Building Community into Affordable Housing

1. Building Community into
Affordable Housing
By: SP Investment Fund

2. Building Community into Affordable Housing
SP Investment Fund has spent more than 25 years creating, renovating, and maintaining
affordable housing projects. Over that time, SP Investment Fund has invested in more than 10,000
housing units across the United States, with a specific focus on low-cost multi-family housing units.
Central to its vision is creating housing that is not only affordable but well-designed.

3. Building Community into Affordable Housing
The term well-designed means developing affordable housing that extends beyond the provision of
inexpensive shelter. Beyond the physical boundaries of the buildings are the social, economic, and
environmental factors that connect housing to the community. All these elements need to be
considered when planning any housing project, but more so for affordable housing.

4. Building Community into Affordable Housing
While function and aesthetics both play an important part, it is also the other services and
programs that would be made available in and near the buildings that must also be factored in.
Services such as daycare centers, social services, parks for dogs, and green spaces all contribute
to support the building of a community within the housing sphere.