HAI Group is a leading sponsor of the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), a nonprofit that researches the impact that affordable homes bring to families and communities. In this guest blog, Kelly McElwain, PAHRC’s industry intelligence and research manager, explains how a recent federal program can be leveraged to address housing needs.

Despite an estimated shortage of 7.3 million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income families, public housing authorities (PHAs) nationwide have not received congressional funding to build new deeply affordable housing in their communities in decades. PHAs’ hands became even more tied after Congress passed the Faircloth Amendment, which capped PHA public housing stock at the number of public housing units they operated as of October 1, 1999 (known as their ‘Faircloth Authority’). This created a de facto ban on building new public housing.

As the need for commercial insurance grows, so do the opportunities for agencies searching for new clients. In a market as broad and fragmented as commercial insurance, it takes a specialized approach to build and maintain a successful book of business.

Active shooter and workplace violence incidents are a growing threat to businesses of all types, including public and affordable housing organizations. 

New resources released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seek to clarify the housing protections owners and managers of federally-assisted properties must grant to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).