Affordable Housing
NewCourtland to Redevelop Former Liddonfield Homes Site
The new owner acquired the site for $5.5 million from the Philadelphia Housing Authority. The former public housing development will be transformed into an affordable senior housing community.
Brinshore, McShane Deliver Chicago Mixed-Use Project
Clybourn 1200, a mixed-income apartment building in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood offers 84 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as 17,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Long-Awaited VA Housing Project Breaks Ground in MD
First announced in 2011, the Perry Point development will bring 75 subsidized, newly renovated and newly constructed units for at-risk and formerly homeless veterans.
Redevelopment of Affordable Housing Begins in Western MA
First Resource Cos. is making extensive renovations at the 173-unit Maple Commons Apartments in downtown Springfield. One improvement includes adding 50 cameras over two city blocks that will be connected directly to the police department.
Bridge Housing Bridges Gap With Bay Area Affordable Community
The company celebrated the completion of the first phase of a mixed-use affordable development and the ground-breaking of the second phase, which will bring 85 adjacent units for low-income seniors.
Albuquerque Project Targets Homeless Crisis
Scheduled for completion by fall 2017, the 52-unit expansion sponsored by the Joy Junction ministry will increase capacity at the largest facility of its kind in New Mexico.
BHC Breaks Ground on Affordable VA Community
The company is converting the former Citadel of Hope, a Colonial property built in 1923, into apartments for working families. Called The Goodwyn at Union Hill, the asset includes the renovated historic school building, in addition to five new buildings.
Boston Project Transforms 4 Sites into Affordable Housing
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp.’s $20 million Dorchester initiative includes 44 units in four buildings, two of which were constructed by NEI.
Affordable Housing to Rise on Former NY Slaughterhouse Site
NYCEDC and HPD released plans to transform a 24,687-square-foot historic site in the far west side of Manhattan, once home of New York Butchers’ Dressed Meat Co., into a mixed-use project that will include 234 affordable units, a grocery store, dormitory space, and more.
Contract Administration Key to Addressing Growing Rental Housing Demand
Third-party contract administrators boost efficiency at HUD’s rental assistance programs and get scarce resources where they’re urgently needed, contends a former agency official.