LIHTC: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Complicated - Shelterforce
This video breaks down the LIHTC rent-setting process, and shows the surprising number of people it doesn’t serve. There are reforms and expansions of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit afoot. But some in the field argue that we need to change the tax credit model of financing housing more deeply—or move away from it entirely.
Breathing Easier - Shelterforce
Jul 24, 2012 · Marcia Cassidy Communications. Seven years ago when Marisol Alcantaro moved with her family from Puerto Rico to Lowell, Massachusetts, her youngest daughter, Alondra, then a toddler, began exhibiting signs of asthma. Over the years, the little girl’s condition worsened and began adversely affecting every aspect of her life.
Who, Why, and How Communities Oppose Affordable Housing
Apr 23, 2014 · Communities put a lot of effort into opposing affordable housing development projects using diverse tactics, from traditional communications strategies, to emergent technologies, and legal challenges. The most common form of opposition remains the use of news media, including newspaper ads, editorials and letters to the editor, with over half ...
Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing Shelterforce
Nov 7, 2024 · The Housing-Education Intersection. November 11, 2024 | Miriam Axel-Lute. Stable, healthy, decent affordable housing sets children up for educational success, and allows schools to be able to focus on what they do best. Shelterforce’s Miriam Axel-Lute breaks down the housing-education connection and what you can expect in our new series.
Staff and Board - Shelterforce
Miriam Axel-Lute. CEO/Editor-in-Chief. Miriam has been the editor of Shelterforce since 2010.She was previously on staff at Shelterforce from 1997 to 2002 and freelanced for the magazine in the interim.She has also been the news editor of a weekly newspaper, an opinion columnist, freelance editor, parenting blogger, performance poet, urban …
The Past, Present, and Future of Community Development
Jul 17, 2013 · Since 1980, LISC has invested $11.1 billion ($1.1 billion in 2010 alone) in community development, which contributed to $33.9 billion in total development of 277,000 affordable homes and millions of square feet of retail and community space, not to mention schools, child care facilities, and children’s playing fields.
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LIHTC - Shelterforce
s forThe Low Income Housing Tax Credit is a program of the U.S. Tre. sury. It reduces federal income taxes for 10 years in exchange for making an investment in an afordable housing development, which is required to stay afordable for at least 30. ears.Low Income Housing Tax C.
Reagan’s Legacy: Homelessness in America - Shelterforce
May 1, 2004 · Another of Reagan’s enduring legacies is the steep increase in the number of homeless people, which by the late 1980s had swollen to 600,000 on any given night – and 1.2 million over the course of a year. Many were Vietnam veterans, children and laid-off workers. In early 1984 on Good Morning America, Reagan defended himself against charges ...
Social Housing: How a New Generation of Activists Is Reinventing ...
Jun 30, 2023 · These problems stem from the contradictory demands for real estate as a commodity and housing as a social good. For housing activists around the country, the appeal of social housing is its promise to “decommodify” housing—that is, to shield housing costs and access from the private market. But 1920s Vienna is not 2023 United States.
The Rural Difference in Natural Disasters - Shelterforce
May 15, 2019 · After Hurricane Harvey dumped as much as 60 inches of rainfall in areas across southeast Texas, our regional partner covering seven states—Communities Unlimited—had to assess 171 rural water systems and work intensively with operators of the 30 or so systems that sustained substantial damage. In Patton Village, which lies northeast of ...