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These HUD Cuts Have Gotten Less Attention, But the Effects Will Still Be Harmful
Technical assistance might seem dull, but it’s vital for addressing the homelessness and housing crisis. And it's about to be a lot harder for federal grantees to get.
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Affordable Housing Preservation of the Past and How It Can be Relearned
Over a quarter century ago, affordable housing advocates, housing providers, and public officials began to fully recognize a potential affordable housing crisis. In the early 1990s, federal contracts with private […]
In Defense of the “Poor Door”
The “poor door,” by making economic separation visible, caused a discomfort that we can easily ignore when income groups are segregated by neighborhood.
What An Affordable Housing Victory Looks Like in DC
There is big affordable housing news from DC. HUD and Congress are not involved. In fact, the federal government has no role in this news, which is not always the […]
Should We Want Home Prices to Rise?
Over on the media watchdog site FAIR, economist Dean Baker takes Boston Community Capital director Elyse Cherry to task for saying in her recent New York Times op-ed that it is […]
Meeting the Housing Needs of an Aging Population
Our aging population is more economically and ethnically diverse than any before, and will require a greater and more varied inventory of housing stock.
Affordable Housing Strikes Back
George Lucas seems to be on a mission to be an affordable housing developer—or at least to use affordable housing to get back at his cranky neighbors. The Star Wars […]
Is DC Really Affordable?
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one thinking about the limits of the “30 percent of your income” housing affordability definition. This Washington City Paper article gets […]
Article Reveals Manufactured Housing Industry’s Greed
Earlier this month, the Center for Public Integrity and The Seattle Times released an investigative article examining the business practices of the leading manufactured home builder, lender, and retailer, Clayton […]
Intergenerational Housing-The New Sharing Model?
With regard to housing, it is ever clearer that designing new models that mix the young and the old is becoming necessary, as affordable housing options for both groups don’t exist on the scale needed. Some programs are creating viable options.
Chattanooga Is Densifying Its Downtown–Will It Diversify Too?
Chattanooga, Tenn., has done some impressive things over the past few decades, being forward looking first in terms of investing in going green, and then in offering the fastest Internet service […]
Innovations in 1-to-4-unit Multifamily Developments
Last month, we co-hosted with the National Housing Conference a forum on promising strategies for neighborhood revitalization in Detroit. The daylong event brought together a small group of high-performing nonprofits […]
The Measures of “Safe and Decent” Housing
The definition of “affordable housing” is widely agreed as a household spending no more than 30 percent of its gross annual income on housing costs. Congress adopted this standard for […]