Sales of new homes fell by 26 percent in 2007, the biggest drop since 1963, when record-keeping began, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported last month.
2007 was also the worst year for housing starts in 16 years and, perhaps, since the Great Depression. In December 2007, housing...
A study of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, released in January 2008 by the Urban Institute, indicates that as the result of an aging population, demand for affordable housing will rise significantly over the next 30 years. The study, titled “Housing in the Nation's Capital...
In line with New York City Mayor Michael C. Bloomberg's stated goal of locating and using public land to increase the supply of affordable housing, a new housing project is scheduled for construction on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
QThere has been an increase in criminal activity in and around my tax credit site. I want to install additional lighting on my building entrances, courtyards, and other common areas, for security. Will HUD pay for it?
As of Dec. 18, 2007, HUD ceased prohibiting project-based voucher rents from exceeding tax credit rents. According to housing groups such as the National Leased Housing Association (NLHA), the old voucher rule, which went into effect in October 2005, was flawed; it required a change in the...
HOPE VI, a federal program that converts distressed public housing into mixed-income sites, has strong, bipartisan support in both Houses of Congress, although the current administration claims that HOPE VI has outlived its usefulness.
The national trust fund bill (H.R. 2895) passed by the House of Representatives sets a goal to create 1.5 million affordable housing units over the next 10 years.
“The growing shortage of affordable housing is one of the most serious social and economic problems facing our country,...
QI'm developing an affordable housing site, and I've just received an allocation of tax credits. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to qualify for more tax credits down the road?
