The landscape of accessible development standards in affordable housing has changed significantly in the last few years, helping to reduce historical barriers to people with mobility and sensory disabilities and making it imperative for developers, municipalities, and advocates to become familiar with current federal and state accessibility requirements, including recent developments from CTCAC, HCD, and the Division of the State Architect (DSA). Attendees will hear from a Bay Area service provider about the unique challenges people with disabilities face when…

With the recent federal tax reform and reduced tax credit, learn how enterprise level financing is supporting affordable housing development in Amsterdam and Copenhagen and it's local applicability.Non-profit affordable housing developers in Amsterdam and Copenhagen primarily utilize enterprise level financing to develop projects and thus, do not rely upon public funds nor are they held accountable to investor obligations for certain financial returns as is the case with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Enterprise level financing can depoliticize the development…

Reducing Barriers to Affordable Housing for Homeless Applicants: Implementing a Homeless Preference (Webinar Training) Housing organizations intend to serve people with the fewest options, but our long waiting lists, background checks, and complicated application processes fall especially hard on homeless applicants. This Brown Bag explores policy innovations such as HUD’s Opening Doors pilot, in which owners voluntarily adopt preferences for homeless applicants. SAHA requested and received HUD approval to establish a preference for homeless applicants in some subsidized units, opening…