BOARD PRESIDENT ARIZONA HOUSING, INC. Howard Epstein is a Phoenix-based Bank of America executive who specializes in real estate assets and sales. He is the board president of Arizona Housing, Inc., a nonprofit that works closely with homeless shelters and other related providers to work toward creating permanent, affordable and supportive housing for people experiencing .
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What is Arizona going to do about its affordable housing crisis?
Several bills and non-profits fight for affordable housing in Arizona.
and last updated 2021-03-08 23:00:34-05
PHOENIX â The burden of figuring out Arizonaâs affordable housing crisis has largely fallen on cities, non-profits, and charitable organizations.
The Arizona Housing Coalition, a non-profit that advocates for affordable housing policies, is looking for the state legislature to help.
âIt needs a deliberate policy intervention to create more affordable housing,â said Executive Director Joan Serviss.
She believes one of the policies needs to be a state low-income housing tax credit that mimics the federal tax credit, âwhich has been responsible for a lot of the affordable housing multifamily housing that you see across the nation, and in Arizona,â Serviss said.
The lack of affordable housing continues to be a significant problem in the Valley and statewide.A little more than a year ago, The Show spoke with Howard Epstein about a unique way to try to help solve the problem.