New York Accepting Requests for Extra Credits

By Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson
December 11, 2008 1 min read

The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) has announced that DHCR and the state Housing Trust Fund Corporation, subject to the availability of funds, will consider requests for additional low-income housing tax credits from developers with prior credit awards, in order to address the loss of tax credit equity due to condition’s beyond the control of such awardees. DHRA issued guidelines with details about requests and the resources it has available.

(http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Programs/LIHC/LIHC_Add_Fund.htm)

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.