New Jazz: Housing Authority Utilizing Public Housing Development Funds in New Markets Project

By Caitlin Jones
September 27, 2011 1 min read

New Jazz: Housing Authority Utilizing Public Housing Development Funds in New Markets Project

By Caitlin Jones
September 27, 2011 0 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, September 2011: A housing authority in Western Illinois is developing a mixed-use new markets tax credit (NMTC) project in a pioneering transaction that could serve as a model for others.

The project, Jazz@Walter Circle, broke ground on April 27, 2011, and was described by speakers at the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s recent 2011 Summer New Markets Tax Credit Symposium. It was noted that the transaction marked the first time that federal public housing development funds have been used to finance affordable housing in a NMTC development. 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.

“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.