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Potential Gold: Creating Historic Tax Credit Deals from Overlooked Buildings

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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?

Off the Main Path: Developers Target Different Niches in Specialized Housing Projects

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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.

Niches filled and unfilled

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Tax Credit Advisor, November 2011: No matter how carefully you pack a box, there are always empty spaces between objects.

State Agencies Grapple With Uncertainty About Fixed 9% Credit

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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.

LIHTC Equity Market Is Having Good Year But Insurers Push Back Against Lower Yields

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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.

New Markets Tax Credits Funding Montana Health Center for Native Americans

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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.

A Positive Picture: New Report Finds That Housing Tax Credit Properties Performed Well and Improved During 2008-2010

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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.    

An Endangered Species: Rural Rental Housing Finance and the Future

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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.

A Guide for Action: Risk Assessment Studies Facilitate More Efficient Rental Housing Preservation Efforts in Maryland

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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.

Possible Gold: LIHTC Development Opportunities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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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.

A Mix in Red: New Delaware Development to Combine Fire Station and Housing

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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.

A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Urges Congress to Preserve, Improve LIHTC Program

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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.

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