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Is Affordable Housing a Wise Investment?
CONTRARY TO CONVENTIONAL THINKING, REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSIDER SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS.
by Justin Hamaker
nless you have been hiding under a rock the past few years, you’ve heard the United States has an affordable housing crisis. Lack of affordable housing is one of the top, if not the top, issues for the U.S. housing market. Prior to the housing market boom of the last two years, there was an estimated shortage of 7 million affordable homes. During the last two years, tracking the home price and rental growth as a metric reveals the gap in affordable housing supply has only widened. U
The difference in the affordable housing crisis versus others is that solutions are closer than we think, thanks to the multitude of options and programs available to incentivize and attract investors into this arena. BUSTING A MYTH An common myth is that investors have to jeopardize their return or sacrifice earnings to participate in the affordable housing arena. That is FALSE.
Investors simply have to participate in the right ways with companies or assets that have a proven track record. One proven niche is manufactured homes on acreage. The beauty of this is it provides investors with an investment model tied to the appreciating real estate market that is also at the center of the affordable housing sector. WHY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING? Nestled perfectly between single-family homes and multifamily
10 | think realty magazine :: march – april 2023
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