Property Tax Abatements for Affordable Rental Housing
How state and local governments can design property tax abatement programs that lower operating costs, attract responsible capital, and preserve affordability.
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How state and local governments can design property tax abatement programs that lower operating costs, attract responsible capital, and preserve affordability.
MIC's user guide for building early child care into affordable housing communities — five practice models, partner case studies, and a resident-needs toolkit.
A randomized controlled trial from the Urban Institute finds opt-in rent reporting cuts credit invisibility in half for renters in affordable housing.
The cyclospora parasite sounds bad, but it's better for your health than being housing cost-burdened.
Bob Simpson sits down with Stephanie Nakleh to talk regulatory streamlining, eviction costs, and why attracting the right private capital matters most.
Build America, Buy America has the right goal. For affordable housing, it raises costs deals can’t absorb and stalls the homes America needs. Here’s the fix.
New research is helping to quantify and communicate how investments in affordability and sustainability create financial value for investors.
Pensions, foundations, and family offices are quietly moving capital into affordable multifamily housing because the numbers work. Here's how MIC scales it.
A personal reflection on a mother's journey from a postwar refugee camp to stability in America, and the lasting lesson it holds about safe, stable housing.
New research finds the public, developers, and advocates don't share a common definition of affordable housing. That disconnect shapes what gets built.
The Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation has been preserving non-subsidized affordable housing for 30 years without relying on public subsidies. Here is how we do it.
Why managing insurance risk is now core to affordable housing performance, and what we can do about it.