Administration Officials Tout Alignment Initiative Progress and Discuss Next...
On August 1, the White House Domestic Policy Council’s Rental Policy Working Group (RPWG) held a day-long convening to discuss progress made so far on the Administration’s rental prograread more
View ArticleRepresentative Baca Introduces Legislation to Raise Housing Credit Income...
On August 2, Representative Joe Baca (D-CA) introduced The Affordable Housing for Moderate Income Seniors Act, H.R.read more
View ArticleTax Experts Discuss Tax Reform Threat to Tax-Exempt Bonds
On September 21, the Tax Policy Center (TPC), a joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, hosted “read more
View ArticleFHA Expands Multifamily Housing Credit Loan Program
On September 18, HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Marie Head announced plans to expand both the geographicread more
View ArticleCSH Highlights 2012 Housing Credit Allocation Policies That Promote...
States continue to actively promote supportive housing, with virtually every Housing Credit agency fostering some form of supportive housing development through its Housing Credit program, accordinread...
View ArticleCRFB Corporate Tax Reform Paper Discusses Tax Expenditure Elimination Options
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a bipartisan, non-profit organization made up of some of the nation's leading budget experts, last week released read more
View ArticleFederal Reserve Articles Explore Housing and Community Development Issues
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco recently published a series of 28 articles under the title “read more
View ArticleJoint Tax Committee Analyzes Revenue and Rate Impact of Repealing Large Tax...
The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) last week released the results of an experiment it conducted onread more
View ArticleIRS Waives Housing Credit Rules to Assist Individuals Displaced by Hurricane...
Earlier today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2012-86 suspending certain statutory requread more
View ArticleStudy Lauds State Efforts to Incorporate Green Practices in Housing Credit...
A recent study authored by Global Green USA on the implementation of green building practices in the Housing Credit pread more
View ArticleIRS Issues 2012-2013 Priority Guidance Plan
On November 19, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its Priority Guidance Plan for 2012-2013.read more
View ArticleExpanded Housing Credit Study Shows Continued Strong Program Performance
On December 19, CohnReznick released The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program at Year 25: An Expanded Look at Its Performanceread more
View ArticleCongress Moves Closer to Fiscal Cliff Agreement; Some Issues Still to Be...
In an address fread more
View ArticleCongress Averts Fiscal Cliff, Extends 9% Housing Credit Rate Fix and Other...
Late last night, the House of Representatives passed H.R.read more
View ArticleSenate Passes Hurricane Sandy Spending Bill; House Members Introduce...
On December 28, the Senate passed, by a vote of 62-32, a $60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy supplemental spending bill, H.R.read more
View ArticleGAO Report to Congress Suggests How to Evaluate Tax Expenditures
Earlier today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report to Congress, “Tax Expenditures: Background and Evaluation Criread more
View ArticleHFA Institute Explores Housing Credit Outlook for 2013
At NCSHA’s HFA Institute, over 220 state Housing Credit allocating agency directors and staff, federal officials, and industry experts gathered to share ideas and learn more about the challenread more
View ArticleHUD Issues Final Fair Housing Disparate Impact Rule
On February 8, HUD issued a final rule, “Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatoread more
View ArticleSenate Finance Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing with Treasury Nominee...
The Senate Finance Committee asked Treasury Secretary nominee and former chief of staff to President Obama Jack Lew several questions about tax reform and housing at the Committee’s confirmatread more
View Article
