Affordable Housing – Cantilever Real Estate

Florida county’s impact fees put new Live Local projects at risk

July 9, 2026 by bp56691

Indianapolis-based apartment developer Milhaus started building an apartment project in Manatee County, Florida, under the state’s Live Local Act after securing its funding earlier this year. It may be one of the few to be built in the county, next to Sarasota, under the law, until lawsuits over a major increase in impact fees are […]

DeSantis signs Live Local 4.0 housing reform into Florida law

June 29, 2026 by bp56691

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act on Friday, cementing the state’s commitment to building affordable housing. House Bill 1389 takes effect July 1. It extends state preemption of local zoning rules and closes a loophole that local governments used to discriminate against affordable housing projects with relative impunity. Since […]

FHFA pushes GSEs to embrace chattel loans in Duty to Serve proposal

June 24, 2026 by bp56691

The FHFA has proposed replacing its existing Duty to Serve regulation with an outcome-based framework that would change how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac support manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural housing.

PNC Bank closes $251.4 million affordable housing fund

June 17, 2026 by bp56691

PNC Bank closed a $251.4M LIHTC fund to back 16 properties and more than 1,700 affordable rentals nationwide

Colorado’s Drive It Home financing kicks off with affordable condos

June 12, 2026 by bp56691

A small condominium project in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood may be the best evidence yet that Colorado’s housing reforms are producing real results. The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority this month closed a $5.7 million low-interest construction loan for Wolff Street Flats, a 23-unit affordable for-sale development by Osina Development and Modus Real Estate. It […]

New York reform prioritizes housing production over climate review

June 11, 2026 by bp56691

New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state budget, cutting red tape on housing construction. Developers, municipalities and environmental advocates are watching to see how the law works in practice in the real world. Rules still […]

Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s sweeping housing reform package hits a wall

June 9, 2026 by bp56691

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s push to reshape the state’s housing landscape ended with nary a whimper last week, with no votes as National Homeownership Month began. His sweeping Building Up Illinois Developments plan stalled before the legislature adjourned, leaving the most ambitious housing proposals with little room to maneuver until fall. His plan sought to […]

May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong

June 8, 2026 by bp56691

Policymakers have been making the case that more supply is a better check on housing costs than rent stabilization. May apartment rental data backs up that narrative. Rents ticked up modestly last month, the fifth consecutive month of sequential growth. But May’s reading was the lowest for that month since 2010, according to apartment data […]

Akron looks to deflate minimum lot size rules to spur infill

June 5, 2026 by bp56691

Leaders in Akron, a heartland city nearly 40 miles south of Cleveland, hope to shed the city’s “Rust Belt” label and drive its emerging revival by making it easier to build new homes. To achieve the objective, planners believe they’re on the verge of eliminating minimum lot sizes to counteract a shrinking-city paradox. Population loss […]

Pennsylvania ADU bill clears House, heads to Senate

June 2, 2026 by bp56691

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared he intended to go big on housing. On Monday, at least one piece of that ambition cleared the state House with a bipartisan vote, setting up a tougher sell in the Republican-controlled Senate. The House passed House Bill 2186, requiring municipalities statewide to allow one accessory dwelling unit per residential […]