Date: October 18th, 2005

What works and what doesn’t

18 October, 2005 (16:58) | Uncategorized |

Over the decades <shiver> that I’ve been involved with affordable housing, I’ve developed strong views on what works and what doesn’t in affordable housing program design.  What works?
 

It was cold when I sat for Rodin, very cold …
 

Cheap rents
Income mixing
Fast consistent enforcement
Self-adjusting rent formulas
Finite resources people compete for
Aligned incentives
Strong positive cash flow
Public-private partnership
A mixture […]