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Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Allan R. Clyde |
A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community.   |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Allan R. Clyde |
Sherece West An interview with the CEO of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation about the charity and the recovery, relief, and rebuilding of Louisiana. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2006
Lorna Pappas |
Opportunity & Optimism After last years devastating hurricanes, the Gulf Coast rebuilds. With rebuilding comes tremendous investment opportunities for those with vision and patience, and the first to act may be getting the best deals. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003
Hunter L. Johnson |
New Funding for Affordable Housing Encourages Public/Private Partnerships Commercial real estate developers should stay abreast of affordable-housing activities in their markets as the number of opportunities for public/private partnerships for these projects continues to grow. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Paula J. Kelly |
Meeting the Needs When two devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month, it was clear that the response from the philanthropic community would need to be as unprecedented as the disaster. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2011
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Champion of Affordable Housing Developer Robin Hughes is committed to more than just putting roofs over people's heads. Her goal is to use affordable housing to spark positive change for individuals, families and communities in Southern California. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Arthur M. Sussman |
Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2007
Carolyn Chapin |
Affordable-Housing Awareness Increasing demand and rising costs pose challenges in this specialized sector. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Argoff & Rousso |
Hardest Hit and Least Protected People with disabilities and older adults suffered the brunt of the Gulf and Atlantic Coast hurricanes. This is what grantmakers can do to help them. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2003
H. Lee Murphy |
A New Era For Affordable Housing The competition for affordable housing tax credits and related incentives is as intense as ever among developers. Project sponsors are searching for ways to stand apart from the mainstream: The gray, boxy apartment towers of yesteryear are giving way to eye-catching mixed-use facilities |
Real Estate Portfolio
July 2000
Lynn Novelli |
Still Affordable? The affordable housing market could become too expensive for REITs and REOCs |
InternetNews
February 3, 2004
Roy Mark |
Coalition Targets Digital Divide A new group hopes tax credits will encourage developers to integrate high-speed Internet access into their housing plans. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2006
Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Jennifer Popovec |
When the Chips Are Down Many commercial real estate professionals are working to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Here are a few of their stories: Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA)... Jerry Wallace Interests... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2007
Doug Bibby |
A Stubborn Affordable Housing Problem While there has never been a better time to be an apartment professional or investor, there has never been a more important time to be an advocate for the creation of more affordable housing. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
New Rules Coming for Fannie and Freddie The House passes a bill creating a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's no doubt that accounting irregularities have to be cleaned up and confidence restored, but an increase in long-term capital requirements would be unnecessary and harmful. |
This Old House
January 2008 |
Non-Profits Help New Orleans Rebuild There are many worthy organizations working to provide housing solutions in New Orleans. |
AFP eWire
April 7, 2014
Andrea McManus |
Collaborative Campaigning -- Can We Be Friends Through Collective Impact? Calgary is a city with a ten-year plan to end homelessness and, it is one of the few such plans in North America that is actually working. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Affordable Housing Shortage To overcome housing shortages, developers and nonprofit groups have been lobbying Congress for more tax credits or other subsidies that can support affordable construction. But faced with budget deficits, Washington has been reluctant to increase the amount of money spent on housing. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Jody Curtis |
Trying to [Re]build a Better South Rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is going to take a lot more than putting houses back up. Letting residents have a say in their own future, and supporting self-help efforts are top priorities, too. Grantmakers will have to get creative. |
U.S. Banker
February 2006 |
Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2006
Matt Hudgins |
Louisiana Purchase Stuck in Maelstrom A plan to bail out property owners in flood-ravaged sections of Louisiana has drawn fire from the White House, but the bill's proponents continue to seek congressional approval. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2004
Sarah Hoban |
From Concept to Reality They can be frustrating, intricate, and lengthy. But real estate professionals involved in public/private partnerships say they can also be rewarding. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2006 |
Affordable Units on Tap for Silicon Valley Finding a moderately priced apartment in Silicon Valley is about to get easier. A quartet of San Jose multifamily properties, which recently fetched $74.6 million, will be converted into much-needed affordable housing units. |
