The Fight to Make Florida More Affordable

The fight to make Florida more affordable

Florida continues to attract new residents from other states, particularly New York, and the influx has raised home prices in the largest cities as well as the surrounding smaller enclaves. The Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals (FAMP) is focused on two initiatives — a property tax amendment and a condo rule change — to address the affordability challenges facing the state. In an interview with HousingWire, FAMP President Orlando Diaz…

Affordable housing often costs more to build than market-rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap

Reducing the administrative and regulatory costs associated with building affordable housing can increase the housing supply in Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesIn much of the United States, developers spend more to build an affordable apartment for a low-income family than a market-rate one just down the street – sometimes far more. It is one of the central paradoxes of the nation’s housing crisis: The affordable ho…

The fight to make Florida more affordable - Boston Real Estate Investors Association

Florida continues to attract new residents from other states, particularly New York, and the influx has raised home prices in the largest cities as well as the surrounding smaller enclaves. The Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals (FAMP) is focused on two initiatives — a property tax amendment and a condo rule change — to address […] The post The fight to make Florida more affordable appeared first on Boston Real Estate Investors Associ…

Affordable housing often costs more to build than market‑rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap

by Solomon Greene, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In much of the United States, developers spend more to build an affordable apartment for a low-income family than a market-rate one just down the street – sometimes far more. It is one of the central paradoxes of the nation’s housing crisis: The affordable homes that lower-income renters need most tend to be the costliest to bu…