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Austin creates innovative plan to boost affordable housing

BD+C

The plan relaxes zoning restrictions and provides incentives for higher density construction in affordable and mixed-income developments. To qualify, 50% of the housing in a development must be affordable—priced for families earning 60% or less of median family income (MFI) for the area.

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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

Construction Marketing

This includes analyzing factors such as zoning regulations, transportation access, and market demand. After acquiring the property, the developer must design and plan the project, considering factors such as building codes and zoning regulations, the intended use of the property, and the target market.

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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Dreyfus noted that construction companies should be planning ahead — both in terms of taking advantage of incentives like investing/building in specially designated Qualified Opportunity Zones throughout the country and taking advantage of tax credits like 179D and R&D, and preparing their companies to weather economic downturns.

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Can Single-Family Zoning Be Meaningfully Reversed?

Pro Builder

Can Single-Family Zoning Be Meaningfully Reversed? Single-family only zoning has long been the smart bomb NIMBYs and municipalities used to keep out developments that would add density, multifamily, and “those people” of a different race, ethnicity, or class from moving into their neighborhoods. Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:19. Affordability.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

million homes that are accessible to low-income renters. Nationwide, 60% of all workers earn less than what’s required to afford a two-bedroom rental home, according to a June report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, which also cited the shortage of affordable housing.

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How One Nonprofit Housing Developer in Roanoke, Va., Is Restoring the Vacant Middle

Pro Builder

That light density increase is something that is usually all but nonexistent in post war neighborhoods with single-family zoning. Read more Planning + Development Remodeling Planning + Development How One Nonprofit Housing Developer in Roanoke, Va., However, Ms.

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Construction Standardization: A Game Plan to Success

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Most important, you’ll spotlight those trouble zones that are wasting time and costing money and end up with a fair and impartial way to measure results. By answering these key questions, you can plan how software can best benefit your company: Which projects will you be using it on? Will you use the platform for all projects?

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