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Policy Notes
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Amy Anthony on the federal housing budget
With the recent news from Washington, it's clear that cuts in federal funding for housing are on the horizon. But the question is: What should we fight for?
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David Smith on Structural Changes in the Affordable Housing Industry
"Never let a good crisis go to waste."
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Affordable Housing Stimulates Job Creation
The renovation of United Front Homes (now Temple Landing) is creating jobs in southeastern Massachusetts and revitalizing an 11 acre parcel in downtown New Bedford, MA
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Take a video tour of Temple Landing (formerly United Front Homes) with POAH Senior Developer Rodger Brown
(photo: M.Plati POAH)
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Preservation of Affordable Housing, based in Boston, is a mission-driven, entrepreneurial nonprofit committed to preserving affordable housing throughout the United States. Significant elements of America's affordable housing inventory are at-risk due to mismanagement, neglect, financial misfortune or the threat of conversion to market rents. POAH acquires, preserves and stewards these resources with creative financial restructurings, physical rehabilitation or redevelopment and long-term management. POAH owns more than 6,600 apartments in nine states and the District of Columbia, serving the working poor, families, individuals, and seniors. see our Web site
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Greetings! Welcome to POAH's electronic newsletter |
 Later this year, POAH will celebrate our tenth anniversary. Like all major milestones, it triggers reflection on our work, which has been characterized by great successes and accomplishments in both a good market and the recent economic uncertainty. To date, we have successfully preserved more than 6,600 units of affordable housing in nine states and the District of Columbia. As we launch our newsletter, we'd like to share some of our observations and experiences with you.
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Thanks for your interest. We hope you find the resources below helpful and interesting.
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"Wall Raising" Celebrates Revitalization on Chicago's South Side
Chicago community leaders, tenants, investors and elected officials celebrated a "wall raising" marking the construction of the first phase of Woodlawn Park, a development that will revitalize a long troubled neighborhood on the south side.
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top: rendering of future site
middle: supporters Andy Mooney, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
(LISC), Ellen Sahli, City of Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development and Patrick Nash, JPMorgan Chase Capital Corp.
bottom: Anton Seals, Administrative Assistant to Congressman Bobby Rush Dan Burke, POAH's Chicago area director
photos: M Plati/POAH
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Are investors showing increased interest in affordable housing bond deals?
 "We are finding that we can tie more attractive investments with those that might not be as attractive to an investor as long as the underlying real estate and economics of the deal are sound," says Patricia Belden, POAH's manager of development in a recent issue of Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits
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 HUD's Biannual Report to Congress: Worst Case Housing Needs
National Low Income Housing Coalition report: American Housing Data Show Rapidly Deteriorating Extremely Low Income Rental Supply
NY Times: Who Invests in Low-Income Housing? Google, for One
Bloomberg News: Apartment Rentals Surge in US as Foreclosures Rise |
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Greening Affordable Housing: POAH leverages competitive grant awards to green its portfolio
As a developer of affordable housing, POAH believes in the "social ROI" of greening its properties. Supported by a combination of public and private grants, federal funding and designated energy grants, POAH continues to retrofit the portfolio to be greener and more energy efficient.
This month, POAH is celebrating the completion of a green retrofit at our Garfield Hill Apartments in Washington, DC. We were honored last April when HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan visited the site to celebrate Earth Day and to launch this effort - one of the country's first four green retrofits funded by the  HUD Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing created by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. This effort created over 6,000 labor hours of construction work to stimulate the building trades during this down economy. Over the next five years, these investments will save over $100,000 in tenant-paid utility costs and avoid over 750 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Read more
Affordable housing units at the historic Sugar River Mills building in Claremont, NH will be going green thanks to a $50,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation,TD Bank's charitable giving arm. POAH has installed a solar panel array at the Salem Fairweather Apartments in Salem, Massachusetts with a grant from the MassHousing/MTC Green Affordable Housing Development Program. top photo: M Plati/POAH bottom photo: T Ast/POAH Multimedia: |
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Charting the energy savings: When it comes to utility savings, is the juice worth the squeezing? Toby Ast, POAH manager of energy initiatives
 At POAH we have invested in the collection and organization of utility data for our property portfolio. Analysis of this utility bill data informs our understanding of the relative performance of the portfolio properties and helps point to the least efficient properties, but it is only the first step in the prioritization process.
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