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Governor Gavin Newsom of California unveiled his budget plan for 2025-26. This $322 billion budget included one critical component for the state’s many housing professionals: a proposed reorganization of the numerous housing programs administered by the executive into a new California Housing and Homelessness Agency.

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? 

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

A giant tulip tree in Queens has inspired The Lirio, a space for the formerly homeless and those affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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.

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.

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.

For decades, policymakers have recognized the intrinsic relationships between housing and health outcomes. Prioritizing housing as a social priority can consistently save communities much-needed funds and help provide long-term care for residents.