IRVINE, CA—Drastically shifting markets come with added risks, even when the mood is bullish; however, affordable housing has no such problems as an asset class, Community Preservation Partners' president Anand Kannan tells GlobeSt.com. The 12-year-old firm just passed the $1-billion mark in total affordable-housing-community investment, so we sat down with Kannan to discuss why affordable-housing investment is so strong now, which investors are attracted to it and where this asset class is headed as we near the end of the current real estate cycle.

GlobeSt.com: Why is affordable-housing investment is so strong now?

Kannan: Affordable-housing investments tend to do well in most economies, but especially when there is volatility like we've seen in the past year. Drastically shifting markets come with added risks, even when the mood is bullish; however, affordable housing has no such problems as an asset class. Long-term vacancies are unlikely, and there are simply too few units available in the country to meet the inelastic demand for accessible homes for our lower-income residents. As an investor, you can't beat that kind of stability.