POAH's Billings Forge is among the cases highlighted from around the country by Urban Institute where developers have navigated complex policy and financing environments to preserve affordable housing.
Located in Hartford, Connecticut’s Frog Hollow Neighborhood, near the State Capitol, Billings Forge Apartments is a 112-unit, 43 percent Section 8 family complex made up of an historic mill and other buildings. In 2013, the owner, the Melville Charitable Trust, selected Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH), to leverage investment for capital improvements while ensuring continued housing affordability and increasing resident services.
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