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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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Tenants’ Return to Rehabbed, Preserved Birthplace of Hip Hop
1520 Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx was not your average building purchased by a speculative real estate investor in the housing crisis aftermath. It's known as the birthplace of hip […]
Can Better Messaging Overcome NIMBY?
The affordable housing industry is increasingly focused on clear and effective messaging as the means of convincing skeptical bystanders to support more funding and regulations to increase supply and subsidies. […]
Q: Why doesn’t the market produce enough affordable housing where people want it?
A: The market is supposed to meet demand, but the importance of location, location, location, plus other factors, keep this from working for affordable housing.
Maintaining a Bastion of Quality—and Affordability
As afforable housing developments age, managing and preserving them, both physically and financially, while neighborhoods change and energy costs rise is becoming a key concern for community developers. Here’s how one group in Philly is taking that on.
Manufacturing Affordable Homeownership Solutions
It’s time to take factory-built homes seriously as affordable housing.
What the Shutdown Reveals About U.S. Housing Priorities
Leading up to the federal shutdown that began at midnight Sept. 30, there was a lot of speculation about what that would mean for various housing and community development programs. […]
From Motel to “Growtel”
A young man trying to build the urban farm economy in West Sacramento, Calif., has a novel idea. He saw an avenue lined with run-down old motels and asked, why […]
Early Funding is Worth its Weight in Gold
Developing affordable rental housing these days is a lot like putting together a puzzle – when the financing pieces are all in place, a thing of beauty results, but when […]
Two Steps to Rebalancing Housing Policy
Tax-writing committees in both houses of Congress are developing legislation to reform the tax code that may be seriously considered over the next year. They should use this opportunity to […]
“Mixed” Income Housing: With Segregated Entrances?
Here's exhibit A on how not to convince skeptical housing justice advocates (or anyone else) that mixed-income housing developments represent a step forward: Make the residents of the affordable units […]
What Determines Opportunity? (Hint: It’s Not One’s Bootstraps)
It’s the rare occasion when a significant social challenge is raised up in rigorous economic research and almost instantly answered by a creative and dynamic public policy response. Yet, in […]
Increasing Rents, Decreasing Units in Affordable Rental Market
I had the privilege of joining Eric Belsky, the director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University at the launch of its 2013 State of the […]