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Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing Through Layered Recapitalization
Preservation

Preserving and Expanding Affordable Housing Through Layered Recapitalization

How Enterprise Community Partners worked with Blue Ridge Cascade to recapitalize and preserve existing affordable housing.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 26, 2026
Avanath Capital Management's National Affordable Preservation and Development Program
Preservation

Avanath Capital Management's National Affordable Preservation and Development Program

A report from the Urban Land Institute study that examines best practices from Avanath's national affordable housing preservation and development program.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 26, 2026
Eviction Prevention and Housing Stability Best Practices in Massachusetts
Resident Services

Eviction Prevention and Housing Stability Best Practices in Massachusetts

An overview and program guide for preventing evictions and increasing housing stability at the statewide level.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 26, 2026
Improving Water Performance to Increase Affordable Housing Property Performance
ESG

Improving Water Performance to Increase Affordable Housing Property Performance

How water-efficiency investments can reduce utility expenses and drive property performance for affordable multifamily properties.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 26, 2026
The POAH POWER Initiative: Building Renter Economic Mobility Through Portfolio-Wide Programs

The POAH POWER Initiative: Building Renter Economic Mobility Through Portfolio-Wide Programs

Best practices for improving financial health and economic mobility for renters living in affordable multifamily housing properties.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 25, 2026
Identifying Resident Services That Deliver the Best Health Outcomes

Identifying Resident Services That Deliver the Best Health Outcomes

Mercy Housing's analysis of 114 service-enriched properties isolates which practices most improve health outcomes for residents between 2019 and 2023.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 25, 2026
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The Effect of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Programs on the Economic Outcomes for Children

An NBER working paper finds children who grew up in revitalized HOPE VI neighborhoods earned more, attended college more often, and were incarcerated less.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026
Post Compliance Period Affordability of LIHTC Properties
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Post Compliance Period Affordability of LIHTC Properties

Freddie Mac Multifamily finds most LIHTC properties keep serving low income renters after compliance ends, though a meaningful share do not.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026
Quantifying the Fiscal Return of Property Tax Abatements to Local Governments
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Quantifying the Fiscal Return of Property Tax Abatements to Local Governments

Every dollar of property tax abatement subsidy generated over a dollar of local economic activity across the eight case studies.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026
How Affordable Multifamily Outperforms Market Rate Assets in Institutional Benchmarks
Research Library

How Affordable Multifamily Outperforms Market Rate Assets in Institutional Benchmarks

Analysis from PREA finds Institutional investors have measurable performance grounds to reconsider affordable multifamily as a core allocation.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026
How Private Investment Funds are Deploying Capital to Support Affordable Housing
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How Private Investment Funds are Deploying Capital to Support Affordable Housing

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York surveys private fund managers deploying capital into affordable multifamily, reaching deeper affordability than LIHTC alone.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026
How Rent Reporting Builds Credit for Renters
Research Library

How Rent Reporting Builds Credit for Renters

A randomized controlled trial from the Urban Institute finds opt-in rent reporting cuts credit invisibility in half for renters in affordable housing.

By Affordable Housing Handbook • July 21, 2026

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