Low Cost Housing Schemes

Greccio Housing is preparing to close on two apartment buildings that will increase their inventory of affordable housing by more than 30 percent. Lee Patke, Greccio executive director, said he couldn't discuss specifics...

Public-nonprofit partnership to build homes for 60 vets Concern for Independent Living was awarded more than $12 million to develop 60 units of housing in Amityville for homeless veterans and their families. The...

Declining interest from Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have yet to return to New Orleans doesn't mean there's less need for the 1,500 housing units being built in the 27.5-acre footprint of the Lafitte...

Rafael E. Cestero, former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, has been named by the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) Board of Directors to serve as President and...

State and city officials have announced the opening of the $16 million Vicinitas Hall supportive housing development in the Bronx. Located at 507 East 176th Street in the East Tremont section, Vicinitas Hall...

Lesniak's major economic bills from the past two years included: * SI: Abolish the Council on Affordable Housing and provide towns with several methods of proving they met affordable housing requirements. After amendments,...

Iowa Low-Income Housing Credit Disaster Relief The Internal Revenue Service is suspending certain requirements under § 42 of the Internal Revenue Code for low-income housing credit projects to provide emergency housing relief needed...

The thorny issue of planning and nimbyism is once again on the rural agenda, with the recent approval of a new high-speed rail link. The go-ahead for HS2, a £33bn rail route between...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to flip three city-owned buildings for some quick cash; but Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer isn't having it until Hizzoner spells out the public benefit. The Mayor announced during...

NEWARK, N.J. -- McCarter & English LLP has elected nine new partners in its offices in Newark, Boston, Hartford and Wilmington, effective as of January 1, 2012. The new partners practice in a...

Members from the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Residential Management Division came together in March 2011 for the 13th annual Residential Management Leadership Awards Breakfast at the Roosevelt Hotel. Over 350...

The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corporation has closed a $257 million fund, U.S.A. Institutional Tax Credit Fund LXXXVII L.P. Fund 87 will include a diversified portfolio of 32 properties located in 13 states....

Section 1274.-Determination of Issue Price in the Case of Certain Debt Instruments Issued for Property (Also Sections 42, 280G, 382, 412, 467, 468, 482, 483, 642, 807, 846, 1288, 7520, 7872.) Federal rates;...

Transaction Advisory and Due Diligence Group Gains Experienced Multifamily Development Professional BOSTON -- Recap Real Estate Advisors (Recap), one of the nation's recognized experts in the finance, restructuring, and asset management of multifamily...

--Grant to Northern California Community Loan Fund Provides Critical Financing for San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Valley Projects-- SAN FRANCISCO -- Chase has awarded a $2 million grant to Northern California...

New York Community Bancorp, one of the nation's biggest and fastest growing banks, has come under fire for making loans to landlords who fail to invest in buildings and seek to push out...

City of Buena Park and RSI Development Partnership Allows Working Families to Buy New Homes BUENA PARK & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- The City of Buena Park announced today the completion of nine...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Lite Solar, Inc., one of the country's fastest growing renewable energy installers, today announced that its 'Life Boat Program' has closed a strategic alliance with Aztec Solar that involves...

Some industry professionals say costs of system development charges in Portland are trending upward, and that the situation is starting to shape the face of their business. "They've been too high and they...