A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 8 min read
BOTH IN SUPPLY AND demand, Milwaukee continues to be a vibrant market for tax credit housing. Contrary to many other “Rust Belt” cities, Milwaukee appears to be on the grow from an increasing numbers of jobs and a resurgent economy.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 4 min read
AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT to win regulatory relief from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a coalition of housing groups now expects to pursue passage of federal legislation to ease stricter new audit requirements for certain lowincome housing tax credit (LIHTC) partnerships.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 2 min read
THE U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on 11/19/07 published a final rule in the Federal Register that lifts a previous limitation that restricted the HUD Section 8 project-based voucher rent to the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) rent for units assisted by vouchers and credits.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 7 min read
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S Rural Development Office of Multi-Family Housing estimates that 4,250 Section 515 affordable rural housing properties “will physically deteriorate to the point of being unsafe or unsanitary within the next few years.”
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 6 min read
A NEW STUDY CONCLUDES THAT low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) rents could stay flat for years in hundreds of communities across the U.S.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 10 min read
THE USE OF HOUSING credits and a little-known Fannie Mae program is enabling a public housing agency in Jackson, TN, to fund the comprehensive rehabilitation of an older small public housing property for elderly and disabled residents.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 6 min read
AS THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 110th Congress drew toward a close before year-end, supporters of transferred to 2008 their expectations for action by Congress on legislation to amend the federal low-income housing and historic rehabilitation tax credit programs, and to extend the federal new markets tax credit.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 1 min read
Tennessee’s governor has signed the state’s final QAP for its 2008 low-income housing tax credit program.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 1 min read
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has announced that 4/1/08 will be the application deadline for its Spring 2008 Competitive Funding Round, which will offer low-income housing tax credits.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 1 min read
The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency has issued its proposed 2008 qualified allocation plan (QAP) for its low-income housing tax credit program, and is accepting written comments on it through 4/19/08.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 1 min read
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and HUD are soliciting nominations by 3/1/08 for the 2008 HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.
A. J. Johnson & Caitlin Jones • 1 min read
The National Low Income Housing Coalition has created a Web site, called Housing 2008 (http://www.housing2008.org), that provides links to the various housing positions of the individual 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.