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To build more affordable housing, tech looks to startup funding
From Curbed A new partnership has formed between a New York-based venture capital fund with a focus on real estate and a non-profit. Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit that is focused on affordable housing financing, announced a partnership with...
Austin City Council may relax restrictions for affordable housing
From KXAN Greg Casar, an Austin City Council Member serving District 4 introduced a resolution that suggests an easing of building restrictions in situations that would lead to affordable housing. Buildings with plans to make at least 50 percent of its units...
HUD Lays Out Priorities to Address Shutdown Backlog
From NAHB Now On Feb. 1, HUD released two memos on multifamily production and asset management that lay out the prioritization and timetables for addressing the backlog of activities caused by the government shutdown. Regarding resumption of multifamily production...
Council kicks off new year with measures aimed at affordability
From Austin Monitor The City of Austin is looking for ways to increase funding for affordable housing in a section of East Austin that is experiencing gentrification at a rapid pace. Council approved a change to the existing homestead preservation district, whose...
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...
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...
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...
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 make...
Freddie Mac partnering with RBC to provide $180 million for affordable housing
From Housing Wire Freddie Mac, which re-entered the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit market last year after nearly 10 years away, is partnering with RBC to provide more than $180 million for affordable rental housing. Freddie Mac announced Tuesday that it closed a LIHTC...
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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