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Jeff Huggett enjoyed doing pro bono development work on a project to house the homeless in St. Paul, MN, recently.

As I write this month’s column, there are 81 days until the mid-term elections (probably closer to 60 by the time you read it) and only about 35 remaining legislative working days through the end of the year.

If you’ve attended an affordable housing conference in the past few months, much of the conversation has likely centered around income averaging.

It’s clear from adding up the pros and cons of last year’s tax reform that the tax credit industry could have fared a lot worse than it did. It’s also apparent that while the industry did take a few knocks, it wasn’t knocked for a loop.

Asset managers make sure affordable housing produces the expected benefits. It’s the job of the asset manager to maximize the performance of affordable housing assets by delivering tax credits to investors, debt service to lenders, cash flow to owners and equity partners, compliance to regulators and quality housing to residents.

Back in the 1990s, I was hired to write an IMAX film entitled Stormchasers, about the men and women who pursue and study “big weather.”

When Tax Credit Advisor took a look at the solar energy market last summer, it was as hot as our nation’s capital in August.

Readers of this publication may already know about the modern industry towns of America, and what they have done to housing markets.

Affordable housing values are rising, both in the conventional and Section 8 segments of the business, helped by strong economic fundamentals and increasing rental demand.

If you haven’t looked at RAD in a while, now is a good time. Several recent developments deserve your attention.

The good news is that Detroit seems finally on the way back up with strong signs of urban renewal and rehabilitation.

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