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Last week, Dominium proudly marked two significant milestones in Kissimmee, Florida: the grand opening of Osprey Park and the groundbreaking of Maison at Solivita Marketplace. Osprey Park is a vibrant new community delivering 383 high-quality, affordable apartment homes for seniors aged 62 and older in Central Florida. The development features a mix of 173 one-bedroom, 142 two-bedroom and 32 three-bedroom apartment homes, along with 18 two-bedroom cottages and 18 three-bedroom cottages. Maison at Solivita Marketplace, now under construction, will provide 396 much-needed affordable apartment homes for families. The community will also include a range of resident-focused amenities, such as a clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool, bus stop and a variety of outdoor spaces. Together, these two communities will bring 779 new affordable homes to Osceola County – helping to meet the growing need for both senior and family housing in the region. We were honored to celebrate these milestones with remarks from Osceola County Commissioner Brandon Arrington and Dominium Vice President and Project Partner Devon Quist. Thank you to all who joined us for this occasion, and to our dedicated financial, development and community partners whose collaboration and support made these developments possible. At Dominium, we are proud to expand access to affordable housing in Osceola County and remain deeply committed to our mission of providing high-quality, affordable homes across Florida.

Love this.   A great reminder that small-scale infill can punch way above its weight, especially when it builds local capacity and creates ownership opportunities.   Major respect to the RNHS team and emerging developers pushing this forward.   This is what community-rooted development looks like.

Congratulations to Edlen & Company, Our Just Future, and APANO Communities United Fund (CUF) for breaking ground on Legin Commons, which will bring 124 new affordable homes to Portland. This transit-oriented development will serve residents earning 60% or less of the area median income—and with its energy-efficient design, it will qualify for both solar credits and 45L energy credits under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) #ZeroEnergyReadyHomes program. Claire Parisa, Christopher Hulette, Kari Downes, and Andrea Kirch from Enterprise joined the celebration on site. We are proud to have provided $1.2 million in predevelopment financing from Enterprise Community Loan Fund, our #CDFI, and $24 million in #LIHTC equity from our housing credit investments business. We can’t wait to see this property take shape. Congratulations to our dedicated partners! #TransitOrientedDevelopment #TOD #MultifamilyRealEstate

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Weeksville Place Ribbon Cutting on May 13th! The event brought together Brooklyn officials, residents, and a host of project partners to celebrate the opening of our newest affordable housing in the heart of the historic Weeksville section of Crown Heights. Weeksville Place brings 45 affordable apartments to a newly built 8-story building with 26 units for extremely and very low-income seniors and 19 for extremely low- to moderate-income households, with eight units reserved for formerly homeless seniors, families, and individuals. Amenities include a beautifully landscaped backyard, community room with kitchen, bike room, communal terrace, and a social services suite staffed by Jericho Project. Co-developed with The Beechwood Organization on a longtime vacant city-owned lot, this beautiful and energy efficient property designed by ESKW/Architects is the first of two affordable New York City housing projects awarded through HPD’s Neighborhood Construction Program. We are grateful to all our partners for their contributions to making this exceptional residential building a reality.

This is how you do it. We see a lot of project marketing posts and honestly, many leave much to be desired. But huge credit to The Annex Group for putting together a clean, effective announcement that gives their work the spotlight it deserves. A few things they did really well: ✅ Shared a clear, short project narrative ✅ Called out key project partners (recognition matters) ✅ Listed financing sources with actual numbers (seriously, why don’t more people do this?) ✅ Highlighted the team members who put in the work (always deserved) ✅ Linked to the full press release ✅ Included photos and the date of the next milestone (groundbreaking) Marketing isn’t rocket science—but a lot of folks still don’t do their work justice. This post is a great example of how to keep it professional, informative, and engaging. Take note: The Annex Group is doing it right. Oh, and get your team (and project partners) to repost it. Easy wins. If you want help putting together something similar, we’re happy to help. Just fill out this quick form or reach out to us directly: https://lnkd.in/eXZWQvTG

What’s happening to federal housing policy right now?   Staff cuts. Paused programs. Mortgage market instability.   This isn’t your typical bureaucratic mess—it’s something far more deliberate.   That’s the warning from Ethan Handelman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily at HUD, who joined Housing After Dark with Alex Schafran for a candid—and at times alarming—look at how key housing programs are being gutted, stalled, or quietly dismantled.   But first, how did Ethan get here? Like many in this field, he wandered into housing. As a grad student in international relations, he took a job at Recap Advisors managing websites + internal files. Soon, he was knee-deep in affordable housing policy—and hooked.   He went on to lead Recap’s advisory practice, moved into advocacy at the National Housing Conference, served at FHFA, and ultimately joined HUD in the Biden-Harris administration.   Ethan’s path is a reminder: there’s no straight line into this work. (It’s also why we care about making the path clearer at LIHTC Leaders.)   Here are a few takeaways from the conversation: ✅ Our Housing System Is Fragmented Ethan walked through the federal housing maze—HUD, FHFA, USDA, VA, Treasury (home of LIHTC), even the Department of Defense.   “The biggest federal housing agency is the DoD.” ✅ The Chaos Is Intentional Staff cuts. Canceled programs. No explanation.   “There is widely reported a plan within HUD—to cut to 50% of the current staffing level.”   ✅ The Mortgage Market Is Being Undermined The FHFA Director replaced two-thirds of the Fannie/Freddie boards with political allies—raising serious concerns.   “Nowhere else in our economy or our government does the regulator of an entity sit on the board of that entity.”   ✅ The History + Present of Housing Discrimination Fair housing enforcement is being gutted.   “HUD’s civil rights office is facing an 80% staffing cut.”   ✅ Preservation & Resilience Must Be the Standard He called for higher building codes, but smarter incentives too.   “We shouldn’t be building the same way we did in 1970 or 1950.”   ✅ Still, There’s Hope Ethan praised bipartisan efforts like the YIMBY Act, AHCIA, and the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act.   “I'm just happy to see some sort of congressional action that is positive moving into the future, some sort of bipartisan support."   💬 A few of our fav sound bites: “We’re not having this fight between subsidies for buildings and subsidies for people. We need both.” “You don’t need to be a housing insider to know that something’s wrong and to speak up... and I encourage everyone who’s listening to do that.”   👏 Big thanks to the Housing After Dark team for digging in and to Ethan for breaking it all down with urgency, honesty, and a Scooby-Doo reference to keep us smiling through the concern.   “Pretty much every Scooby-Doo episode is about real estate. There’s a ghost trying to scare people off a property because it has value.” 📌 Link to the episode in comments.

What a day! 🎉 Yesterday, we celebrated the grand opening of University Station alongside Broward County and the City of Hollywood — a milestone moment for our team and the community 👏 This 216-unit development marks our largest yet, built to foster accessibility, connection, and opportunity. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate this momentous occasion with us! 💙 Keep an eye out for more photos from the event coming soon! 📸 #HTG #HousingTrustGroup #BrowardCounty #CityOfHollywood #MixedIncomeHousing #FloridaDevelopment #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing #HousingForAll #CommunityDevelopment #FloridaHousing #SouthFloridaLiving #UrbanDevelopment #BuildingCommunities