A 2021 report from BentallGreenOak, The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Center for Active Design that details the growing demand for healthy building and design features in today’s real estate market.
From the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, a comprehensive framework for a holistic, equitable and sustainable approach to Federal housing policy.
A 2021 analysis from Freddie Mac that examines how expanded unemployment benefits and federal stimulus payments affected unemployed renters’ income during COVID-19 and its potential impact on the ability to pay rent.
At Simpson Impact Capital, we work with real estate owners, operators and investors to develop impact frameworks that meet the unique needs and return expectations of each organization. In so doing, we have found that the strongest Impact Frameworks adhere to seven guiding principles.
As impact investing and Environmental, Social and Governance principles begin to take root in the multifamily industry, more and more business leaders are looking for guidance on how to build sustainable impact frameworks within their own companies.
While each organization is unique in the value it creates, there are some key “first principles” that all organizations should adhere to in order to raise the standard of impact and ensure the industry is prepared to withstand the additional scrutiny that is sure to come from investors and the public sector.
Because it’s my birthday, we are taking a break from providing new content this week. However, as we cross the one year mark of the pandemic – with light on the horizon – I thought it would be nice to look back at an article I wrote in Affordable Housing Finance last summer.
The piece looks ahead and focuses on ways in which the multifamily industry can deliver social impact and support renters in a post-pandemic world. Even with all that has happened since I wrote the piece, I think it still resonates. I hope you enjoy it and would welcome any comments.
Credit building is an essential tool to address wealth inequality for low income renter households. The Multifamily Industry can play a leadership role in this area and help put millions of low income households on the path to economic stability.
This blog is the third installment of a three-part series designed to introduce real estate companies to the process for integrating environmental social and governance (ESG) impact into their investment strategy and organizational framework.
This blog is the second installment of a two-part series designed to introduce real estate companies to the process for integrating ESG investment into their investment strategy and organization framework.
Part one of a three-part series designed to introduce real estate companies to the process for integrating environmental social and governance (ESG) impact into their investment strategy and organizational framework.