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June 2010 - FEATURES

SPECIAL FOCUS >> The Greening of Affordable Housing

Connecting the Dots
Jonathan Rose Cos. continues to be a pioneer in creating housing models that bridge the gap between the environmental, economic, and social health of residents. Plus, a look at the incentives available for creating and preserving green housing. (Cover photo by David S. Holloway)

• Battle to Weatherize
  Affordable housing developers struggle for their share of stimulating weatherization cash.
• QAPs Get Greener
  Every state made a clear effort to include and support green building measures into their low-income housing tax credit programs in 2009.
• More Focus Needed on Data Collection
  There is a great deal we know about how to improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of building operations, but there is also a great deal we don’t know.

Also in this Issue

• New Directions
• PNC Unloads Red Capital
• Grapevine
• Sustaining Residents
• The Buzz
• Cyndi Lauper, West End Begin Project for Homeless Gay Youths
• Historic Credits Set Record for Affordable Housing
• People
• Pop Quiz Q&A with Walter Moreau, executive director of Foundation Communities *Web Extra
• Housing Policy
• HUD Releases Draft of Bill for Rental Housing Initiative
• Finance
• Google Jumps into the LIHTC Market
• Next Generation of GSEs
• D4 Changes Squeeze Deals
• Regional Report: West
• Citi Pilots California Bond Program
• Standing Tall
• Creating Community
• Project Serves New Home Buyers
• From Hotel to Housing