Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 6 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Public housing authorities can be a potential source of new housing deals for private developers.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 5 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: A newly issued report advises how states might more effectively allocate their low-income housing tax credits, both geographically and to targeted population groups.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 6 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Developers, owners, and managers can pare energy costs for existing multifamily rental properties and make them “greener” through a number of different steps. These include commissioning an energy audit, embracing energy efficiency as a corporate and resident goal, and taking advantage of various available financial and tax incentives to offset the cost of improvements.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 5 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Thanks to an enhanced use lease, a group of Department of Veteran Affairs buildings in Kansas that had been headed for demolition are now being converted into affordable rental housing.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 4 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: Developers can substantially cut energy costs in newly built or rehabilitated apartment buildings by insisting on energy load computations to guide the design of plans and specs, according to New York City architect Chris Benedict.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 3 min read
Tax Credit Advisor August, 2006: States are continuing to advance their efforts to require increased energy efficiency, healthier environments, and more sustainable building sites for low-income housing tax credit developments, according to a recent study from Enterprise.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 1 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: The U.S. Tax Court in a recent decision denied a Northern Virginia developer $342,000 in federal tax deductions claimed for donation of a conservation easement, holding the facts and documents didn’t support the claim.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 7 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: The low-income housing tax credit equity market continues to be in apparent transition, with the future trend unclear.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 4 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: More than one-half of the state agencies responding to a recent Tax Credit Advisor survey said they receive a substantial number of low-income housing tax credit applications that have mistakes or are incomplete.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 3 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: Nearly two-thirds of state housing credit agencies (HCAs) responding to a recent survey have committed all or nearly all of their 2006 low-income housing tax credits. More than a third have awarded some 2007 housing credits, and a number of states have begun work on their 2007 credit program plans and schedules.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 5 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: An obscure appropriations act provision offers opportunities for new, different, and multiple-property affordable housing transactions, including using the low-income housing tax credit.
Caitlin Jones & A. J. Johnson • 8 min read
Tax Credit Advisor July, 2006: Mixed-use development can pose many challenges. Those challenges typically begin with the complexity and high cost of these projects, and their long timelines. There is also the pressure to bring in commercial as well as residential tenants, and the special issues of addressing the needs of a multitude of different stakeholders.