Training
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Strategies for Preserving Unsubsidized Affordable Housing

May 12, 2025
In this virtual panel, housing providers shared three effective models of affordable housing preservation—also known as acquisition-rehab—successfully implemented in the South Bay.
Partner Sustainability  
Preservation and Production
Preservation
Community Ownership and Stewardship
Northern California
Affordable Housing
Bay Area
Housing Stability
Preservation
Rehabilitation
State/Local Policy
Tenant Protections
Training

2025 Rural Rental Housing Preservation Academy

June 4, 2025 (Originally Published: April 2, 2025)
The Rural Rental Housing Preservation Academy is a series of no-cost training and peer learning sessions designed to help rural housing providers acquire and/or preserve USDA Rural Development (RD), HUD and LIHTC financed housing in their respective communities.
Partner Sustainability  
Preservation and Production
Advisory Services and Technical Assistance
Rural Communities
Housing Supply
Preservation
Report

Decarbonizing Unsubsidized Affordable Housing: A Roadmap for Equity and Sustainability

January 22, 2025
By:
Heather Bromfield
This report shares opportunities and challenges for financing and executing building decarbonization retrofits for unsubsidized multifamily housing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Partner Sustainability  
Preservation
Resilience
Climate Risk Reduction
Green Communities
Technical Assistance
Policy 
Northern California
Affordable Housing
Bay Area
Climate Resilience
Electrification
Preservation
Rehabilitation
State/Local Policy
Brief
Streetview of apartments with yellow, green, and orange entrances

Leveraging Data for the Strategic Preservation of Affordable Housing

December 2, 2024
By:
Martina Guglielmone
This brief highlights the crucial role of currently unsubsidized small to medium multifamily (SMMF) properties in Colorado’s affordable housing ecosystem, and stresses the importance of strategic, data-driven approaches in safeguarding these assets.
Partner Sustainability  
Preservation
Policy 
Rocky Mountain
Affordable Housing
Housing Stability
Preservation
State/Local Policy
Training

Rural Rental Housing Preservation Convening

October 29, 2024

During a two-day academy on August 6-7, 2024 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, our Rural Communities team brought together elected officials, financial experts, housing providers, and state, and federal agencies to explore solutions.

Partner Sustainability  
Preservation and Production
Preservation
Technical Assistance
Rural Communities
Federal Policy
Housing Stability
Housing Supply
Preservation
State/Local Policy
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