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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011: Is that old building on the corner a candidate for renovation using federal historic tax credits?
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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011: Rental cottages for seniors. Apartments above a public library. Permanent supportive housing units for persons with disabilities. Artists lofts.
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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011: No matter how carefully you pack a box, there are always empty spaces between objects.
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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011: State allocating agencies are taking diverse approaches to addressing the uncertainty about whether Congress will pass legislation extending the “fixed” 9% credit rate for new low-income housing tax credit projects.
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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011:While looking to have a good overall year in terms of raising equity, many low-income housing tax credit syndicators are seeing considerable “pushback” from insurance company investors against the lower yields being offered on new multi-investor funds, suggesting that tax credit yields may have hit or are approaching bottom.
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Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011: Little Big Horn College (LBHC), the higher education institution of the Crow (Apsáalooke) Tribe of Indians located in Crow Agency, Mt., will soon complete construction on its new 35,000-square-foot Health and Wellness Center, which is being funded in part by federal new markets tax credits.
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Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011: The financial and operating performance of existing low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties has improved considerably in recent years while the incidence of under-performing projects has decreased, according to a new report from Reznick Group, a national accounting, tax, and business advisory firm.
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By Ginger McGuire, Lancaster Pollard
Budget and legislative proposals in Washington are raising questions about the future of federal financial support for rural affordable rental housing projects and how these much-needed developments will be funded in coming years.
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Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011:
By Robert Lefenfeld, Real Property Research Group, Inc.
Advocates and policymakers have always struggled to address affordable housing needs with limited resources.
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TaxCredit Advisor, October 2011:
By Jacob Wahlenmaier and Joseph Mandeville, RED CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
Developers of low-income housing tax credit properties may want to give the Dallas/Fort Worth (D/FW) metropolitan area a closer look.
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Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011: For seniors with a passion for fire trucks, Lincoln Towers in Wilmington, Del. is the perfect place to live.
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Tax Credit Advisor, October 2011: More than 200 national, state, and local organizations, including the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, have signed a new letter urging Congress to preserve the low-income housing tax credit program and endorsing two legislative proposals to improve it.