Affordable Housing Institute : US

[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.]
 
“Two other forms of lending.”  Having had a blog break to refresh himself after describing consumer lending and project finance, Holmes repacked his pipe and lit it, sending up contented clouds of blue smoke.
 

To understand lending, you have to read a lot of mortgage documents
 
“Those are indeed the only forms available […]

“Our friend the Worldly Philosopher appears to have underestimated his vulnerability to appearances and the triumph of mob psychology,” said Holmes dejectedly, laying aside the Positions Wanted section of the Times.  “That is a pity, for it obscures the greater question facing his charitable society, and that is what lending they should pursue.” 
“What type?” asked […]

[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.]
 
Yesterday’s post introduced the quintessential consultancy, the Ghostbusters, and illustrated their business and marketing brilliance. 
 

I owe my success entirely to my time not studying in college
 
We continue with their rules of being a successful consultant:
 
E.         Often your consulting will involve housing.
 
[Louis is being chased by a demon dog] Louis: [frightened] […]

In addition to being a research and educational institution, AHI is a consultancy – we are specialists brought in to solve particular large, complex problems (or rather, to help people solve the problems themselves, since like other consultants we go away when the job is done).

Can we possibly restructure this financing, kemo sabe?
 
In the twenty-plus […]

We think of a home as security – if you own it, no one can take it from you – and that security comes at a cost, in capital investment and reduced mobility.  Most of us willingly make that trade.  We like the familiar nest, the morning-evening commute to and from work dividing our lives […]