Riding to Success Partnering With Transit Agencies Is Key for Florida Developer

By Caitlin Jones
January 17, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, January 2011: Partnering with transit agencies has been key to Matthew Greer’s success in developing transit-oriented affordable rental housing projects in South Florida. These types of developments have utilized non-traditional financing and readily attract tenants, making them highly competitive in the local apartment market.

“We’ve done over a thousand units of strictly transit-oriented development – development on a publicly owned transit-funded piece of land, directly connected to a rapid transit site,” says Greer, CEO of Miami-based Carlisle Development Group, the largest affordable housing developer in Florida. “I think we’re one of the leaders in the country, by that metric.”

The thousand-plus units have been in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties, primarily in Miami-Dade County, which includes the city of Miami.

Taxpayer Donations Bolster Affordable Housing

Minnesota State Housing Tax Credit Program and Contribution Fund

Pamela Martineau • April 1, 2024 8 min read

Minnesotans hoping to bolster the state’s affordable housing stock may donate to affordable housing projects, requesting to have their donation allocated to a specific project or a general affordable housing fund and receive a tax credit of 85 percent of their donation through a new state program.

New Program Facilitates Land Purchasing for Affordable Housing

Colorado’s Land Banking Program

Nushin Huq • April 1, 2024 9 min read

A new land banking program in Colorado aims to help developers purchase land for affordable housing, solving the unique problem of not having tax credits to purchase land, as well as creating access to development in rural areas.

Breaking Ground

Will Eckstein, Senior Vice President, Harmony Housing Affordable Development

Darryl Hicks • April 1, 2024 8 min read

For much of the past 14 years, Will Eckstein has led the team responsible for securing new affordable housing development opportunities at Greystone Affordable Development,. Tax Credit Advisor sat down with Eckstein to learn more about HHAD and his priorities for the balance of 2024.