Affordable Housing News

Baxter Apartments

Baxter Lofts sets rent for new apartments

From Valley Morning Star HARLINGEN — Rents aimed at low-income residents have been set for the city’s first high-rise apartment development. All of Baxter Lofts’ 24 units will be rented as affordable housing, following the U.S. Department of Urban Development’s...

Mike Crapo

Crapo Releases Housing Finance Reform Plan Outline

From NCSHA Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released an outline for housing finance reform legislation.  The outline incorporates elements of many plans and principles for housing finance reform legislation that have been discussed by...

Hurricane Harvey

Recovery funds now available in Harris County for rebuilding

From Community Impact More than $909 million of federal funds was accepted by the Harris County Commissioners  at a Jan. 29 meeting. The money will go to aid in the rebuilding and repair of homes damaged during Hurricane Harvey. Funds will also be dispersed to  to...

Gary Basinger, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Brazoria County

Affordable Housing a Top Concern in Brazoria County

From The Facts Brazoria County is continuing to deal with housing, labor and water problems. Gary Basinger, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Brazoria County, discussed these issues at a recent Associated Builders and Contractors Texas Gulf...

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Workforce Housing That Makes Economic Sense

From Multi-Housing News Media and industry conversations are ripe with talk about the vast and rising need for middle-income and workforce housing. Our declaration, in opposition to the common narrative of middle-income housing projects, is that it can and does...

Opportunity Zones

Affordable Housing Finance: A New Tool for Housing

From Affordable Housing Finance Industry players embrace Opportunity Zone incentive. Out of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act came a new community development tool aimed at spurring investment in low-income neighborhoods. With high hopes, many in the affordable...

Capitol Hill

Affordability Tops the NAHB Agenda in the Year Ahead

From NAHB Now Addressing housing affordability concerns will be a top issue for NAHB in 2019 and we will be working with Congress and the administration to achieve this goal. Builders in the field report there is a strong demand for new homes but that prospective...

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