Making Headway
AHF sits down with Marie Head to look at how far the FHA has come, and where it's going. Read more
Whether it is called a documentary stamp tax or a transfer tax, most states and some local jurisdictions tax conveyances of real property. Read more
These 34 finalists showcase some of the best in green technology, innovative financing, community revitalization, and social services. Read more
Thousands of troubled mortgages in communities hard hit by the foreclosure crisis will be going up for sale in September, announced federal housing officials. Read more
Stratford Capital Group announced that it has closed a $100 million low-income housing tax credit fund. Read more
Emerald Springs, built by Unified Property Group and the Detroit Housing Commission, is a new start in Detroit. Read more
Harmony Oaks re-establishes an entire New Orleans neighborhood. The 460-unit development is built on the site of the old C.J. Read more
Metro 510 is a blend of old and new. The heart of the development is the historic St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. Read more
The Northside Housing Initiative takes a bite out of two prevailing problems in its Milwaukee neighborhood—foreclosures and unemployment. Read more
More than 10,000 people applied for a chance to live at Dumont Green—a new apartment building in the neighborhood of East New York on the ragged boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. Read more
For Foundation Communities, M Station in Austin, Texas, was a dream project Read more
Developers arranged hundreds of apartments around a new park on the site of a distressed public housing property in Savannah, Ga.— without any help from the federal HOPE VI program. Read more
Only blocks from Temple University in north Philadelphia, 1260 Housing Development Corp. has brought 98 units of housing back to their original glory but with the green technology of the 21st century. Read more
Ghost Ranch Lodge holds a special place in Tucson's history. Read more
Originally known as San Juan Pueblo from 1598 to 2005, Ohkay Owingeh is one of 19 federally recognized pueblo tribes in New Mexico. Read more
Pennrose Properties, LLC, and Neighborhood Progress, Inc., have teamed up to transform a historic hospital in Cleveland into 137 units of affordable housing for lower-income seniors 55 and older. Read more
The Gulf Coast Housing Partnership and the Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless overcame financing challenges to transform a historic school building and construct a new building for low-income individuals in Baton Rouge, La. Read more
An underutilized 8-acre parking lot has been transformed into a mixed-use, mixed-income, and transit-oriented development thanks to the public-private partnership between Carlisle Development Group and Miami-Dade Transit. Read more
Originally built in 1943 to house employees of the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp., the Strathmore Estates complex in the Savannah Gardens community of Savannah, Ga., was meant to be dismantled after the war. Read more
Banyan Street Manor Apartments is the first acquisition of public housing in Hawaii to be recapitalized under private ownership. Read more
The redevelopment of the Harold Washington Apartments preserves 69 units of affordable housing and contributes to the revitalization of Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Read more
The New Horizons Apartments has undergone a green retrofit that will ensure it remains home to some of Miami's neediest seniors Read more
The Poppleton Cooperative was in trouble, defaulting on its mortgage and sitting nearly 40 percent vacant nine years ago. But a development team came to the property's rescue. Read more
Alta Vista de la Montaña is not your usual apartment complex for farmworkers. Read more
It took 12 years to transform a decayed subdivision into this brand-new community. Read more
The newly renovated Richwood Greene gives low-income seniors the chance to grow old in the small town where many have spent most of their lives: Richwood, Ohio, population 3,000. Read more
Fair Oaks Plaza provides 124 affordable apartments for low-income seniors next to a new county health clinic. Read more
Heritage at McDonough answers the needs of low-income seniors, a city, and a community bank. Read more
The Heritage Park Seniors Campus is the nation's first public housing community that offers enhanced assisted-living and comprehensive memory-care housing with services. Read more
Enterprise Homes, Inc., has transformed a trash-strewn lot into affordable apartments for seniors in its greenest development to date. Read more
15th & Commercial incorporates permanent affordable housing, transitional housing, and a development center for homeless children all on one site. Read more
OpenDoors Housing is home to some of Rhode Island's hardest to house. Read more
Safe Home is the first project of its type in South Dakota. Read more
The first development of its kind in Ohio, The Commons at Livingston provides apartments for disabled bets and chronically homeless. Read more
Verde Gardens addresses two essential needs, food and shelter, by providing townhomes for formerly homeless families, an organic farm, and a public market. Read more
Jamboree Housing set a goal in 2011 to designate at least 10 percent of the homes at each of its new construction properties for people with special needs. Doria Apartment Homes in Irvine is its first such integrated property. Read more
Over the past six years, The Domain Cos. has invested more than $130 million in Mid-City New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Read more
Carlisle Development Group's The Beacon is providing a bright future for families in Miami. Read more
Beacon Communities Development and the Boston Housing Authority have started the transformation of Old Colony, one of the oldest public housing projects in the United States. Read more
Owners of low-income housing tax credit properties face an unending struggle to keep their property tax assessments at a reasonable level. Read more
Meet the co-director of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service. Read more
2012 AHF Readers' Choice Awards
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE is proud to present the 34 finalists of its eighth annual Readers' Choice Awards for the nation's top developments of 2011 and 2012. Read more
The affordable housing industry in New York state creates 31,800 jobs during construction and sustains 5,650 permanent jobs each year, according to a recent study. Read more
Developers in California were dealt a huge blow May 31 when a bill aimed at creating a permanent funding source for affordable housing died in the state Senate. Read more
