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.
Higher interest rates are slowing down Middle Tennessee’s housing market, but prices are still high
Some people will be edged out of the housing market, especially since home prices are still high. The median for a single family home in Middle Tennessee is nearly half a million dollars.
How rising housing costs are pushing Nashville’s immigrant communities further away
In this episode, we examine how the red-hot Nashville market specifically impacts working class and recently-arrived immigrants and their families. We’re joined by community members, outreach worker, and educators to learn about how development and rising rents are making cultural communities and vital services harder to access for many immigrants and recently-arrived refugees.
For unhoused Nashvillians, the price of getting help is a ‘time tax on the poor’
This story first aired on our daily show, This Is Nashville. Listen to the entire episode on housing for the unhoused, here. It’s an early morning in December. Over a breakfast of tater tots and soda, Tammy and her adult son Ray – whose last names we’re withholding for safety concerns – are shuffling through […]
How Nashville’s community land trust aims to preserve housing affordability and build generational wealth
An affordable housing initiative launched a little over four years ago has recently finished its first property built for low- and moderate-income buyers. Nashville’s fledgling community land trust is aiming to create permanent affordable housing and help families build equity.
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