Last year, we reported on tenants in Northern Virginia LIHTC properties whose rents were raised in the middle of their leases. In "How Tenant Activists Won Protections Against Mid-Lease Rent Hikes," Brandon Duong explains how other states have banned the practice.
Read the full story here:https://shelterforce.org/2023/11/30/how-tenant-activists-won-protections-against-mid-lease-rent-hikes-in-affordable-housing/

How Tenant Activists Won Protections Against Mid-Lease Rent Hikes in Affordable Housing

Even those who praise the tax credit program and what it has accomplished are concerned that there are so few sizeable alternatives to it. Miriam Axel-Lute reads "The Only Tool in the Box: What It Means That LIHTC Dominates Affordable Housing." Read the full story here: https://shelterforce.org/2023/12/08/the-only-tool-in-the-box-what-it-means-that-lihtc-dominates-affordable-housing/

The Only Tool in the Box: What It Means That LIHTC Dominates Affordable Housing

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Wisconsin’s West Community Action Program seeks to make renewable energy part of an affordable housing solution.  We’ll talk with West CAP executive director Peter Kilde.

Solar Powered Affordable Housing

1/12/24: Rep Natalie Blais: on-line abuse & disaster relief. MTA Pres Max Page: book bans & a living wage. Celebrate! Lisa Thompson, Kathy Couch & Kelly Silliman: 33 Hawley. Atty Joe Schneiderman: the SJC & affordable housing. Amherst prof Austin Sarat: Trump & us.

Schneiderman: the SJC & affordable housing

Amherst prof Austin Sarat: Trump & us.

Celebrate! Lisa Thompson, Kathy Couch & Kelly Silliman: 33 Hawley

Pres Max Page: book bans & a living wage

Rep Natalie Blais on-line abuse & disaster relief

The Wrekin Housing Group's Teresa Tudor is interviewed by BBC Radio Shropshire's Clare Ashford about our showcase events for Hazelwood - our new ShireLiving complex in Whitchurch.

BBC Radio Shropshire - Pauls Moss recruitment Event

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Chris Holman welcomes Bob Filka, CEO, Home Builders Association of Michigan, Lansing, MI.

Welcome Bob, remind the Michigan business community about the Home Builders Association?

What were some of your highlights for 2023?

You recently released a 2024 forecast, tell us about that?

The HBA reacted to some of the housing issues highlighted in Governor Whitmer's State of State address - what were those?

Meanwhile HBA also responded to the Governor and LARA with a release:

LARA: “We Don’t Care About Governor’s Housing Goals”

Lansing, MI - Today the Home Builders Association of Michigan (HBAM) drew attention to the contradictory actions being taken by the Whitmer Administration. The Governor unveiled her plan to invest some $1.4 billion in much needed housing across the state this evening. However, recently proposed changes to building codes by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), including mandatory sprinkler requirements in all new homes and other costly changes, will raise the cost of building a typical Michigan home by more than $20,000. This will price-out some 100,000 families (or more) from being able to afford a home in Michigan and reduce overall housing production.

“We remain hopeful that the Governor and other attainable housing advocates within her administration will communicate their opposition to these costly changes,” said HBAM CEO Bob Filka. “LARA is either operating in a vacuum or is pandering to manufacturers who would like to mandate the use of their products instead of convincing home owners their products are worth purchasing.” LARA’s proposals, as currently drafted, will require new residential homes (and most renovated homes) to have 2 X 6 framing, R-60 insulation in ceilings, inch thick exterior sheathing, mandatory fire suppression systems (sprinklers inside homes) and arc fault circuit interrupters in every room, among other costly measures. “For every $1,000 increase in the cost of a home in our state, nearly 5,000 households are priced out of being able to afford one,” noted Filka. “If not altered, the state’s proposed code changes will price-out more than 100,000 additional Michigan families. These proposed changes need to be modified and can be, while achieving similar goals at far less cost.”

With high interest rates and a median home sales price approaching $450,000 or more in some areas, many Michiganders have already been priced out of the housing marketplace. Filka highlighted that builders are not opposed to improving state building codes. “HBAM has offered an alternative proposal to the state that would result in similar energy efficiency improvements at 1/3 of the cost of LARA’s proposal, by removing manufacturer-driven proscriptive requirements and providing more options and flexibility for builders. In terms of ensuring citizens are protected from needless fire fatalities, neither sprinklers nor arc fault circuit interrupters will save lives. Research shows that properly functioning smoke detectors are the key to fire safety in homes. Requiring sprinklers in all new homes will not. To the contrary, it will make new housing more expensive and keep or push people into older substandard housing that is more susceptible to fire. Virtually every state in the country has rejected the idea that sprinklers should be required for residential homes. Michigan should too! We have been a partner with the Whitmer Administration in pursuing many new efforts to increase attainable housing production across the state. That positive momentum will be lost if we don’t balance the cost of new building code standards with housing attainability.”

