State Briefs

By Caitlin Jones
December 10, 2009 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, December 2009:

Colorado Publishes New LIHTC Green Building Criteria

The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has published its new Green Communities Criteria and Certification Form. Beginning in 2010, to be eligible for low-income housing tax credits from CHFA, a project must comply with all of the mandatory provisions of the Green Communities criteria.

(http://www.chfainfo.com/documents/Green_Comm_draft_form.pdf)

Alaska Solicits Grant Applications

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has announced that it will be soliciting applications for grant funds available for special needs housing projects. The application deadline is 1/9/10. The agency will hold a teleconference on the RFQ for the Special Needs Housing Grant round on 12/3/09.

(http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/grants/beneficiary_snhg.cfm)

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.