There are 7 article(s) tagged Amy Schaftlein:

• August 2025

  • Could Memphis’ Zodiac development be sign of starter homes return?

    A set of 10 new homes near Zodiac Park in Whitehaven Hills is the latest milestone in the city’s affordable housing movement.

    By Bill Dries August 24, 2025

  • Taller homes and 3-D houses among affordable housing strategies

    Two developers of affordable housing and the head of the city’s Housing and Community Development Division talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the latest wrinkles in building more affordable housing to meet a citywide shortage.

    By Bill Dries August 04, 2025

• February 2023

  • Affordable housing sustains families and neighborhoods, local experts say

    “If you love economic development — if you’re into job creation, if you’re into health and wellness — then you have to be into housing,” said Amy Schaftlein, of the nonprofit affordable housing agency United Housing Inc.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2023

• April 2022

  • Guest column: Solutions to homeownership challenges critical to city’s well-being

    “The current circumstances are pricing nearly all low-income Memphians, and an exponentially increasing number of middle-income Memphians, out of the housing market entirely,” says Amy Schaftlein of United Housing Inc.

    By Amy Schaftlein April 16, 2022

• March 2021

  • Behind on mortgage? New COVID program can help

    The application process for the $7,500 in home-loan payments starts March 15. United Housing will host a free, online workshop on Thursday, March 11, to guide homeowners through that process, but also will counsel anyone struggling to keep current on their mortgage payments.

    By Tom Bailey March 10, 2021

• November 2020

  • Boyd: Afrofuturism, via 8Ball & MJG

    In a career that spans nearly three decades, Marlon “MJG” Goodwin and Premro “8Ball” Smith, are known for their reality raps about the seedy underbelly of society in the Mid-South, but rarely given credit for their ability to pair those observations with a heavy dose of imagination and sobering social commentary. 

    By Jared Boyd November 17, 2020

• January 2019

  • High Ground News Podcast: Homeownership in Memphis neighborhoods

    On the latest High Ground News podcast, the On The Ground team welcomes Steve Lockwood from the Frayser Community Development Corp. and Amy Schaftlein from United Housing to discuss why homeownership is important to stabilizing Memphis neighborhoods.

    By Natalie Van Gundy January 18, 2019