Extreme heat risks higher for affordable housing residents
The analysis found that nearly all residents in affordable housing experienced at least seven days of extreme heat alerts in 2024.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas awards $73.5M to affordable housing projects
This year’s grants will fund the construction or rehabilitation of more than 3,700 housing units across six states.
ADU innovation spells affordable housing progress in North Carolina
What began a decade ago as a small real estate venture has evolved into one of the region’s most innovative build-to-rent programs.
Zillow and Housing Connector help 10,000 people find homes
What began in 2019 as a local solution in Seattle has evolved into a national model for unlocking private-market housing.
ALTA Good Deeds Foundation awards $105K in grants, honors late board chair
ALTA honored the late Mary O’Donnell, who worked as foundation board chair and president and CEO of Westcor Land Title Insurance Co.
Cleveland nonprofit fights to halt investor homebuying wave
Investors were responsible for 43% of 2024 home purchases in some of Ohio’s and Pennsylvania’s lowest-income neighborhoods.
Bipartisan RESIDE Act aims to convert vacant spaces into housing
Legislation would create a pilot grant program for communities to rehabilitate empty offices, malls, motels and other properties into homes.
Section 8 use barriers analyzed in new study
While the Section 8 program enables more than 2 million low-income families each year to rent housing, thousands of vouchers go unused.
Amazon-backed affordable housing hits Seattle milestone
Amazon’s fund originally pledged to support 20,000 units across Seattle, Nashville, and Arlington, Virginia, and it has surpassed that.
Baltimore’s push against vacant housing shows positive results
Vacancy notices have fell from 16,000 in 2020 to about 12,600 in 2025 — a 21% decrease, according to Urban Institute.