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Myth #3: Affordable Housing Brings Down Property Values
April is Myth-Busting Month at Homeward Bound Villages, and we are moving on to Myth#3: Affordable Housing Brings Down Property Values. All month long, we
Myth: Affordable Housing Is the Same as Public Housing
April is Myth-Busting Month, as we work to break common misconceptions about affordable housing at Homeward Bound Villages. All month long, we are challenging the
Myth #1: Affordable Housing Means Low-Quality Housing
This month, we are dedicating our blog to Myth-Busting. Throughout the month, we’re challenging assumptions that block progress on one of La Porte County’s most
The Full Picture: How To Make Affordable Homeownership Work
Throughout this series, we have examined five essential components of an integrated model for affordable homeownership: factory-built construction, zoning reform, community land trusts, and mission-driven
When the Bank Says No: How Mission-Driven Lenders Are Opening the Door to Homeownership
Today, we will look at the fourth common barrier to affordable homeownership in our series, one that stops buyers even after the right home exists
Affordable Forever: How Community Land Trusts Keep Homes Within Reach
Post 2 (Built Differently: How Factory-Made Homes Could Solve the Housing Crisis) and post 3 ( The Rules that Build the Shortage: How Zoning Became
The Rules That Built the Shortage: How Zoning Became Affordable Housing’s Biggest Obstacle
We’ve talked a lot about zoning on this blog, but we wanted to include it in this series because it is such a crucial part
Built Differently: How Factory-Made Homes Could Solve the Housing Crisis
We’ve done multiple blog posts on how the construction industry builds homes the same way it did a century ago: large, mostly single-family homes. Meanwhile,
Two Problems, One Crisis: Why Affordable Housing Keeps Failing the People Who Need It Most
While Homeward Bound Villages is currently focusing on rental properties with our Karwick Village project, we were recently asked why we don’t discuss homeownership options
The Affordable Housing Crisis: Blame the Rulebook
The affordable housing crisis gets a lot of attention these days, as many seek the American dream of homeownership but find themselves locked out of
Built for a Family That No Longer Exists: How People Are Living vs. What We’re Building
The American dream is a cute three-bedroom house with a white picket fence outside, a formal dining room and living room, a yard, and possibly
How Homeward Bound Villages Is Changing the Housing Landscape in La Porte County
La Porte County, like much of the U.S., faces a housing crisis. Families working full-time can’t find affordable homes. Seniors on fixed incomes stretch every