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Digitization Creates Financeability

6 min read

If you own an income-producing property, you have an equity partner hiding in plain sight.  Despite never signing a document with you, your municipality owns somewhere between one-eighth and one-quarter of your property’s economics, a slice it can increase without your consent, and will own longer than you’ll own the property. 

Housing Challenges of “Silver Tsunami” of Seniors Expected to Hit Most Communities

6 min read

In a study that provides key insights for housing leaders nationwide, researchers in Indiana recently released an in-depth study detailing the “silver tsunami” of senior Hoosiers in need of housing modified for age-related needs.

Three Kentucky Developers Discuss Issues at Home and Beyond 

8 min read

Most National Council of Housing Market Analysts (NCHMA) annual meetings begin with a roundtable from developers, to help ground the conference in the ‘on the ground’ work that the market analysis industry exists to support.

Case Study

Healthcare Enters the Affordable Housing Business

Hospitals Turn to Developers to Help Alleviate Workforce Shortages

5 min read

Workforce housing projects have long been a priority of numerous housing financing agencies across America. One case study is unfolding in eastern South Carolina.

Solar Energy and Affordable Housing: A Win-Win Partnership

& 4 min read

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has significantly impacted the affordable housing landscape by providing generous tax credits and incentives for renewable energy projects. The IRA is transforming the affordable housing sector, bringing substantial financial and
environmental benefits.

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The Equity Partner You Don’t Realize You Have

6 min read

If you own an income-producing property, you have an equity partner hiding in plain sight.  Despite never signing a document with you, your municipality owns somewhere between one-eighth and one-quarter of your property’s economics, a slice it can increase without your consent, and will own longer than you’ll own the property. 

Case Study

Focus of MA Building Changing from Youth to Seniors

6 min read

A building dedicated to helping boys in Worcester, MA, for decades, is undergoing an adaptive reuse that will turn it into affordable housing for seniors.

Breaking Ground

George Saad, Partner and Director of Acquisitions, The BLVD Group

6 min read

Dan McGowan talks with George Saad, partner and director of acquisition at Los Angeles-based The BLVD Group about the company’s focus and portfolio.

Enterprise’s Faith-Based Development Initiative Tackles Affordable Housing Through Intentional Engagement 

10 min read

In recent years, developers have begun to see the many churches, mosques, synagogues and other landholding faith organizations that dot the United States as ideal partners in the struggle to control the affordable housing crisis.

Multifamily Construction Faces a Power Outage

Utilities and Inspectors Stretched Thin and Opaque Bureaucracy Causes Costly Delays for Tax Credit Projects

9 min read

Throughout the early 2020s, costly delays have hammered multifamily projects thanks to supply chain, labor force and interest rate challenges.

Preserving an Expired LIHTC 30 Percent Basis Boost

7 min read

Making the numbers work for a Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transaction can be challenging, or sometimes even impossible.

Case Study

Green and Resilient Retrofit Program Starting to Take Off

7 min read

The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), continues to ramp up now that the first transactions have closed. 

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