Innovative Housing Opportunities Announces Leadership Transition

Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO), a nonprofit affordable housing organization dedicated to creating and preserving high-quality affordable communities, today announced that Rochelle Mills will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer.

IHO “It Starts with Housing” December 9 Symposium to Focus on Innovative Financing Strategies

WHAT: Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO) presents its 3rd Symposium Series, this time elevating the discussion on innovative financing strategies. Traditional funding models alone can’t meet the growing demand for affordable housing. To bridge the gap,...

Innovative Housing Opportunities to Hold “It Starts with Housing” Symposium & Luncheon on Thursday, August 7

Symposium to Focus on Housing and the Missing Middle, Land Trusts, and Social Housing WHAT: Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO) presents its 2nd in a series that will explore the intersection of Housing + Missing Middle,...

Innovative Housing Opportunities to Hold “It Starts with Housing” Symposium & Luncheon on Thursday, November 12

Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO) presents a high-level panel of leaders from diverse industries to discuss California’s housing crisis and possible solutions....

GlobeSt.com: The Benefits and Challenges of Affordable Housing as an Investment Case

Our occupancy rates are 98% and higher and we have waiting lists up to 10 years. Two issues causing major challenges in other segments of multifamily — market volatility and over-supply — are not impacting...

Innovative Homeownership and Cooperative Housing Strategies Enabled by Major Grant Pilot

Innovative Housing Opportunities, Inc. (IHO), has received a $250,000 grant from First Citizens Bank Affordable Housing Grant Program. The funds are earmarked for IHO’s pilot Homeownership Education and Housing Accelerator Initiative for low- to moderate-income...

Rochelle Mills: Art is a Necessity, Not a Luxury

(PDF) As the president and CEO of Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO), a developer of affordable and permanent-subsidized housing, I’m passionate about the beneficial role that art can play in uplifting the communities in multifamily housing...

Case Study: The Aspire in Riverside, CA

Affordable housing developer Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO) celebrated the groundbreaking for The Aspire in April 2023....

LAist 89.3 FM Air Talk Podcast w/ Rochelle Mills

Featuring: Larry Mantle, L.A. Times senior writer Doug Smith, CEO of Innovative Housing Opportunities Rochelle Mills

The L.A. Times has dug deeper into the troubles of Skid Row Housing Trust, which was broken up in October due to financial issues. The story also notes this being a teaching moment for other non-profit housing developers.

Real Perspectives Podcast w/ Rochelle Mills

Featuring: Rochelle Mills, President and CEO of Innovative Housing Opportunities

High-quality, affordable housing can be a launch pad for residents to create or rebuild their lives. And our conversation with Rochelle will take us through the differentiating factors that help IHO create housing independence and also give back to their communities.

Affordable Housing Finance: Pop Quiz With Rochelle Mills

The head of Innovative Housing Opportunities shares her path into affordable housing, her organization's secret sauce, and what's coming next....

Barrio Neighborhood Beautified with Garden-Community Affordable Housing

Affordable housing developer Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO)—along with development partner C&C Development—breaks ground on Pacific Wind Apartments in Carlsbad, CA....

GlobeSt.com: Women of Influence 2022

Rochelle Mills is president and CEO of Innovative Housing Opportunities, an Orange County-based, nonprofit developer of high-quality affordable housing....

Spectrum News 1: For Architects, COVID-19 Is Creating Building Design Changes

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Innovative Housing Opportunities' Golden Circle project was going to be a standard dense, high-quality mixed-use office, retail, and affordable housing development in Santa Ana....

BISNOW OC Power Women: 5 Questions with Innovative Housing Opportunities President and CEO Rochelle Mills

You can say Rochelle Mills is a jill-of-all-trades. Before becoming the CEO of Innovative Housing, Mills worked as an architect, a project manager, a planning commissioner and more....