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Minority American families have struggled to generate a foundation of wealth. Historically, minority populations have been denied awareness and, therefore, opportunities for financial education and vehicles to independently build wealth. This failure has resulted in systemic and systematic poverty. Housing Joint Venture is leading a grassroots Economic Read More
For many millennials, the affordable housing crisis has existed for the entirety of their adulthood. Despite this crisis being a prominent topic in political discourse, there doesn’t seem to be any improvements. Far too many low-income Americans are paying 70 percent or more of their incomes for housing, while rents continue to rise and construction of Read More
As we move into a changing economic environment we must focus on diversification into other markets where cost of acquisition is lower but job growth and wage growth is still strong. Ideally, we are looking for markets where the cost of new construction is higher than existing housing stock and the macro market shows good economic growth. National data as Read More
It’s common knowledge that we’re going through housing crises in many American urban centers. Nearly half of all renters can’t afford rent and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night X. While most of the discourse on the housing crisis tends to focus on affordable and low-income housing, workforce housing, which is a nuanced category Read More
The wealth gap in the United States is staggering. The wealthiest 1% of individuals control 40% of the nation’s wealth. 2018 created more millionaires than ever before yet millions are struggling with consumer debt, rising housing costs, inflation, and stagnant wages. If we can address the wealth gap the biggest political agendas would lose their teeth Read More
While unemployment rate remains a prominent topic in political discourse, nearly 40 percent of employers have difficulty filling jobs due to insufficient talent X. Worse off, nearly 80 percent of construction businesses are having a hard time finding qualified skilled labor. For context, there are currently more than 140,000 vacant construction positions Read More
