Addressing the state’s problem with housing was a focus of both Gavin Newsom’s inaugural address as California’s governor and of his first state budget...
Related and Hudson to bring 340 new units of affordable housing to Roosevelt Island
Related Companies and The Hudson Companies announced plans to bring 340 new units of affordable housing to Roosevelt Island. The developers and their city...
NCV Capital Partners, Lemor Development Group, Mount Hope and CPC close $100 million deal...
NCV Capital Partners (NCV), a real estate advisory and development firm, in partnership with Mount Hope Housing Company (Mount Hope), Lemor Development Group (LDG),...
MassHousing to provide $2.1 million in workforce housing financing for new rental housing community...
MassHousing is providing $2.1 million in affordable housing financing from the Agency’s Workforce Housing Initiative to support the development of 233 Hancock, a 36-unit...
The new housing problem facing low-income renters
There’s a new problem facing low-income individuals seeking affordable housing: Even if they have a housing choice voucher to subsidize rents in the private...
MassHousing closes on $45.7 million in financing for the acquisition and rehabilitation of 201-unit...
MassHousing has closed on $45.7 million in financing to the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) for the acquisition, preservation and renovation of a...
