Happy 25th Birthday, LIHTC: A Story of a Highly Successful Program By Ronne Thielen, Housing Resource Connection

By Caitlin Jones
September 27, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, September 2011: The federal low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program, 25 years old now, has created over 2.4 million affordable apartment units nationwide in communities small to large. A Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies report has called it the “most successful federal affordable housing production and preservation program in the nation’s history.”

This success is due to the program’s unique structure: it relies on public/private partnerships, is flexible in use, and has the private sector (developers, investors) shoulder the financial risks. Read More…

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.