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As data centers see a surge in demand because of generative AI, Henrico County, Virginia, shows how local governments can turn the economic gains of this new industry into sustainable funding for affordable housing.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s New Pricing Is Not Punishing Those with Better Credit: Follow the Numbers Three figures underscore how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s pricing changes are getting conflated.How Public Housing Authorities Can Help Young People Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care Achieve Stability and Self-Sufficiency A few changes to the ways public housing authorities and Family Self-Sufficiency programs work can make them more effective.No, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Aren’t Penalizing People with Good Credit to Help People with Bad Credit Criticism over the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s recent pricing changes conflates two separate, largely unrelated moves on pricing.Expanding the Community Reinvestment Act at the State Level: What Do the Numbers Tell Us? Should states expand the Community Reinvestment Act to cover nonbanks? The data show the answer is nuanced.Changes to HUD Programs Could Help Prevent Housing Instability among Youth Who’ve Aged Out of Foster Care For the 20,000 young people aging out of foster care each year who are transitioning out of a support system and into the broader community, securing housing can be especially challenging.Five Practices for Expanding Housing Production for Households with Very Low Incomes Based on Urban research, we suggest five practices to help local governments increase the production of affordable housing for households with very low incomes.
