Earlier this month, Nashville residents told Metro Council they want the city’s help getting community needs met.
What housing is ‘affordable’ for you?
Housing is affordable — meaning you are not cost burdened — if it takes up 30% or less of your gross income, according to national housing guidelines. But we want to know what YOU would consider affordable in Nashville.
Nashville’s housing task force fills in more details of the ‘Imagine East Bank’ plan
Nashville officials are pitching the idea of building close to 3,600 affordable housing units on the city’s land for the future East Bank development.
The mayor who ran on improving neighborhoods now wants to build a new one downtown
After resident frustration of downtown Nashville getting the most money from elected officials, Mayor John Cooper ran on improving neighborhoods.
Riverchase resident moves into new home, but feels the displaced community was treated ‘like we were kids’
Virginia Holland lived at the East Nashville Riverchase apartments for four years.
Texas developer promises displaced Nashville residents they can return, but right now it’s up in the air
There are six families still living in the Riverchase apartments in East Nashville.
What does ‘affordable housing’ mean to you?
The federal definition of affordable housing is spending no more than 30% of your income on rent or a mortgage. Is your definition of “affordable housing” different?
The federal government releases Nashville’s area median income, but it doesn’t reflect half of the city
This year, the median income for a family in the Metro Nashville area rose to $96,700.
For one family at East Nashville’s Riverchase development, frustration and mixed messages about where to go next
The future for renters at an affordable housing complex in East Nashville continues to hang in the balance.
Economist: Rising interest rates will increase rental prices, too
The director of MTSU’s Business and Economic Research Center says that when interest rates go up, so does demand for rental homes and apartments. He says that could be lucrative for landlords and further increase already high rents.
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