Leveraging Private Investment To Meet Affordable Housing Needs
Public spending forms the basis of affordable housing production or preservation. When public funds are unavailable or prioritized elsewhere, however, nongovernmental entities can fill this financing gap with private investment funds. During its 2021 Housing Opportunity Conference, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) held a webinar titled “Leveraging Investor-Funded Housing Models to Meet Broader Community Housing Needs.”
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