PHA Archives
Case Study
COVID Relief Aids Housing, but There’s a Deadline
Mark Fogarty • 8 min read
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), the official name of the COVID stimulus bill, wasn’t associated with housing at the time.
Case Study
Using General Revenue Bonds to Support Workforce Housing
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
Developers can partner with Public Housing Authorities (PHA) issuing General Revenue bonds to achieve workforce housing solutions that are superior to using traditional real estate finance, according to Sam Adams, managing director of capital markets at KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM), which issues such bonds.
Industry Insights
Public Housing Innovations
Kaitlyn Snyder • 4 min read
The needs of the public housing portfolio are well documented: annual shortfalls in Congressional funding dating back to the 1980s have contributed to an estimated capital backlog of $70 billion.
The Guru Is In
Disrupting Public Housing Out of Faircloth
David A. Smith • 7 min read
In 1998, when North Carolina Democrat-turned-Republican Lauch Faircloth added the amendment for which he became infamous, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) were in a protracted bureaucratic standoff combining the worst features of medieval sieges and the First World War.
Three Years On
Faircloth-to-RAD Helps Secure the Future of Public Housing
Abram Mamet • 10 min read
In 2021, new guidance was issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that allowed Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) much-enhanced structure for mixed financing methods to expand their overall supply of units.
Case Study
Owens and Queen Manor Apartments in Dover, DE
RAD 2.0 Streamlines its Reach
Mark Fogarty • 7 min read
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program was a big idea: to raise money to rehabilitate crumbling old public housing properties by raising private equity and converting the buildings into project-based Section 8 developments.
Case Study
Launchpad Apartments, Colorado Springs, CO
A Launchpad into Adult Life for Vulnerable Young Adults
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
“Failure to launch” is a term sometimes used to describe young people who haven’t yet found their place in adult life.
Legally Speaking
HOTMA: An Overview of Changes
Stephanie Naquin • 5 min read
The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) introduces significant changes to many aspects of multifamily programs through amendments to certain sections of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
Case Study
Energy Retrofits in New Mexico
Mark Fogarty • 6 min read
Residents at three public housing authority properties for Santa Fe County in New Mexico are happy to see solar panels installed on the roofs of their projects, as the arrays also come with 16 additional upgrades for the tenants.