Director-Affordable & Sustainable Housing Development Track
Wisconsin School of Business | Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Econmics
Hometown: Monroe, WI
Paul Aylesworth directs the Affordable and Sustainable Housing Development track of the MS-Real Estate program of the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics and James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate. Aylesworth has a background as an affordable housing developer and teaches the Affordable Housing and Applied Affordable and Sustainable Housing Development Courses in the department.
Talks:
Who creates affordable housing and why is it necessary?
This is a discussion of the need for affordable housing, and why the private market cannot generally create it without some sort of subsidy. It ends with an introduction to Low Income Housing Tax Credits and a group activity where folks propose hypothetical housing project concepts within the context of that program. Length-45min-1hr. Audience size flexible.
Low Income Housing Tax Credits 101
This is an introduction to the most widely used affordable housing creation tool in the United States. It is geared towards what communities can do to position themselves for developments funded by this program.