The New ROI: Impact Drivers in Real Estate Investors Can’t Afford To Ignore
GreenGen's Brad Dockser on why sustainability now reshapes real estate's capital stack, not just its operating expenses.
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GreenGen's Brad Dockser on why sustainability now reshapes real estate's capital stack, not just its operating expenses.
New research from the Multifamily Impact Council, Mercy Housing, and the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business puts a dollar figure on the financial value of housing stability and gives the multifamily industry a tool to do the same.
NYU Stern and Mercy Housing research puts a dollar figure on housing stability: a $33,000-$45,000 average annual NOI benefit per property.
MIC's Multifamily Impact Framework, the industry's only impact standard for affordable multifamily housing, gets its 2026 update across all seven core principles.
Best practices for improving financial health and economic mobility for renters living in affordable multifamily housing properties.
A Framework-based approach for investors and fund managers to evaluate impact multifamily portfolios — fund structure, property practices, and community benefit.
Mercy Housing's analysis of 114 service-enriched properties isolates which practices most improve health outcomes for residents between 2019 and 2023.
A MIC user guide for balancing impact, affordability, and fiduciary duty during multifamily asset sales — with a buyer screening tool and disposition checklist.
An NBER working paper finds children who grew up in revitalized HOPE VI neighborhoods earned more, attended college more often, and were incarcerated less.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York surveys private fund managers deploying capital into affordable multifamily, reaching deeper affordability than LIHTC alone.
A randomized controlled trial from the Urban Institute finds opt-in rent reporting cuts credit invisibility in half for renters in affordable housing.
New research from ABT Global on the financial value of impact-driven practices in affordable multifamily housing.