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Builders Patch collaborates with Integrated Innovation Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
How a student team from Carnegie Mellon University created cutting-edge housing innovation
Innovation & tech
May 22, 2023

Builders Patch collaborates with Integrated Innovation Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

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A severe shortage of affordable and available homes
Summary of The Gap Report 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
A severe shortage of affordable and available homes
Summary of The Gap Report 2023
Key takeaways on affordable rental housing shortage from The Gap report (2023), published by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Innovation & tech
AI as a co-pilot for human faculty is transforming Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
Innovation & tech
Mar 31, 2023
AI as a co-pilot for human faculty is transforming Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
Leveraging AI with adequate human oversight can be a game changer for CRE. This article touches upon the top use cases of AI for the CRE industry and how we at Builders Patch are harnessing the power of AI. We emphasize how AI will act as a co-pilot for humans and shouldn't be viewed as a tool that will make human faculty redundant.
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Sustainable affordable housing: strategies for financing an inclusive energy transition
Summary of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York report
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Feb 16, 2023
Sustainable affordable housing: strategies for financing an inclusive energy transition
Summary of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York report
Summary and highlights from the report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on how we can build sustainable, energy-efficient and climate resilient housing
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Housing policy
Governor Hochul’s statewide plan to tackle New York’s housing crisis
The New York Housing Compact
Housing policy
Jan 31, 2023
Governor Hochul’s statewide plan to tackle New York’s housing crisis
The New York Housing Compact
Review and summary of Governor Hochul’s newly announced strategy to address New York’s housing crisis.
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Events
Did you get a chance to catch us at your nearest housing conference?
Our attendance of OFN, NCSHA, SCANPH and AHFLive 2022
Events
Nov 3, 2022
Did you get a chance to catch us at your nearest housing conference?
Our attendance of OFN, NCSHA, SCANPH and AHFLive 2022
We've been busy attending multiple housing conferences this fall. Here is a brief update on our experiences and a sum of our main takeaways from these conferences.
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Filling funding gaps: how state agencies are moving to meet a growing threat to affordable housing
Summary of the NCSHA report
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Oct 18, 2022
Filling funding gaps: how state agencies are moving to meet a growing threat to affordable housing
Summary of the NCSHA report
Key takeaways on the role of HFAs in filling unexpected funding gaps from the Washington Report by the National Council for State Housing Agencies.
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Housing policy
Review of Proposition HHH and what to expect from the new United to House L.A. measure?
Housing policy initiatives in Los Angeles (part 02)
Housing policy
Oct 14, 2022
Review of Proposition HHH and what to expect from the new United to House L.A. measure?
Housing policy initiatives in Los Angeles (part 02)
Review of the new taxation proposal to tackle the housing shortage and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, as supported by a powerful grassroots movement.
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Building affordable housing from Rwanda to Brooklyn
In conversation with Brian Halusan of St. Nick's Alliance
Expert talk
Oct 10, 2022
Building affordable housing from Rwanda to Brooklyn
In conversation with Brian Halusan of St. Nick's Alliance
We sat down with Brian Halusan, Director of Real Estate Development at St. Nicks Alliance to talk about his experiences, both thrills and challenges, of developing affordable housing and community infrastructure projects in different places, from the highlands of Rwanda to your right-by-the-corner neighborhood in Brooklyn.
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Local tools to address housing affordability 2022
Summary of the 2022 NLC report
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Sep 13, 2022
Local tools to address housing affordability 2022
Summary of the 2022 NLC report
Key takeaways from the 2022 report by the National League of Cities, on how local governments can adopt various tools to address housing affordability.
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Housing policy
How government funding is distributed
Government funding of affordable housing, Part 2 (series)
Housing policy
Aug 22, 2022
How government funding is distributed
Government funding of affordable housing, Part 2 (series)
In the second installment of our series on government funding of affordable housing, we talk about the financing institutions that manage and distribute the funds, their background, and how they operate.
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Report summary
A shortage of affordable rental homes
Summary of the Gap Report 2022
Report summary
Aug 11, 2022
A shortage of affordable rental homes
Summary of the Gap Report 2022
Key takeaways on affordable rental housing shortage from 'The Gap' report (2022), published by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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State of the Nation's Housing 2022
Summary of the JCHS report
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Aug 4, 2022
State of the Nation's Housing 2022
Summary of the JCHS report
Key takeaways from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies' annual report on housing (2022).
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Housing policy
Government funding programs
Government funding of affordable housing (part 01)
Housing policy
Jul 27, 2022
Government funding programs
Government funding of affordable housing (part 01)
When it comes to building, and funding affordable housing, sources are limited and there are many obstacles. In this blog, we take a look at the different funding sources available to developers.
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Affordable housing
Innovative housing solutions around the world
Social housing programs in Austria, Finland, Norway, and the UK
Affordable housing
Jul 5, 2022
Innovative housing solutions around the world
Social housing programs in Austria, Finland, Norway, and the UK
The combined problems of rising housing costs, diminishing home ownership, and homelessness are not unique to the United States. In this blog post, we look at and compare different government initiatives on social housing in the UK, Austria, Finland, and Norway.
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Housing policy
The history of affordable housing programs
Government funding of affordable housing (series)
Housing policy
Jun 7, 2022
The history of affordable housing programs
Government funding of affordable housing (series)
In this blog, we’ll discuss the history of government-sponsored affordable housing programs, our progress, and the work that still needs to be done.
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