The Economic Engine: Rutgers Report Details Benefits Generated by Federal Historic Tax Credit

By Caitlin Jones
July 19, 2011 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, July 2011: A new report details how the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit has generated significant economic benefits in the last two years as well as over its life.

Prepared by the Rutgers University Center for Urban Policy, the study is the second annual report commissioned by the Historic Tax Credit Coalition and provides a national analysis of the economic benefits – direct and multiplier – of the federal historic tax credit (HTC) program. Historic preservation advocates will be using the report’s findings to lobby for Congressional passage of proposed legislative changes – crafted by the Coalition – to enhance and strengthen the historic tax credit. Read More…

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.