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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said the Department of Housing and Urban Development must provide evidence of its redevelopment plans before the city will issue demolition permits for two large public housing projects.
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Adopting green design features will be critical to winning low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) in many states in 2008. State housing finance agencies continue to incorporate sustainable design measures into their qualified allocation plans that determine which developments receive tax credits.
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As the number of homeless Americans rise, states across the country are increasingly encouraging the development of supportive housing through their low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) programs.
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The big uncertainty going into 2008 is how active, if at all, the biggest LIHTC investor will be in the market. Several affordable housing industry leaders have said that Fannie Mae, which has been the single-largest LIHTC investor in the recent past, will be out of the market or will significantly reduce its LIHTC investments this year.
FULL ARTICLE Combining mixed-use and mixed-income
elements into one development
creates many challenges. Learn how
some developers have overcome these
obstacles.
FULL ARTICLE Columbus, Ohio's first green subdivision called
Greenview Estates won the Inspiring
Efficiency IMPACT Award. The green development is part of Columbus Mayor Michael
Coleman's "Get Green, Columbus" initiative, in partnership with the Building
Industry Association of Central Ohio, the Affordable Housing Trust and
MiraCit Development Corporation. Homes in the subdivision are 25 to 40% more
efficient than standard homes.
FULL ARTICLE The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless broke ground this week on its first "green" affordable housing project in metro Denver.
All of the 100 affordable apartments were designed, and will be built, in accordance with Enterprise Green Communities sustainability guidelines.
FULL ARTICLE One of the largest nonprofit affordable housing developers in Florida is winding down its business and transferring its properties to other developers to ensure they stay affordable.
FULL ARTICLE A large apartment complex in the Washington will convert to federally subsidized low-income housing this year, lowering rents for some units but likely forcing some residents to move out.
FULL ARTICLE Affordable Housing Owners and Developers: Stand Up and Be Counted
If you own or develop affordable housing, don't miss this chance to tell the nation about your accomplishments. Be included among AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE's annual Top 50 owners and developers, the only lists of their kind for the affordable housing industry. AHF will present its Top 50 in the May issue. For more information, e-mail dkimura@hanleywood.com.
CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY [PDF] AHF Readers' Choice Awards Nomination Forms Now Available
If you have done an outstanding affordable housing development in 2007 or have an exemplary one planned for 2008, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE magazine wants to hear about it. The finalists of the annual Readers' Choice Awards will be published in the August 2008 issue; AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE readers will then vote for the winner in each category, with the winners published in the November 2008 issue. The winners also will be presented with awards at AHF Live: The Tax Credit Developers' Summit, Nov. 7, 2008, in Chicago. The deadline for nomination forms is April 14, 2008. For more information, e-mail dkimura@hanleywood.com. CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM [PDF] CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM [DOC] |
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