New Affordable Housing Task Force Has Plenty to Tackle Nashville desperately needs more affordable housing, and a new 22-member team hopes to address the issue Tweet Share
People across the country are concerned about the mass displacement that could take place once the federal moratorium on evictions expires especially since the freeze could end before the pandemic is over. But even before COVID-19 came to Nashville, the problem of access to affordable housing has loomed large over the city.
Last week, Mayor John Cooper assembled a crew of city officials, developers and activists for a 22-member task force, which is set to have its first meeting on Thursday. There’s plenty of work to do, says member Kay Bowers, who recently retired from the housing nonprofit New Level Community Development Corporation.
Cities with major Amazon presences to get affordable housing support Amazon announced Wednesday that it was creating a $2 billion housing equity fund to support affordable housing stock in three cities where the company has major footprints. The company announced specific funding for housing projects in Arlington, Virginia, and Puget Sound, Washington, while also pledging to fund unspecified future projects in Nashville, where the company is building a 5,000-employee corporate office. The fund also includes $125 million in grants to businesses, nonprofit organizations and minority-led organizations “to help them build a more inclusive solution to the affordable housing crisis,” according to a release.
Delayed by Metro s Barnes Fund cuts, developer halts affordable housing project
Development won t move forward due to complications and delays of securing the land after their award was impounded
authors Alejandro Ramirez Councilmember Colby Sledge says he has never seen anything like it before: A developer has returned a grant that would have helped build affordable housing.
Pathway Lending returned a nearly $1.7 million Barnes Housing Trust Fund award that would have helped build The Rosemary, a complex with 80 units of affordable housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with 60 of those apartments specifically slated for seniors. The project was a
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Demonstrators gathered at a 2019 rally protesting Metro s impounding of the Barnes FundPhoto: Matt Masters Councilmember Colby Sledge says he has never seen anything like it before: A developer has returned a grant that would have helped build affordable housing.
Pathway Lending returned a nearly $1.7 million Barnes Housing Trust Fund award that would have helped build The Rosemary, a complex with 80 units of affordable housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with 60 of those apartments specifically slated for seniors. The project was a collaboration with Friends Life Community, an organization that provides programming and services for teens and adults with developmental disabilities.