Back to Basics: Housing Trust Funds
The FWD #B13: Trust us on this one—these funds are “house” it’s done.
Read MoreThe pandemic has made it clear that housing is now a top tier public policy priority. That means we need to dot our i’s and cross our t’s in order to communicate effectively. In The FWD: Back to Basics, we do our best to provide clear, concise, 101-level explanations of common affordable housing concepts.
The FWD #B13: Trust us on this one—these funds are “house” it’s done.
Read MoreThe FWD #B12: General Obligation bonds aren’t often used for housing in Virginia—but that could change.
Read MoreThe FWD #B11: How do Community Land Trusts promote permanent affordability, homeownership, and community control?
Read MoreThe FWD #B10: Bond financing is an important part of funding affordable housing in Virginia.
Read MoreThe FWD #B09: What is Section 8? The short answer, and the long one.
Read MoreThe FWD #B08: Fair Market Rents are a crucial part of our affordable housing system, but don’t always give tenants a fair shake.
Read MoreThe FWD #B07: We’ve pushed banks to invest in communities of color for forty years. What else will it take to make a difference?
Read MoreThe FWD #B06: Area Median Income is a basic building block of affordable housing programs, but it isn’t always basic to explain.
Read MoreThe FWD #B05: The Virginia Housing Trust Fund is the Commonwealth’s largest self-generated resource for expanding housing opportunity.
Read MoreThe FWD #B04: Land use codes can be effective tools to increase the supply of affordable housing in your community.
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