Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing

From: HUD USER News
 
The rehabilitation of affordable housing faces many
institutional and regulatory barriers. Because the
existing stock varies so much in condition, age, and
construction methods, the rehab process is far less
predictable and in many ways more challenging than new
construction. Nevertheless, the rehabilitation of the
country's aging stock is a major resource for meeting
the nation's affordable housing needs.
 
To date, however, there's been a lack of in-depth,
practical guidance on the many regulatory and other
factors that can serve as barriers to affordable rehab.
A further challenge is the fact that barriers often vary
from project to project and from community to community.
 
To fill this information gap, and in so doing, empower
decisionmakers and housing professionals to begin
eliminating these barriers, HUD has published Best
Practices for Effecting the Rehabilitation of Affordable
Housing. This two-volume report distills the practices
that have been shown to work in many settings where
renovation of affordable housing is the objective. These
best practices address the challenges to rehab in the
development, construction, and occupancy stages. Volume
1 is a comprehensive resource guide to state, local, and
federal tools for overcoming barriers. Volume 2 provides
analyses of key rehab resources and barriers, and case
studies of state and local efforts to overcome major
regulatory impediments.
 
Both volumes of Best Practices for Effecting the
Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing are available as
free downloads
at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/affhsg/bestpractices.html.
Print copies are available for a nominal fee from
HUD USER by calling 800-245-2691, option 1.
 
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