Panel Recommends Reforms to Missouri State Tax Credit Programs

By Caitlin Jones
January 17, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, January 2011: A bipartisan panel appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has recommended sweeping changes to the state’s tax credit programs, to make them more efficient and cut their cost. Among these programs are the state’s low-income housing, historic preservation, and new markets tax credits.

The Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission, comprised of public and private officials, presented its final report on November 30 to Gov. Nixon and the state legislature. The governor is expected to include at least some of the recommendations in his next proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2011, to try to help close a gap that he has said could exceed $400 million.

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.

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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.

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