Washington Federal Bank Supporting ARCH Community Housing Trust Since 2013
ARCH Community Housing Trust Executive Director, Michelle Griffith was thrilled to accept this grant for $4,000 from Washington Federal Bank presented by Eric Madsen and Patti Duke. The funds will be used to purchase land on which ARCH will construct affordable rental homes. This is the largest grant received from Washington Federal. The bank has […]
Blaine Manor housing gets go-ahead
Article via Idaho Mountain Express. Low-income project would bring 60 units to downtown Hailey After years of false starts, seniors will be coming back to Blaine Manor. The Idaho Housing and Finance Association approved $5.79 million over 10 years in tax-credit financing to build a 30-unit apartment block on the fallow lot that once held […]
ARCH housing project gets preliminary approval from Hailey council
Article via Idaho Mountain Express. New ‘neighborhood’ could be reserved for workforce population The Hailey City Council has given preliminary approval to ARCH Community Housing Trust to use a one-acre parcel in Woodside subdivision for one home of a possible eight-unit affordable housing community. ARCH has succeeded in building affordable rental and deed-restricted ownership housing […]
MBA Recognizes Five Diversity and Inclusion Residential Leadership Award Winners
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has announced that five companies have been recognized as 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Residential Leadership Award recipients, recognizing MBA members for their leadership efforts in diversity and inclusion in two award categories: Organizational Diversity and Inclusion, and Market Outreach Strategies. “As we enter the fourth year of our Diversity and Inclusion Residential Leadership […]
CAN THE DESIGN OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROMOTE EXERCISE?
To encourage architects and planners to design built environments that promote physical activity, New York City offers an “active design” building incentive within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. A recent study analyzed the impact of the design incentive on the activity levels of affordable housing residents at two South Bronx developments. Researchers […]
Reimagining CLT Mortgages and Deed Restricted Programs
Freddie Mac’s excited to expand our support for shared equity homeownership programs. We’re relatively new to the shared equity homeownership field, but we’ve listened to market feedback, taken a fresh look at existing mortgage offerings and conducted in-depth research. With the assistance of national, state and local community organizations, such as Grounded Solutions Network, the […]
BLAINE COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR 50 NEW HOUSING VOUCHERS
September 4, 2018 This is very welcome news. For the first time in a number of years HUD has the capacity to increase the number of “mainstream” rental vouchers, increasing the opportunity for non-elderly persons with disabilities to live in the community rather in than in an institution. We’re confident our region’s housing authorities will […]
The impact of “filtering” and why we are experiencing a crisis
The impact of “filtering” and why we are experiencing a crisis in housing availability. There are building sites everywhere and construction is taking off again, so why is it so difficult to find an affordable home? Part of the answer lies with the effects of “filtering”. The definition of filtering is that homes become more […]
Federal Budget — Federal Policy Impacting Affordable Housing
Federal Budget The Presidential Budget Proposal reduced funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 14%. This would have eliminated funding for several key programs including the HOME program which has funded over 50 units of housing in Blaine County since 2009. Fortunately, Congress has not accepted the proposal, the current budget, which has […]
The Housing Affordability Pickle
The Housing Affordability Pickle Valley cities face a complex puzzle of jobs, housing, and long-term viability “If jobs-versus – [housing] rentals in the classifieds are a kind of balance sheet to economic health, the situation is totally out of whack considering the discrepancy in column inches for each side of the equation.” Sun Valley Magazine discusses […]
