A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford

The federal tax credit provides up to $15 billion in subsidies a year to help developers build apartments. It’s created housing that’s often no more affordable than the market rate.
Governing

One Housing Assistance Program Congress Is Actually Expanding

New provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could help finance more than a million units of low-income housing over the next decade. The changes are complicated but will increase assistance both ...
Forbes

Low Income Housing Tax Credit Still Needs Transparency And Reform

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Sep 03, 2025, 09:30am EDT The LIHTC provides too little housing for too ...
Forbes

Building Greater Resilience Into Affordable Housing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. As December nears, the end of hurricane season approaches.
The Conversation

America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back

For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades, according to a ...