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02 / 03 / 25

Affordable Housing

Legendary celebrity columnist Rona Barrett is spearheading an effort to help older adults with limited resources find affordable alternatives.

08 / 25 / 16

Silent Victims

Awareness of the affordable housing crisis has grown exponentially inside of industry circles. Unfortunately, public awareness is still woefully low and solutions to the problem have yet to manifest. A new organization lead by Ron Terwilliger will collect data that can guide policymakers towards crisis resolution. Simultaneously, the data will help to protect the most […]

05 / 15 / 15

Five Affordable Cities

“New York apartment market stays white-hot,” “Seattle multifamily development on a roll,” “San Francisco rents through the roof,” – we’ve all read the headlines. We come across them daily, as the nation’s top metro areas continue to post high rent growth numbers and apartment projects continue to pop up all over America’s large urban centers. […]

05 / 07 / 15

Habitat Gets Greener

The uptick in green affordable housing continues as Habitat for Humanity embraces passivehaus design. Passivehaus, or Passive House, is a rigorous German building standard that emphasizes air-tight envelopes, optimized solar gain, and decreased dependence on mechanical heating and cooling. Such stringent standards and cost assumptions have discouraged many affordable housing developers, yet Habitat for Humanity […]

11 / 05 / 14

Green Affordable Housing

The widespread presence of sustainability features in affordable housing is finally underway thanks to changes in government regulations and financing incentives. Key green features are in high demand, forming a new standard in affordable housing. Affordable housing communities are becoming greener from the ground up, beginning with optimal placement: the north-south and east-west orientation of […]

07 / 22 / 14

Affordability Crisis

Every morning at 8am, the construction crews begin working on the neighborhood behind my home in an Atlanta suburb. The sounds of hammers, trucks, and lively music are a sign that the housing market is recovering. While these lots will make lovely homes for some, their $250,000+ price tags exclude buyers most in need of […]

02 / 27 / 14