Hardwiring Affordability

To ensure that the community is accessible to low-income residents over the long-term, durable housing affordability should be “hardwired” through the creative use of tax credits, zoning policies, land trusts, shared appreciation mortgages, and other shared equity mechanisms.

Case Studies

• Managing Neighborhood Change: A Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Revitalization
• Comprehensive Stabilization - Chelsea Neighborhood Developers
• Housing Partnership, Inc.: Using Community Land Trusts to Preserve Affordability