Affordable Housing Finance is searching for the best affordable housing developments that were completed in 2017 or will be completed in 2018. The nomination process for the 14th annual Readers' Choice Awards is now open at https://www.ahfawards.com/a, with entries due by March 16.
We’re looking for outstanding affordable housing developments from around the nation in 10 categories:
- Family;
- Green;
- Historic Rehab;
- Mixed-Use;
- Preservation;
- Public Housing Redevelopment;
- Rural;
- Seniors;
- Special-Needs; and
- Urban
AHF will select the finalists, which will be featured online and in the July/August issue, based on the following project characteristics:
- Impact on the community by adding substantially to the affordable housing stock or improving the immediate social or economic fabric;
- Role in overall community revitalization or social change;
- Sets a new standard or pioneers a new method (taps new funding sources; demonstrates new efficiency in capital costs and/or maintenance/operating costs, etc.);
- Employs cost-effective or innovative design and/or construction, including energy efficiency and sustainable development;
- Offers outstanding social services for tenants;
- Received broad community support, including state and local government financial assistance;
- Addresses a unique challenge;
- Demonstrates creative problem-solving; and
- Evidence of cost-effectiveness, i.e., producing housing at substantially below-market rents or home prices, at a reasonable subsidy per unit.
If you have questions, please email Donna Kimura at [email protected].
