Affordable Housing Institute : US

On June 5, at a well-attended and highly anticipated Istanbul panel held as part of the Annual Summit of the Turkish national Real Estate Association (GYODER), I delivered a speech summarizing our six-month ‘country assessment’ of Turkey’s affordable housing ecosystem.
 

It sounds better in English
 
Our goal was to examine Turkey’s affordable housing financial environment today, identify […]

All legislation is carefully stored in labeled blue plastic bins
 
Since affordable housing policy is always an output of the government factory, I have over the years become fascinated by the complex ways in which legislation is created, how elected officials use their political capital, and how they use many things (including political vaporware) to manufacture […]

“Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.” — James Baldwin
 
After months of electoral uncertainty, Turkey has a new President: Abdullah Gul.  As reported in The Washington Post:
 

Mr. Gul can smile now; he’s in
 
Aug. 28 — Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots […]