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, we must explore new and sustainable financing options that attract investment, reduce costs, and ensure long-term affordability. SPEAKERS: Speakers announced […]
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, Land Trusts, and Social Housing. IHO is focused on pursuing innovative, scalable, and replicable solutions to communities in crisis featuring […]
Innovative Housing Opportunities to Hold “It Starts with Housing” Symposium & Luncheon on Tuesday, 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.
IHO News February 2024

IHO Welcomes a Strong 2024! This year has already started with a bang! Our Santa Ana project, The Living EmPower House, was listed in Decentralized Grid Magazine as number one on the 10 Intriguing Distributed Energy Projects to Watch in 2024 by energychangemakers.com. In the summer months, IHO will open three new housing communities in […]
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 affordable housing in the same way.
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 (LMI) residents.
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 developments, especially seniors housing.
Case Study: The Aspire in Riverside, CA

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