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Michigan Business Beat | Bob Filka, Home Builders Association of MI Reacts to State of the State

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0:00 – Mic Test
4:22 – Intro
5:17 – What Can’t Wrap Your Head Around?
12:16 – Bussin’ Ballots: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida
33:45 – Alabama Supreme Court Rules That Embryos Are People Too
41:47 – Jamal Bowman Creates a HipHop Task Force to Tackle Racial Inequality
50:08 – High School in Charlotte, NC Being Reprimanded For BHM Decorations
55:42 – Killer Mike Is Talking
1:08:34 – Outro/Corny Joke

Bussin' Ballots Links:
Connecticut - https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2024-02-19/ct-affordable-housing-crisis
Delaware - https://whyy.org/articles/newark-university-delaware-per-student-tax/
Florida - https://bnnbreaking.com/politics/floridas-hb-757-defamation-bill-a-battle-for-free-speech-and-accountability
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/659412-bill-mandating-disclosure-for-artificial-intelligence-in-political-ads-headed-to-house-floor/
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Dr. Josh Klaris is the Executive Director of North10, Philadelphia, a “place-based” community change, strategy organization that is committed to improving the overall quality of life for current residents in the Hunting Park-East Tioga community of North Philadelphia. He joins the show to discuss the ribbon-cutting event of the “Be A Gem Crossing Apartments”: a newly renovated apartment building that  consists of 41 units of affordable housing with a 22,000 square foot commercial space. The affordable housing program through Be A Gem Crossing serves low-income families with a mix of one‐, two‐, and three‐bedroom units, along with a community room, resident lounge, and laundry facilities on each floor.

The Source w/ Andrea Lawful-Sanders | Dr. Josh Klaris - 3.7.24

Kilkenny County Council's revealed details of 45 city homes available under the local authority affordable housing scheme - Brid Hynes is Administrative Officer in the Housing Capital Department at Kilkenny County Council and has been updating KCLR News' Edwina Grace ...

KCLR News: Kilkenny County Council on Local Authority Affordable Housing Schemes (10th April 2024)

Dan Bebbington On BBC Radio Shropshire 11/04/24

1.4% is the current--and historically low--apartment vacancy rate in New York City. NYC and many parts of New York State are in the throes of a housing crisis caused by decades of underproduction. Solving the housing crisis is key to stemming the tide of New Yorkers leaving the state and to rolling out the welcome mat to new New Yorkers. Joining us to discuss the latest housing policy news affecting both NYC and the state is national housing expert Vicki Been, a professor at NYU's Furman Center and former New York City Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development.

1.4%, with Vicki Been

Affordable housing may be the most important issue facing the commercial real estate industry today. Statistics show a shortage of more than seven million homes in the US alone.

https://www.afire.org/podcast/202404cast/

More than half a million people are experiencing homelessness, and high interest rates and a growing population are making housing more expensive for more people.

So—how do we solve the problem?

What options are available to those of us who are investors, developers, builders, owners, and operators?

To get some answers on the current housing situation—and future-focused solutions—AFIRE CEO and podcast host Gunnar Branson recently sat down with Paul Bernard, president and CEO of Affordable Homes & Communities, a nonprofit developer with a focus on housing creation in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

Bernard argues that the housing crisis is partly caused by barriers to new construction, leading to high homelessness rates, high housing costs and insufficient supply. 

Affordable housing is not a commodity, Bernard says. Instead, it’s an asset class where developers and investors can follow concrete steps to alleviate housing availability issues and still find returns. According to Bernard, building more affordable developments requires an all-hands-on-deck approach, starting with a new narrative that will change public opinion of affordable housing, tax credits and renewed, innovative, problem-solving partnerships with nonprofits, for-profits and the public sector.

The AFIRE Podcast

Paul Bernard on Housing and Affordability

Kendra Brooks is the first Working Families Party member elected to Philadelphia City Council in history. Kendra has deep roots working across movement-building organizations throughout Philadelphia, where her focus has been on the implementation of restorative justice practices in schools and communities. She joins the show to talk about the housing crisis of poor people in Philadelphia, and to also touch on her trip to Vienna and Berlin where she studied social housing models.

The Source w/ Andrea Lawful-Sanders | Councilmember Kendra Brooks - 5.15.24

Shelterforce is nonprofit and independent publication that covers topics from community planning to racial equity, affordable housing to the future of community development, and how policy intersects with it all. Here you can listen to authors read their latest Shelterforce articles, as well as our interviews with folks on the ground. For more, go to shelterforce.org.

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