Infilla Leverages AI to Accelerate Permitting for New Housing Developments
New Company Aims to Streamline the Permitting Process for Localities Across the Country
Michael Murney • 5 min read
After interviewing hundreds of real estate developers, architects, and planners, Jenny Song came to a simple conclusion: local governments’ entitlements and permitting systems are broken.
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Case Study
“No Place Like Home” Targets Rural CA Residents

Mark Fogarty • 5 min read
California has many programs to boost affordable housing. One example is the No Place Like Home (NPLH) program, which helped fund Siskiyou Crossroads’ rural housing project in Yreka, CA.
Case Study
HIV/AIDS Survivors Will Find a Place to Live in New York City

Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
A giant tulip tree in Queens has inspired The Lirio, a space for the formerly homeless and those affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Tort Reforms
Reshaping Premises Liability — But “Not A Silver Bullet”
Lyla Maisto • 7 min read
Georgia has become the latest state to pass tort reform laws that, in part, aim to address premises liability and negligent security actions. The reforms could have significant implications for parties involved in building and managing affordable housing.
LDG Development: Using Technology, Data, and Strong Community Relations to Keep Communities Safe
Pamela Martineau • 7 min read
Operating over 100 affordable housing communities across nine states, LDG Development has implemented a suite of security systems tailored to the specific safety needs of each of its unique developments. From license plate readers and gunshot detection technology to designated areas for police officers to write reports, LDG Development offers a blend of high- and low-tech security systems to enhance resident safety.
Breaking Ground
Doctor Megan Sandel, Boston Medical Center
Jessica Hoefer • 10 min read
Dr. Megan Sandel, Boston Medical Center spoke with NH&RA’s Peter Bell, to examine the connection between affordable housing and healthcare and the growing realization that good health is essential for households to attain stability and sustainability.
How Developers Are Dealing With Today’s Insurance Challenges
Abram Mamet • 6 min read
Over the past decade, insurance has become a significant concern for multifamily affordable housing owners. Increasingly litigious activity around a variety of liability areas, combined with challenging environmental conditions in many parts of the country, has resulted in higher premiums and increased deductibles, further squeezing operational costs in already stressed deals.
Mountain Towns Go Modular for Faster and Cheaper-to-Build Affordable Housing
Innovative Companies Leverage Factory Construction to Avoid Pitfalls
Ethan Finlan • 8 min read
The housing crisis isn’t just confined to high-demand coastal metros. Housing supply is shrinking, and the share of cost-burdened renters is growing in the country’s interior, including the resort-oriented communities in the Mountain West.
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Monthly Columns
The Guru Is In
Entities Endure (Forever?)
David A. Smith • 6 min read
After having chronicled how entities endure for better, for a long time, and for worse, we arrive, belatedly, at the nastiest question of them all: When an organization has gone past the tipping point and its consumption of resources exceeds the impact it delivers with those resources, what happens then?
Industry Insights
Progress isn’t Linear
Kaitlyn Snyder • 4 min read
House passage of the reconciliation bill with three Low Income Housing Tax Credit provisions included is a significant win. Yet the successful implementation of these measures hinges on adequate appropriations for HUD programs.
Legally Speaking
To File a BOI or Not File a BOI, That is the Question
David Leon, Jay Shuman & Jeff Perry • 10 min read
When the CTA went into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, both newly formed and previously established companies, large and small (but mainly small) were to provide certain information to FinCEN detailing: 1) “Beneficial Ownership” and 2) “Company Applicants.”