The persistent shortage of affordable housing in the United States is a deep burden on millions of low and moderate-income households. The Housing Trust Fund is a powerful tool with unrealized potential for easing this burden and strengthening communities for decades to come. Affordability is the dominant public policy problem afflicting rental housing markets […]
Partnerships for the greater good: Public-private partnerships can produce affordable housing for D.C.
The public sector alone cannot combat rising rents and the growing number of burdened or displaced D.C. residents. Collaboration between the public and private sector can provide comprehensive solutions to D.C.’s affordable housing shortage.