Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

• Lennar’s Massive Shipyard Redevelopment Project Moves Forward

  Vertical construction for the first phase should begin in the spring, and the builder has completed its environmental impact survey for phase two.

   

• Home builders, sellers praise tax credit

  Nov. 7--Home builders and home sellers in the Chippewa Valley welcomed the extension of a home buyers' tax credit signed into law on Friday.

   

• ULI: Affordable Homes Near Jobs Still in Short Supply

  Urban Land Institute highlights workforce housing shortages in a new study and model solutions in its latest awards program.

   

• FEMA Will Charge Rent on Homes

  Oct. 27--CEDAR RAPIDS -- Facing a deadline to leave her family's governmentsupplied mobile home or start paying rent, Veronica Dorsey is scrambling.

   

• Study: Affordable Green Homes Pay For Themselves

  Enterprise Community Partners commits $4 billion to affordable green building and releases study that quantifies ROI of sustainably built homes.

   
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  Parkview Terraces, San Francisco

  2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Affordable housing

   
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  Casas las Granadas, Santa Barbara, Calif.

  2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Affordable housing project

   

• Yard Sale's Goal: Save Family Home From Foreclosure

  Oct. 6--SALISBURY -- The sign being waved along Route 110 is short and direct ¬­-- "Save Our Home Yard Sale."

   

• California Builders Still Waiting For Prices To Rise

  Statistical evidence of appreciation seems to be stemming from stronger resales of existing homes and foreclosures.

   

• AIA: Climate Change Bill Would Create Green Building Jobs

  Association's analysis finds growth opportunities for home building, remodeling, and multifamily industries in two key legislative provisions.

   

• New York’s Westchester County Yields to Pressure to Desegregate Its Affordable Housing

  To settle lawsuit, the county agrees to build and market at least 750 homes to black and Hispanic buyers.

   
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  2009 Gold Nugget Awards: Casas las Granadas

   
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  2009 Gold Nugget Awards: Borealis Apartments

   

• HUD Seeks to Broaden HOPE VI Concept

  Choice Neighborhoods Initiative would provide funding for education and transportation initiatives as well as housing.

   

• Taxpayer Loan Keeps Complex Afloat

  Jul. 13--Three years ago, the nonprofit Columbus Housing Partnership defaulted on a $9.3 million government-insured mortgage that it took out a decade ago to build an apartment complex near Eastland Mall.

   

• Two More Startups Take Aim At California’s Home Buyers

  RSI Development and Trumark Homes step modestly into still-weak housing markets.

   

• Abroad at Home

  A Cuban-American nurse looks beyond Miami.

   

• Helping Hand

  A nonprofit group in Massachusetts gives immigrant home buyers a leg up.

   
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  Gold Nugget Winners Signal New Era in Housing Design

  Top projects in this year's "Best in the West" architecture and design competition highlight trend toward smaller, greener, more affordable homes.

   

• Federal Agencies Outline Sustainable Communities Agenda

  HUD, EPA, and the Department of Transportation will align efforts to improve housing affordability, increase transportation options, and reduce carbon emissions.