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Research Reports and Case Studies that explore the connection between social impact, sustainability, and stable financial returns.
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.
Dominium's partnership with ION Water cut water use 41% across 40,000+ affordable units, saving $12M annually, per a new Graaskamp Center case study.
An NBER working paper finds children who grew up in revitalized HOPE VI neighborhoods earned more, attended college more often, and were incarcerated less.
Freddie Mac Multifamily finds most LIHTC properties keep serving low income renters after compliance ends, though a meaningful share do not.
Every dollar of property tax abatement subsidy generated over a dollar of local economic activity across the eight case studies.
Analysis from PREA finds Institutional investors have measurable performance grounds to reconsider affordable multifamily as a core allocation.
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.
Occupancy at affordable properties is structurally higher and less cyclical than market rate multifamily.
New research quantifying how exposure to higher utility costs in multifamily properties increase default probabilities across the portfolio.
New research from ABT Global on the financial value of impact-driven practices in affordable multifamily housing.
An NBER working paper finds affordable multifamily properties consistently beat high-rent properties on risk-adjusted returns across three countries.
