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Opinion: Many mission-based landlords are at a breaking point

Housing Wire

Largely nonprofits, mission-based landlords provide affordable housing as a tool for systemic change, including advancing racial equity, reducing economic disparities, and strengthening community resiliency. Many of their development projects require more patience and long-term commitment than other developers are willing to undertake.

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HUD raises Housing Choice Voucher funding to $30 billion for 2023

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced that it is allotting $30.3 It has also made HCV utilization tools available that include additional information such as projection tools, training videos and monthly summaries of the program. billion for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program for 2023.

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Homelessness is not an unsolvable problem

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and companies in the private sector. Any amount of time is too long, but landlord engagement and counseling has reduced this home search time.(Brief) Its success also provides a counter to the idea that homelessness is mostly about mental health issues and is too complex to solve.

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Opinion: Who decides what American neighborhoods look like?

Housing Wire

The answer is a combination of real estate developers, brokers, investors, agents and property owners — the overwhelming majority of whom are white. Neighborhoods are subject to the choices of developers, municipal governments and other outside groups. Who decides what our neighborhoods look like? And who profits from these projects?

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Winners and losers of this volatile housing market

Housing Wire

In our efforts to meet demand, we grew the team faster than we could train, support and develop everyone to meet the demands of changing roles and processes,” founder and CEO Guy Gal said in a written statement. Landlords hold the cards. “It’s definitely a landlord’s market,” said Kiser Group’s Sklar.

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

6 months course access Ridgeline: All features of Base + Livestream option and Forms Training 101. Visit Website Overview The Lee Institute School of Real Estate combines professional instruction and video format training to make the concepts of the real estate business more digestible and engaging. 25 hrs livestream access.

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Thrive Real Estate of Shrewsbury, MA is Now a Part of Lamacchia Realty

Lamacchia Realty

Prior to opening Thrive, Maribeth knew Lamacchia’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Massoud Atallah, through shared affiliations at a prior brokerage. Our values are very much aligned, and we know that offering their robust marketing and training will benefit both our clients as well as our beloved agents.”