2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence

Category

All Content > Enterprise News Story > Mid Atlantic

Awarded to

Donna Kimura, Deputy Editor;
Christine Serlin, Editor;
Alice Ashe, Senior Graphic Designer
John McManus, Vice President, Editorial Director

Entry details

"The New Age of Homelessness"

Issue or publication date: November/December 2019 issue of Affordable Housing Finance; posted online Nov. 4, 2019.
Publication name: Affordable Housing Finance
Publishing company: Hanley Wood
Website home page: www.housingfinance.com

Please describe the publication's mission and readership:

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE is required reading for the affordable housing industry, online and in print. Its target audience consists of for-profit and nonprofit developers, community development bankers and financiers, and housing officials from all levels of government who are responsible for creating and preserving affordable housing across the nation. AHF serves the unique needs of its audience with high-level content focused on financing options, development strategies, and housing policy. A critical industry link, AHF also regularly shares the stories of developers through profiles and interviews. The magazine was published eight issues in 2019, providing extensive coverage to approximately 11,000 affordable housing industry leaders who receive the publication in print. The magazine’s digital edition is delivered to the inbox of nearly 30,000 housing professionals, and a digital newsletter reaches more than 31,500 readers twice a month. Additionally, AHF brings the affordable housing community together under one roof at two annual events, including AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit, the industry’s premier conference, attracting approximately 1,300 people each year.

Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:

Cities from Los Angeles to Phoenix to Minnesota are seeing a growing number of seniors living on their streets. Nationally, the population of people 65 and older experiencing homelessness is estimated to swell from 40,000 in 2017 to 106,000 by 2030. “The New Age of Homelessness” delves into this troubling trend by introducing readers to Carlos Gonzalez, a 66-year-old former auto painter who lived in his Toyota Corolla after a series of personal setbacks. He recently moved into Casa Carmen, a new 25-unit development that provides housing and services to seniors 62 and older who were homeless in Los Angeles. We learn how affordable housing developers financed and built Casa Carmen as well as The Veranda in Northern California to serve the needs of at-risk seniors.

Reporter Donna Kimura traveled to Los Angeles to meet with Gonzalez and visit Casa Carmen.She also conducted numerous interviews with developers, housing officials, researchers, and others.

The story is a look at how the homeless population is changing and what it means to communities, health-care systems, and the affordable housing industry. “The New Age of Homelessness” details why the nation is seeing more older people on the streets and the challenges of providing housing for them. While the article shares the story of Gonzalez and the developers behind his new home, it offers key information that other developers, housing officials, hospital administrators, and city leaders can use to begin looking at solutions in their communities.

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