Policy

Photos of experts on NYC housing policy and development

NYC’s Next Mayor: What’s Ahead for Housing

Sizing up the leading candidates’ plans for the nation’s largest metropolis.

development costs

When Washington Closes, Housing Feels It

The impacts of a government shutdown on real estate are many. Here are four big ones.

Lew Sichelman

How HUD’s ‘Simplifying’ Multifamily Investment

Can key changes to the mortgage insurance premium help the current administration deliver on its housing promises?

Why the Fed Rate Cut’s a Game Changer for CRE

Some investors got immediate relief. Others are feeling more optimistic.

Rendering depicting the affordable housing redevelopment at 143 Alabama St. in Atlanta. Spearheaded by Gorman & Co., this project was among the developments that Invest Atlanta approved funding for.

Atlanta Agency Greenlights Deals Boosting Affordable Investment

The developments could attract upward of $860 million in capital.

Cranes at a multifamily construction site.

All Eyes Fixed on Federal Housing Proposals

Will cuts to HUD be counteracted by deregulation and new investment opportunities?

Rendering of the affordable housing development at 516 Bergen St., to be built through the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use plan.

Brooklyn Rezoning to Create 4,600 Units

The mixed-use plan includes 1,900 affordable apartments.

Headshots of executives that weighed in on the future of affordable housing under a new administration.

2025 Policy Preview: How State, Local Issues Will Impact Affordable Housing

Rent control, zoning changes and tax exemptions are among the issues that multifamily will be watching in the year ahead.

Sharon Wilson Géno

Quarterly With NMHC: Where Policies and Codes Impact Housing

NMHC President Sharon Wilson Géno discusses how things have changed since Q1 and what policy and legislation wins she hopes to see by year-end.