New NMTC Funding Round to Open

By Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson
July 29, 2008 1 min read

AS THE Tax Credit Advisor went to press in mid-December, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund was about to open the next funding round for the federal new markets tax credit (NMTC).
         The CDFI Fund was expected the week of December 17th to post the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) on its Web site (http://www.cdfifund.gov) together with a news release announcing the round and the application deadline. The posting is to be a little before the Fund publishes the NOAA in the Federal Register.
         The anticipated application deadline is expected to be within the first two weeks of March 2008.
         A total of $3.5 billion in NMTC allocation authority will available in the program’s sixth funding round.

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.