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Los Angeles tries to show how affordable housing can be built more quickly and cheaply
It’s the financing, stupid. In Los Angeles, a novel mechanism that is expected to finance the construction of more than 1,500 units of …
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Mission Driven Finance adds a $4.5 million line of credit to secure childcare facilities
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American South Capital raises $60 million for affordable housing in the US South
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Silicon Valley investors back $200 million fund to expand affordable housing in the Bay Area
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LISC’s fund gives renters a chance to become homeowners in Cleveland
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Putting an ownership lens on the preservation of affordable housing
The gap in affordable housing is wide and getting wider. Rent restrictions on some 200,000 units of so-called affordable housing are set to …
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Housing and energy costs are together fueling one affordability crisis
Families spend, on average, more than half their income on housing and transportation expenses. For many already stretched thin on housing costs, rising …
Impact investments in Opportunity Zones could drive home ownership – with a few policy tweaks
A consequential executive order from President Donald Trump could be a game changer for impact investors working in affordable housing and home ownership …
Federal green funding is stalled, but sustainable community investments are not
A year after the Environmental Protection Agency blocked funding for the federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, local funders are responding with alternative strategies …
Building regional engines for affordable housing in California
California’s housing affordability challenge is often described in superlatives. The state has housing costs among the nation’s highest, the largest number of people …
Impact investors: Don’t overlook emerging real estate developers
Just as homeownership has long been the primary wealth-building tool for American households, the ownership and development of real estate assets has been …