affordable housing

California Community Foundation Awards $5.6 Million in Grants

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 07/29/2011 - 23:20

Most of the sixty-two grants will support nonprofits working in the foundation's primary areas of interest, including affordable housing, art, education, health care, and human development....


 

Wells Fargo Commits $1.5 Million to Help Stabilize California's ...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 11/22/2010 - 00:20

The awards increase the availability of affordable housing in the state and include nine grants totaling $1 million from the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation and fourteen grants totaling $500,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation....


 

Wells Fargo Contributes $5 Million to Nonprofit Housing Organiza...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 10/25/2010 - 23:20

The grants to nonprofit housing organizations in thirty-four communities across the country are part of the company's Leading the Way Home Priority Markets program, a nationwide effort to increase the availability of affordable housing....


 

Greater New Orleans Foundation Awards Grants for Community Revit...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 10/04/2010 - 23:20

Three grants totaling $1 million were awarded to support the rehabilitation and creation of affordable housing in the New Orleans region....


 

Ford Foundation Launches $200 Million Initiative to Support Metr...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Wed, 05/19/2010 - 03:20

The five-year initiative will work to expand opportunities for both urban and suburban residents by ensuring that neighboring communities collaborate on common challenges such as affordable housing, education, and job creation....


 

Marin Community Foundation Launches $10 Million Affordable Housi...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Fri, 07/03/2009 - 22:20

Developed in conjunction with local affordable housing developers, advocates, and community agencies, the initiative will support strategies such as encouraging effective zoning changes and turning foreclosed homes into affordable housing options....


 

Habitat for Humanity Receives $100 Million Commitment From Board...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 05/14/2009 - 22:00

Habitat estimates that the nine-figure commitment from J. Ronald Terwilliger will improve the housing conditions of sixty thousand families around the world through microfinance and affordable housing efforts....


 

What’s Online: Rethinking Real Estate

NYT > Your Money  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 23:22

In more than 300 cities and counties across the United States, residential developers are asked — or forced — to include a certain amount of affordable housing in their projects.


 

What’s Online: Rethinking Real Estate

NYT > Your Money  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 21:38

In more than 300 cities and counties across the United States, residential developers are asked — or forced — to include a certain amount of affordable housing in their projects.


 

Crisis allows affordable housing

Marketplace  Thu, 02/21/2008 - 14:09

The threat of foreclosure has hit millions of Americans. But commentator Angela Glover Blackwell says the housing bust may finally put affordable homes within reach, allowing communities to rebuild.