SACRAMENTO, CALIF.— California officials and representatives of Citi have come up with an innovative plan to help jump-start construction lending for affordable housing projects in the state. Read more
Standing Tall
SAN DIEGO—Three years after plans for a luxury condo project fell through, a landmark affordable housing development has opened on the site. Read more
Google Jumps into the LIHTC Market
Google has stepped into the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) market by investing in a pair of California developments. Read more
Connecting the Dots
Creating urban, affordable, and energyconscious developments is not just a career for Jonathan F.P. Rose, it's a lifelong passion. Read more
Over my nine and a half years at AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE, I've seen green invade the industry, nearly to the point of ubiquity. Read more
Walter Moreau is executive director of Foundation Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing developer in Austin, Texas. Read more
Every state made a clear effort to include and support green building measures into their low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) programs in 2009. Read more
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. Read more
HUD Releases Draft of Bill for Rental Housing Initiative
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a draft of its transforming rental assistance (TRA) legislative proposal to allow public housing authorities (PHAs) and other owners of subsidized housing to convert to longterm Sec. 8 ass Read more
Brian E. Lawlor has been named commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) as well as CEO and president of “nyhomes,” which includes the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the St Read more
Project Serves New Home Buyers
SEATTLE— A cafeteria worker at Microsoft, a woman who works for a nonprofit organization, and a couple with a teenage son have become new home buyers. Read more
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have played a vital role in the affordable housing world, but the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are an endangered species. Read more
Red Capital Group has come back to its roots as an entrepreneurial firm after being acquired by an investment group led by ORIX USA Corp. and Stonehenge Partners. Read more
Battle to Weatherize
WASHINGTON, D.C.— It's not too late to use stimulus dollars to make your affordable housing properties more energy efficient. Read more
D4 Changes Squeeze Deals
Affordable housing developers are leaving no stone unturned in their search for construction debt. Read more
Creating Community
SEBASTOPOL, CALIF.— The residents at Petaluma Avenue Homes don't just live near one another. Read more
From Hotel to Housing
PORTLAND, ORE.— Five years, 23 sources of funding, and about 6,000 pages of documents. That and more went into creating a new affordable housing development serving many of the city's neediest residents. Read more