Brandon Duong

Dec 1, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

Between 1987 and 2021, the public-private Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program constructed 3.55 million housing units across the U.S. However, as covered in a previous Shelterforce article, legal loopholes have allowed predatory entities known as aggregators to hijack the program and use it to seize affordable housing from nonprofits and milk the housing for profit. Three years later, the problem of aggregators still plagues the affordable housing industry.

Nov 30, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

Last year, Shelterforce wrote about two affordable housing developments in Northern Virginia where tenants awoke to find their rent had suddenly been hiked. Although tenants across the country were facing rising rents, alongside a tight housing market and some of the highest inflation rates since the 1970s, these rent hikes were different. They occurred in the middle of leases, at housing funded by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).

Jul 25, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 7.4 million Americans have an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD). Many of them face a daunting housing crisis. Of the few options they do have, many are settings that concentrate disabled residents together and segregate them away from the larger community.

Oct 4, 2022 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

Sep 7, 2022 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong