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Back in the 1990s, I was hired to write an IMAX film entitled Stormchasers, about the men and women who pursue and study “big weather.”

When Tax Credit Advisor took a look at the solar energy market last summer, it was as hot as our nation’s capital in August.

Readers of this publication may already know about the modern industry towns of America, and what they have done to housing markets.

For affordable housing transactors, the goal line is the closing, and as it approaches, vision narrows until nothing exists but that.

Affordable housing values are rising, both in the conventional and Section 8 segments of the business, helped by strong economic fundamentals and increasing rental demand.

If you haven’t looked at RAD in a while, now is a good time. Several recent developments deserve your attention.

The first slide you see shows that the Congressional Budget Office may forecast GDP growth in 2018 and 2019 due to recent tax changes, but point to a significant and fairly steady decrease after that.

The good news is that Detroit seems finally on the way back up with strong signs of urban renewal and rehabilitation.

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Exciting things are happening in Oregon. The Beaver State may well now be the model for a progressive push for affordable housing.

California incomes have been booming, especially in the high-tech sector. The state now has the fifth largest economy in the world.

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing has been gutted – and now there is a lawsuit. In January, Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), delayed an agency rule meant to desegregate U.S. cities. Now the affordable housing industry has filed NFHA et al v Carson, aiming to restore the rule.