Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 8 min read
Tax Credit Advisor, January 2009: Speakers on a recent national Webinar offered advice to developers, owners, and property managers on how best to take advantage of the new options available for computing utility allowances for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) units. These options can reward owners of newer and more energy efficient buildings by generating a smaller utility allowance amount.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 9 min read
Tax Credit Advisor January 2009: After a rough-and-tumble 2008, syndicators are anticipating a continuation of challenging conditions in the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity market in 2009, according to those interviewed by the Tax Credit Advisor around the beginning of December.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 4 min read
<Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Recent guidelines that allow New Markets Tax Credit investments in businesses serving “targeted populations” outside of low-income census tracks may prove tough to implement.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 3 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Preservationists seeking to prevent the demolition of the 38 historic structures located at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leavenworth Kansas say that a review process established by Congress was the key to saving the properties.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 7 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: For the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City, necessity has been the mother of invention.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 6 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Public housing authorities can be a potential source of new housing deals for private developers.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 5 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: A newly issued report advises how states might more effectively allocate their low-income housing tax credits, both geographically and to targeted population groups.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 6 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Developers, owners, and managers can pare energy costs for existing multifamily rental properties and make them “greener” through a number of different steps. These include commissioning an energy audit, embracing energy efficiency as a corporate and resident goal, and taking advantage of various available financial and tax incentives to offset the cost of improvements.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 4 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Developers can substantially cut energy costs in newly built or rehabilitated apartment buildings by insisting on energy load computations to guide the design of plans and specs, according to New York City architect Chris Benedict.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 3 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: States are continuing to advance their efforts to require increased energy efficiency, healthier environments, and more sustainable building sites for low-income housing tax credit developments, according to a recent study from Enterprise.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 1 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: The U.S. Tax Court in a recent decision denied a Northern Virginia developer $342,000 in federal tax deductions claimed for donation of a conservation easement, holding the facts and documents didn’t support the claim.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 7 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: The low-income housing tax credit equity market continues to be in apparent transition, with the future trend unclear.