Remove Community Development Remove Construction Remove Nonprofit Finance Remove Public and Nonprofit Management
article thumbnail

How to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing: The Value of Human Scale

NonProfit Quarterly

For new construction, larger buildings can result in smaller per-unit costs. Most small buildings are what are known as “naturally occurring affordable housing” (NOAH), an industry term for buildings that have affordable rents without receiving public subsidies. This can be addressed through public intervention.

Values 117
article thumbnail

Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christian Ouellet on istock.com Financing challenges often stymie nonprofits. This reality became starkly evident in the journey of the Center for Habitat Reconstruction (CRH) seeking supplemental funding to keep a large public contract it had won. Yet even after having been awarded an $11.2

Finance 97