Fast Company
December 2008
Ellen McGirt |
Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion) The actor's "family business" has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Betsy Martin |
Shifting Focus Canadian community foundations aim to change systems, institutions and attitudes through social justice grantmaking. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Caroline Mascarell |
The Odessa Initiative An initiative that involved local residents in reforming Odessa's housing and water sectors demonstrates how popular participation can contribute to the success of development projects... |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Egbert & Hoechstetter |
Mission Possible: Evaluating Advocacy Grants In an effort to more accurately reflect the outcomes of policy-related grants and promote more support for nonprofit advocacy, the Alliance for Justice teamed with The George Gund Foundation and Mosaica to fashion tools for grantmakers that show the effectiveness of nonprofit advocacy work. |
U.S. Banker
May 2006
Lee Conrad |
Loans in Hurricane Areas Count as CRA Investments Small banks can lend outside their home markets. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
James Warren |
When Counties Don't Stop Governing at the Border To compete for funding - and save their budgets - municipalities are doing the unthinkable: Working together. |
Reason
August 2002
Mike Lynch |
Building Crisis That housing prices have held up in the midst of the stock market downturn is considered a blessing by many economists -- and by the nearly seven in 10 families that own their homes. But it's a cause of concern for local pols and academics who worry for a living. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 12, 2014
Retsinas & Couch |
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform It is time for Congress to recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance for the twenty-first century. |
AFP eWire
August 9, 2011 |
What is Your Funding Strategy? Find out how your organization fits into these models so you can better articulate your funding strategy to funders and constituents. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
Merrie S. Frankel |
Manufactured Housing Sector Looks to Build on Improved Fundamentals Although it remains a small sub-sector of the commercial real estate industry, the manufactured housing market offers investors some interesting opportunities despite facing serious challenges... |
Fast Company
January 2003
Curtis Sittenfeld |
What Would It Take to End Homelessness? Rosanne Haggerty's Common Ground dares to ask a radical social question -- and then to create innovative economic solutions. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2004
J.R. Chantengco |
Affordable Money Nonprofit and private developers can take advantage of tax-exempt bonds. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
From Projects to Progress in Chicago A massive renewal effort that stresses new housing, community services, and commercial development is turning neighborhoods around. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Emmett D. Carson |
Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar. |
Entrepreneur
August 2009
Jason Meyers |
The New Orleans Saints In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a new entrepreneurial culture is taking hold in New Orleans. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Here's Your Chance to Fix the Housing Mess Tell Uncle Sam how you feel. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Allison H. Fine |
Blending the Bottom Line Nonprofits and grantmakers must meet each other halfway to move toward outcomes-focused approaches to collaboration. |
U.S. Banker
February 2006 |
Gimme Shelter The U.S. residential real-estate boom masks an ugly truth: Affordable housing is increasingly hard to find. Enter manufactured housing, an $8 billion industry that promises to grow by 10% a year. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
McCracken & Roth |
Funding Success Foundations can follow the lead of the healthcare industry toward better evidence-based practice grantmaking. |
Salon.com
April 10, 2002
Janelle Brown |
Evicting Grandma Elderly residents of public housing must police their children and grandchildren or lose their apartments. But the Supreme Court ruling apparently doesn't apply to the Bush family... |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 19, 2012
Restinas et al. |
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States At a recent conference in Herzliya, Israel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel, and Charles S. Laven joined residential developers, non-profits, national and local government officials, and academics to brainstorm approaches to affordable rental housing. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
Margaret Leonard |
Rebuilding After Katrina Investors and operators of more than 10,000 businesses in New Orleans have lost uncounted millions. The same storm also brought opportunities worth billions in redevelopment and restoration of a city. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 4, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Mortgage Bankers Association praises new HUD proposal President George W. Bush's proposed HUD budget for next year was roundly praised by the Mortgage Bankers' Association of America. The MBA embraced several of the budget's initiatives that will add new affordable housing and increase homeownership. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Lee Draper |
Funder's Little Shop of Horrors Grantees look to funders for support in overcoming entrenched financial and management challenges, but they also want to be acknowledged for their expertise in running organizations, delivering services and relating to their constituencies. |
Reason
March 2003
Brian Doherty |
Do You Know the Cost of San Jose? The high cost of low growth |
