The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is the federal government’s primary program for encouraging the investment of private equity in the development of affordable rental housing for low-income households. ...

No matter which definition of affordable housing you adopt, there is no doubt that there isn’t enough of it, particularly for low and middle income households; one in five families now claim housing benefit as ...

Every New Yorker deserves a safe and affordable place to live, in a neighborhood that provides opportunities to get ahead. The market alone is not always able to meet that need, and, accordingly, governments at...

The World Bank has organized and hosted a series of Global Housing Finance Conferences geared toward an international audience of housing finance professionals, policymakers, and others. 2018 saw the Bank’s 8th...

Half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Future population growth (more than 80 per cent of it in urban areas) will be concentrated in developing countries. Yet the growth of urbanization in the ...

Everyone should have an opportunity to live in a safe, affordable home. Doubling the voter-approved Seattle Housing Levy to $290 million will build and preserve thousands of quality, affordable homes for the mo...

Rapid population growth in developing countries and cities around the world in the last three to four decades has had serious challenges and consequences particularly on urban housing. Increasing urban growth i...

Well-designed affordable housing involves more than the provision of safe, decent, and inexpensive shelter; it needs to be central to the resilience of cities. Framing the issue as a matter of “what affordable ...

African country Rwanda started Second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2). This paper summarizes presentations and discussions from Kigali’s the National Forum on Urbanization in Suppo...