Back to the Basics: Compliance Is More Critical Than Ever in Tax Credit Projects

By Caitlin Jones
September 27, 2011 1 min read

Back to the Basics: Compliance Is More Critical Than Ever in Tax Credit Projects

By Caitlin Jones
September 27, 2011 0 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, September 2011: The types of non-compliance that experts are seeing in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties these days really haven’t changed much. But there appear to be some new twists and trends, underscoring the importance of having an effective compliance system for these kinds of properties.

“If I were to look at a Top 10 list of compliance problems from five years ago, it probably wouldn’t change much; maybe the order would change a little bit,” says LIHTC compliance expert A. J. Johnson, president of A. J. Johnson Consulting Services, Inc., Williamsburg, Va. “It’s still student issues and income issues and rent issues.” Read More…

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Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

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Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.