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The Affordable Housing Handbook is a field guide for those who want to do well, do good and do more to make rental housing more affordable in the United States.
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How Housing Support Plans Turn Impact Into Net Operating Income (opens the original)
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New research from the Multifamily Impact Council, Mercy Housing, and the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business puts a dollar figure on the financial value of housing stability and gives the multifamily industry a tool to do the same.All successful investments in commercial residential real estate are based on a fundamental premise that a property will generate enough income from people who can afford to pay rent to cover the cost of operating the property. Stable returns on investment don’t
The New ROI: Impact Drivers in Real Estate Investors Can’t Afford To Ignore (opens the original)
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By Brad Dockser, CEO and Co-Founder of GreenGenFor decades, the conversation around return on investment (ROI) in commercial real estate has been narrow. Payback periods, upfront costs and capital constraints dominated the discussion. The question was almost always: “How much will this cost?”I believe that lens has run its course. The reality is that sustainability, decarbonization and the energy transition are reshaping what financial performance means for real estate. The real question is: “Wh
Say Hello to The Multifamily Impact Framework (opens the original)
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This week the Multifamily Impact Council released its updated version of the Multifamily Impact Framework™, the industry’s only comprehensive set of impact standards and reporting guidelines for affordable and sustainable multifamily properties in the United States.Since its initial release in 2023, the framework has been downloaded for use by more than 600 organizations in 41 states across the United States. It is the only
What Really Makes Us Sick (opens the original)
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Over the past few weeks, an outbreak of cyclospora (a parasite that causes severe, sometimes “explosive” diarrhea) has sickened over 3,000 people across the United States. It has been front-page news, cable-news fodder, and the subject of urgent statements from the CDC and FDA.Don’t get me wrong. A stomach bug that causes severe gastrointestinal distress is not anyone’s idea of a good time. But there have been no deaths; it is not contagious, and it can be effectively treated with antibiotics. I
Making Affordable Investable and Why Things Might Be Easier if We Were All Just a Little Less Smart. (opens the original)
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I had a great time sitting down with Stephanie Nakleh for a live conversation this past week, and I’m sharing it with you in place of our regular weekly article. Stephanie writes one of my favorite Substacks on housing and land use, and she asked some great questions. We covered a lot of ground. We started with the Road to Housing Act, and the importance of streamlining duplicative regulations. We also talked about the cascading costs of evictions, what makes green and affordable housing is simp
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