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July/August 2009 - FEATURES

SPECIAL FOCUS >>Readers' Choice Finalists

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE features 35 finalists in the competition for our fifth annual Readers’ Choice Awards for the Nation’s Best Affordable Housing Developments. Read about the finalists and then go here to select the winners in each of the 10 categories as well as the best overall development.

• Family Finalists
• Green Finalists
• Historic Rehab Finalists
• Homeownership Finalists
• Master-Planned/Mixed-Use Finalists
• Preservation Finalists
• Rural Finalists
• Seniors Finalists
• Special-Needs Finalists
• Urban Finalists

   Also in this Issue

• New Directions
• HUD Pushes Childhood Education with HOPE VI
• Guest Commentary
• HUD No Longer a Dud
• The Buzz
• Atlanta Razes Last Large Project
• More Families Living on Edge
• Report Paints LIHTC Picture
• People
• Housing Policy
• Frank Drafts Major Preservation Bill
• Finance
• Worries Grow Over Major Portfolio Sales
• FHA Courts Affordable Developers
• Asset Management
• Latent Power
• Regional Report: Northeast
• Deals Closing in New York