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How to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing: The Value of Human Scale

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For new construction, larger buildings can result in smaller per-unit costs. The program is intended to preemptively address the displacement pressure expected from the construction of The Obama Presidential Center. Image credit: stevegeer on istock.com Affordable housing programs often neglect small buildings.

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Faith Communities and Affordable Housing: Challenges and Opportunities

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For congregations, redevelopment of underutilized properties can unlock value and create measurable social and economic impact, especially in distressed communities. However, once sold, the land and its value will be forever lost to the church.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

As a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit that leverages community-based abandonment inventories, community–municipal partnerships, a rehabilitation and construction team, and in-house legal expertise to convert abandoned buildings and lots into opportunities for community-led development, the lack of access to financing nearly destroyed the organization.