Affordable Housing

MassHousing Provides $50M for First Phase of Brockton Public Housing Redevelopment

by Lynn Peisner February 24, 2026

BROCKTON, MASS. — Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) has provided $50 million for the first phase of redevelopment at the Campello Apartments campus in Brockton, approximately 24 miles south of Boston. The total project cost is $115.3 million. The distressed public housing community was built in 1972. In the first of three redevelopment phases, a new seven-story, 144-unit building will be constructed. The overall plan calls for the demolition of one single-story and two high-rise buildings, which currently include 398 public housing units. The demolished buildings will be replaced with …

February 24, 2026

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Lemon Juice, Bank Robbers and an Affordable Housing Cautionary Tale

by Lynn Peisner February 23, 2026

By Mark English One of the most famous illustrations of the Dunning–Kruger effect dates back to 1995 in Pittsburgh where two men robbed a bank in broad daylight without wearing masks, sunglasses, fake mustaches or any form of disguise. Unsurprisingly, they were quickly identified on closed-circuit television and arrested. What stunned law enforcement — and later the academic community — was the explanation the suspects offered. They genuinely believed that by rubbing lemon juice on their faces, they would be invisible to security cameras. Their reasoning was that lemon juice …

February 23, 2026

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WinnDevelopment and Partners Launch Construction of $26M Renovation of Carroll Street Houses in Paterson, New Jersey

by Lynn Peisner February 23, 2026

PATERSON, N.J. — WinnDevelopment, ART-JIUS, a locally based developer, and Rising Dove Carroll Street Houses, a nonprofit affiliate of Paterson’s Second Baptist Church, have begun the redevelopment of Carroll Street Houses, an 88-unit affordable housing community in Paterson. The $26 million renovation of the townhome-style property, originally developed in 1977, is anticipated to be complete within 18 months. Residents will remain in-place during construction. The LIHTC project will ensure rents remain affordable to households earning at or below 80 percent of area median income for the next 30 years. Rising …

February 23, 2026

Affordable Housing Investment Sales News Southeast West Virginia

MMG Arranges Trade of Affordable Housing Property in Charleston, West Virginia

by Lynn Peisner February 17, 2026

CHARLESTON, W.V.A. — MMG Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Vista View, a 333-unit affordable housing community located at 1300 Renaissance Circle in Charleston. The transaction was handled by MMG’s Kyle Shoemaker and Bill Brading. Vista View is a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) property that was sold by Ten South Management. MMG arranged a capital structure that allows the undisclosed buyer to acquire and renovate the property via financing arranged through KeyBank.

February 17, 2026

Affordable Housing Architecture & Design Industry Voices

How Smart Design Can Deliver Quality and Savings in Affordable Multifamily Projects

by Lynn Peisner February 16, 2026

By Myles Brown It’s no secret that building affordable housing comes at a premium. In the Northeast, where I work, and across the country, development costs for affordable units typically run 20 percent to 30 percent higher than those for market-rate apartments. Why? The answer lies in a combination of factors, but the primary reason is that complex funding structures often bring specific regulations, design requirements and labor mandates that drive up both soft and hard costs. Yet, in our experience designing multifamily projects, affordability doesn’t have to come at …

February 16, 2026

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Salt Lake Housing Authority Breaks Ground on Book Cliffs Lodge

by Lynn Peisner February 16, 2026

SALT LAKE CITY — The Housing Authority of Salt Lake has obtained a HUD loan for approximately $10.2 million for the development of Book Cliffs Lodge, a 55-unit affordable housing community that has been in the planning phases for several years. Construction has begun. A completion date has not been disclosed. JLL Capital Market’s Anson Snyder and Chris Gandy arranged the financing. Book Cliffs Lodge will be a four-story building with one-bedroom units in various sizes that will serve tenants earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income. …

February 16, 2026

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New York City Selects Development Team for 600-Unit Affordable Housing Project in North Manhattan

by Lynn Peisner February 16, 2026

NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has selected Slate Property Group, Xenolith Partners and Communilife to develop La Ostra on a vacant lot in Inwood, the northern-most neighborhood in Manhattan. The project will include 600 units, 200 of which will be reserved for seniors. All apartments will offer affordable rents. Specific income restrictions were not disclosed. The developers will also build a marine science and STEM education center that will be operated by the Billion Oyster Project, a nonprofit founded in …

February 16, 2026

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Can Loan Originations Sustain Momentum in 2026?

by Lynn Peisner February 13, 2026

By Joe Gose Lenders and mortgage bankers entered 2025 unsure how busy they would be. From President Trump’s seesawing tariff messages that ramped up market volatility to weak fundamentals in oversupplied Sun Belt markets, their misgivings were well-founded. A sluggish start to the year cast a shadow over whether the government sponsored agencies (GSEs) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would hit their multifamily loan purchase caps of $73 billion each. But financings eventually gained momentum among the GSEs as well as life insurance companies, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) lenders …

February 13, 2026

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HVPG Acquires, Will Rehab Two Boston Properties for $52.5M

by Lynn Peisner February 13, 2026

BOSTON — New York City-based affordable housing firm Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG) has acquired Boston Bay and Hope Bay, two adjacent affordable housing communities in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. The deal marks HVPG’s first in Massachusetts. The properties, located at 205 Magnolia St. (Boston Bay) and 5 Norwell St. (Hope Bay), consist of 20 buildings across two sites originally constructed between 1890 and 1920. Total project costs related to this preservation project are approximately $52.5 million, funded with a Fannie Mae loan provided by KeyBank. HVPG is planning …

February 13, 2026

Affordable Housing Development Massachusetts News Northeast

MassHousing and Partners Close Financing for 43-Unit Affordable Housing Development in Somerville, Massachusetts

by Lynn Peisner February 13, 2026

SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Affordable housing developer Just a Start and the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) have closed on financing for 24 Webster Avenue in Union Square. The project will include 43 units that will be constructed on a site that is currently a vacant commercial lot. The units will be reserved households earning between 30 and 60 percent of area median income. The general contractor is Dellbrook | JKS, the architect is ICON Architecture Inc., and the management agent will be Maloney Properties. New Seasons Development LLC is a …

February 13, 2026

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