LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — Community Investment Strategies, a recognized builder of award-winning 55-plus and multi-family housing communities throughout New Jersey, was recently recognized as one of Affordable Housing Finance’s Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers in the nation. The Affordable Housing Finance Top 50 was developed as a way to identify development and costs trends in the affordable housing market nationwide, capturing a snapshot of industry activity. Affordable Housing Finance’s Top 50 also includes an overall total number of units under development among all 50 winners. This year’s list includes 52 companies who have collectively started construction on 226 developments with 17,653 affordable units. “We are so pleased to make the list again this year,” said Christiana Foglio, founder and CEO of Community Investment Strategies. “We had an active 2015, completing 171 units, starting construction on 203 units and closing our first HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) deal. We are already continuing this momentum into 2016, breaking ground on a brand new 110-unit property in May and completing construction on another 93-unit community in June.”