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7 Affordable Housing Trends to Watch
NHPF’s Claire Balcerzak on some much-needed updates to the traditional model.
How the Housing Shortage Can Kickstart Innovations in Design and Construction
The next decade will provide numerous opportunities for reinvention, observes Barry LePatner Esq.
Student Housing Developers Get Creative to Combat High Interest Rates
JLL’s Lindsay Stowell and James Birkey describe how financing challenges are being overcome.
Why It’s So Hard to Build Cheaply
Costs are expected to stabilize, but they will not return to pre-COVID levels, observes developer Edd Hamzanlui.
Solving the Ground-Floor Retail Dilemma
Why vacancies in mixed-use communities are increasing and strategies for fixing the problem.
Why the Government Should Invest in Tiny Homes
ECLIPSE Cottages’ Justin Draplin on the benefits of this product type as emergency housing.
Why RCLCO Encourages SFR Developers to Ready Their Shovels
Columnist Lew Sichelman on the factors priming this multifamily segment for growth.
Rural Resort Towns Are Battling a Housing Crisis
According to columnist Thomas Powell, limited workforce housing has social and economic ramifications for full-time residents in these areas.
Why Workforce Housing Is a Smart Play in 2023
Often misunderstood, the asset class is a solid prospect due to its resilience and potential for revenue growth, according to Interra Realty’s David Goss.
Missing Middle and Other Multifamily Musings
Columnist Lew Sichelman on a few of the micro trends influencing the apartment industry’s present and future.