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State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund

U.S. Senate Introduces Bipartisan LIFELINE Act

Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Angus King (I-Maine), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Thursday introduced the bipartisan S. 4181 LIFELINE Act (LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood Excellence), to improve the use of state and local and Fiscal Recovery Plan Funds with the nation’s largest affordable housing funding mechanism, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).

San Antonio Affordable Housing Bond

San Antonio voters approve $150 Million for Affordable Housing

San Antonio voters approve $150 Million for Affordable Housing. Proposition F included $150 million for affordable housing to include $35 million to buy and build rental housing, $45 million to help homeowners repair their homes, $40 million for acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing $25 million for supportive housing services and $5 million for home construction.

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund

TAAHP signs letter urging Congress to amend COVID State & Local Recovery Fund to preserve LIHTC Housing

On April 12, TAAHP signed on to the letter sent to Congress by NCHSA and signed by 82 organizations representing state and local government officials and Housing Credit industry participants. The letter urged congressional leaders to amend the underlying statute of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) to facilitate its use with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program so that states and local governments may use these funds to build and preserve desperately needed affordable rental housing.

HUD

Biden Increases HUD Budget by $11.7 Billion in 2023 FY Proposed Budget

The 2023 President's Budget requests $71.9 billion for HUD, approximately $11.6 billion more than the 2022 annualized continuing resolution (CR) level. The Budget outlines an ambitious agenda to address challenges our nation faces, ranging from climate change to housing discrimination to racial equity in homeownership and rental housing, to ending homelessness.

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