Report Graphics by Kia Lee (Graphic Designer), USDA 515 Report, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs 2023 Read the Section 515 Report here In April 2023, new research was released on the USDA Section 515 Program and the challenges of preserving affordability in...
Rochester’s Destination Medical Zone (DMZ) has been hailed as a groundbreaking public-private partnership to redevelop downtown Rochester and solidify the Mayo Clinic’s position as a world leader in healthcare. Extensive development is now picking up its pace,...
In 2016 HJC concluded that the threat to the Twin Cities’ supply of unsubsidized affordable rental housing, or NOAH as it is now known, needed greater attention. Although housing policymakers were largely focused on protecting and expanding the supply of...
In 2014, HJC co-authored a report titled “The Space Between,” emphasizing the need for policymakers to pay more attention to the part of the affordable housing sector most low income households rely upon—unsubsidized but still affordable rental housing, or...
One form of “naturally occurring/unsubsidized” affordable housing comes in the form of manufactured home park communities. These communities often provide quite affordable housing, with no public subsidies, and with a number of them located in “high opportunity”...
HJC’s work with Crossroads tenants has been featured in the TPT documentary Sold Out: Affordable Housing At Risk. Affordable housing is under constant threat from changing economic forces and urban development that break up vital communities. Low-income...
