New Census Bureau data show that for the first time since 2015 more than half of all renter households have reported struggling to pay their housing costs.
Historically land contracts have been a predatory tool in the homeownership market. But our Evelyn Zwiebach explains that with the right reforms, they can be a tool for upward mobility.
Today, Affordable Housing Finance named Enterprise Community Development’s Lake Anne House as the 2023 “Best Overall Project” and “Best Senior Development” in its annual Readers’ Choice Awards program. Lake Anne House was selected for its preservation of affordable housing that has enabled 300+ culturally diverse, low-income residents to age in place in Fairfax County, one of Virginia’s most expensive counties.
With affordable housing on the national radar like never before, we must seize this moment to find solutions to a crisis that is damaging and dividing communities across the country. This was the message from Shaun Donovan, Enterprise’s new chief executive officer and president, speaking at the National Building Museum’s Future Cities: Housing Affordability Summit.