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USDA Lending Changes Boost Multifamily Outlook in Rural America

Agency Boosts Loan-to-Cost Ratio of Key Lending Program to Make More Projects Pencil

• 5 min read

Since 1996, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided loans for affordable multifamily housing in rural areas through its Rural Development Section 538 program.

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Replacing and Preserving Affordable Housing Amidst Urban Revitalization

The Perkins Homes Redevelopment – A“Choice Neighborhood”

• 7 min read

Since 2018, the City of Baltimore, the Housing Authority of Balti-more City (HABC), planners, architects and developers have been working on a comprehensive redevelopment of a large public housing project near the city’s famous Inner Harbor.