Coming Soon: FHA Aiming to Launch Tax Credit Pilot This Summer

By Caitlin Jones
April 11, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, April 2011: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will probably launch its pilot program for processing FHA multifamily mortgage insurance applications for low-income housing tax credit projects this summer. It may also release its updated Ã’MAPÃ“ underwriting guide and revised multifamily loan documents around the same time, according to HUD official Christopher Tawa.

These pieces are part of a broader HUD effort to modernize the Federal Housing Administration’s multifamily mortgage insurance programs to improve efficiencies, reduce application processing times, and make the programs more user-friendly for LIHTC projects.

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.

“Business as Usual”

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.