Low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) syndicators are counting on a strong finish after a slow first half to open the year. Read more
Turning Away from Fannie Mae
A s affordable housing developers get set to ramp up dormant projects, Fannie Mae's high rates on forward commitments are forcing many to look elsewhere for debt. Read more
Life Goes On
Mark Shelburne counts 26 affordable housing developments lined up to trade in the low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) they won in 2008 for cash Read more
HUD Dream Team
Shaun Donovan has taken over the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the midst of a housing crisis that saw 1.5 million properties fall into foreclosure in the first half of the year, a doubledigit increase from the first six months of 2008. Read more
The Next Generation
Passionate about affordable housing, innovative, and enterprising are all fitting descriptions for AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE's 2009 Young Leaders. Read more
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.—Sean L. Spear has been named executive director of the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) by state Treasurer Bill Lockyer. Read more
Hotel project provides housing while rescuing city’s pastThe Grand Apartments in Roseburg, Ore.Roseburg, Ore.
Roseburg, Ore. – A derelict hotel that stood empty for 45 long years has been reinvented as the Grand Apartments, a home for young single mothers and other low-income residents Read more
AHC Returns to Familiar Site
ARLINGTON, VA.— The search for new opportunities has led a prominent affordable housing developer back to familiar ground. Read more
Addressing the Changing Landscape
Developers and owners have been hit hard over the last year with a struggling lowincome housing tax credit market and troubled fi- nancial markets. Read more
Turning Blight into Sustainability
LA QUINTA, CALIF.—National Community Renaissance recycled a blighted 92-space mobile home park into an 80-unit sustainable affordable housing development, with the help and the vision of the city of La Quinta. Read more
HUD May Get More Money
Congress seems poised to approve a fiscal 2010 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appropriations bill (H.R. 3288) that provides more money for key programs than the Obama administration requested. Read more
Hagan Sees Hopeful Signs
CHICAGO—Joe Hagan is feeling better about the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) market these days. Read more
One of the first tests for Sandra Henriquez and other officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been to respond to a critical Sec. 8 funding shortfall in many communities. Read more