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Tax-exempt bonds (TEBs) have their own special place in the financing of affordable multifamily housing, and few people understand how to structure deals that maximize their impact more so than Washington, DC attorney Wade Norris. 

Rising Interest Rates and Fears of Recession Force Developers and Lenders to Get Creative

I recently attended the National Council of State Housing Agencies conference in Chicago.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) helps low-income households access energy efficiency, renewable energy and health and safety upgrades for their homes. 

Techniques For Cutting Costs and Speeding Construction

I’ve heard the current development environment described as playing whack-a-mole: as soon as one problem is solved, another crops up.

How Design Features Are Helping to Reduce Costs

Developers who build market-rate housing are increasingly turning to prefabricated construction techniques, because they represent, in multiple ways, a path to efficiency.

When the Ukrainians begin rebuilding their bludgeoned eastern cities and returning to their damaged homes, among the dysfunctional Soviet legacies they must address is a deeply embedded, invisible one: their national building code. 

The Lambert Houses in the New York City borough of the Bronx were considered cutting-edge solutions to inner city housing problems when they were constructed in the 1970s.

Historic Massachusetts Hotel to Be Preserved and Improved 

Michael Binette is an award-winning architect who has been designing affordable housing for 40 years.