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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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“Workforce Housing” Is an Insulting Term
So folks, we need to have a chat about this whole “workforce housing” thing. It’s a problem. Or rather, the way it is often being used these days is a problem, which is as shorthand for housing for people who aren’t really low-income, but are still having trouble affording housing in a hot market.
HUD Improves Project-Based Voucher Program But More Remains to Be Done
HUD has recently made some important changes to the rules for its Project-Based Voucher (PBV) program, which helps families live in affordable rental housing. The PBV program combines two standard […]
Is the Housing Crisis Over in Rural America?
In 2008, the U.S. economy fell off a cliff. Depending on your perspective, it either slipped or was pushed from that precipice by the housing market. In 2009 and 2010, […]
Interview with Tony Pickett, Urban Land Conservancy
Probably no one in the country is in a better position than Tony Pickett to talk about efforts to include long-term affordable housing in two of the nation’s largest Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ventures: Denver’s FasTracks plan, and Atlanta’s Beltline project.
Living the TOD Lifestyle in Denver: Growing Transit and Affordable Housing
A consequence of huge transit expansions is that nearby rentals and other housing tend to escalate in cost, and lower income residents—who may have lived their entire lives in the […]
Housing Affordability Is Our Problem, Not Their Problem
I had the opportunity to participate in a recent webcast about the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ report, State of the Nation’s Housing, where I talked about the nation’s […]
Poor Folk Are All Cost Burdened, No Matter What Their Housing Cost
Today the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard releases its annual State of the Nation's Housing report. As always, it is chock full of useful information about the trends […]
San Francisco CLT Buys Victorian Home, Turns It Co-op to Prevent Evictions
The San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) last month purchased a 14-bedroom Victorian home with a rich history to prevent the displacement of its low-income residents. Originally built as two duplexes, […]
Why Don’t States Do More to Promote Affordable Housing?
Since 2005, CFED has promoted manufactured homes as a viable housing opportunity, particularly for low- and- and moderate-income families. We have focused on making manufactured housing part of the housing […]
The Effects of NIMBY and How to Overcome Them
This is Part 4 in a series on NIMBY and affordable housing. To catch up on the rest of the series, read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. —- […]
Who Owns the Land?
When I was a 20-something my family received a copy of the board game Monopoly as a gift. Being all varying levels of anti-capitalists, but certainly united in not being […]
If Affordable Housing Were Stylish Would We Build More of It?
In response to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's new housing plan goal of 200,000 units “created or preserved,” Justin Davidson at New York Magazine penned this plea for architectural beauty, […]