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Radiance Community Solutions™ · Affordable Housing Center

Affordable Housing Planning Center

An executive platform for municipalities, developers, nonprofits, and investors — from needs assessment through funding, delivery, and long-term community impact.

Signature Feature

AI Housing Needs Assessment™

Executive-grade housing gap analysis, funding stack, and delivery roadmap — generated in seconds.

Enter your community's data and generate an executive housing report with gap analysis, recommended mix, funding sources, and delivery timeline.

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Affordable Housing Funding Navigator

Every major capital source, filtered to your project.

LIHTC 9%

Tax Credit · Federal/State

Annual (Spring)
Housing: Family, Senior, Workforce
Amount: $1M–$15M
Eligibility: Nonprofit & For-profit developers

LIHTC 4%

Tax Credit · Federal/State

Rolling
Housing: Family, Senior, Preservation
Amount: $500K–$25M
Eligibility: Bond-financed developments

HOME Funds

Grant/Loan · Federal (HUD)

Rolling
Housing: Family, Rental, Homeownership
Amount: $250K–$3M
Eligibility: PJs, CHDOs, developers

CDBG

Grant · Federal (HUD)

Annual
Housing: Infrastructure, Rehab
Amount: $100K–$5M
Eligibility: Entitlement communities

IHDA Trust Fund

Grant/Loan · Illinois

Quarterly
Housing: Family, Special Needs
Amount: $500K–$4M
Eligibility: Nonprofits, PHAs, developers

Federal Home Loan Bank AHP

Grant · Federal

Annual
Housing: All affordable
Amount: $500K–$1M
Eligibility: Member-bank sponsored

State Housing Trust

Grant/Loan · State

Rolling
Housing: Workforce, Senior
Amount: $250K–$2M
Eligibility: Developers & municipalities

Opportunity Zones

Tax Deferral · Federal

Ongoing
Housing: Mixed-use, Workforce
Amount: Variable
Eligibility: OZ-located projects

Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

Financing · State/Local

Municipal
Housing: Redevelopment
Amount: $500K–$20M
Eligibility: TIF district projects

New Markets Tax Credits

Tax Credit · Federal

Annual
Housing: Mixed-use commercial
Amount: $2M–$25M
Eligibility: Low-income community projects

Historic Tax Credits

Tax Credit · Federal/State

Rolling
Housing: Preservation/Adaptive Reuse
Amount: 20% of QREs
Eligibility: Historic-registered buildings

HUD-VASH Vouchers

Voucher · Federal

Rolling
Housing: Veteran
Amount: Per unit
Eligibility: PHAs partnered with VA

Section 202 Supportive Housing

Capital Advance · Federal (HUD)

Annual
Housing: Senior
Amount: $5M–$15M
Eligibility: Nonprofits

DOE Energy Efficiency

Grant/Rebate · Federal

Rolling
Housing: Retrofit / New Build
Amount: $100K–$2M
Eligibility: Owners, developers, PHAs

Modeling

Community Impact Calculator

Model the measurable outcomes of your affordable housing investment.

Jobs created

156

Annual tax growth

$540,000

Families housed

288

Carbon reduction

384 tCO₂e/yr

Utility savings

$76,800/yr

Economic impact

$51,000,000

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Housing Pipeline Dashboard

Every Radiance-tracked affordable housing project, by stage.

Southshore Workforce Lofts

Construction
Units: 84
Timeline: Q2 2026
Funding: $18.4M / $22M
Completion: Q3 2027

Teachers, first responders

Veterans Landing

Funding
Units: 52
Timeline: Q4 2025
Funding: $6.2M / $14M
Completion: Q1 2028

60 veteran units + wraparound services

Elmhurst Senior Commons

Design
Units: 96
Timeline: Q1 2026
Funding: $3.5M / $19M
Completion: Q4 2028

Age-in-place, on-site care

Austin Family Village

Permitting
Units: 120
Timeline: Q3 2025
Funding: $12.1M / $28M
Completion: Q2 2028

Family units, childcare, park

Bronzeville Preservation

Lease-Up
Units: 64
Timeline: Now
Funding: $9.8M / $9.8M
Completion: Q1 2026

Historic rehab, mixed-income

Pilsen Green Homes

Planning
Units: 72
Timeline: Q2 2026
Funding: $0 / $16M
Completion: Q4 2028

Net-zero, workforce

Roseland Rise

Completed
Units: 58
Timeline: Delivered
Funding: $11.2M / $11.2M
Completion: Q4 2024

Family & senior blend

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Public-Private Partnership Matchmaker

AI-suggested partners for your project — from developers to energy companies.

Partner categories

MunicipalityDeveloperInvestorNonprofitGeneral ContractorArchitectLenderEnergy Company
Describe your project. Our AI will suggest developers, lenders, and community partners.

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Housing Resource Library

Guides, toolkits, and playbooks — sent to your inbox.

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Interactive Housing Map

Layer affordable housing, land, and community anchors across the region.

Layers

Illustrative · Live GIS coming Q3

Our Housing Philosophy

Affordable housing is more than building homes.

It is creating stable neighborhoods, expanding economic opportunity, supporting essential workers, honoring our veterans and seniors, and ensuring families can thrive in the communities they call home. Pure Radiance partners with municipalities, developers, nonprofits, and investors to create housing solutions that strengthen communities for generations.

Radiance Community Solutions™

Executive Contact

Let's build stronger communities together

Bring a site, a need, or a program idea. We'll return with a mixed-funding strategy and delivery plan.