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Affordable Housing News

2018 QAP Planning Project

April 26, 2017 Meeting - Opportunity Index  The Multifamily Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") will hold the fourth planning meeting for the 2018 Qualified Allocation Plan ("QAP") and Uniform Multifamily Rules on...

Washington Wire:

Cantwell-Hatch Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act Provides Pathway Forward Published by Michael Novogradac on Monday, April 3, 2017       In the shadow of looming tax reform, 13 senators joined together in early March to introduce the...

House Bill Would

Enhance Effectiveness of LIHTC | NAHB Now | The News Blog of the National Association of Home Builders  House Bill Would Boost Effectiveness of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Filed in Capitol Hill, Multifamily by NAHB Now on March 21, 2017 • 0 Comments House...

Tax Overhaul

Threatens Affordable-Housing Deals Expectations for a lower corporate tax rate have pushed down the value of credits used in project funding A rendering of the Ingersoll Senior Residences, which is planned to house 145 affordable units for seniors in Brooklyn but...

2017 state tax credit applications

show slight shift away from higher-income areas. by susanwwatkins | March 13, 2017 Susan Watkins, Texas Housers fair housing planner     Recent changes to the way Texas scores applications for housing tax credits appear to have had a slight but...

HEARING ON THE TWO LETTERS BILLS

HB 1609 and HB 616 March 14th HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Urban Affairs TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess Tuesday, March 14, 2017 PLACE: E2.028 CHAIR: Rep. Carol Alvarado HB 616 - Leach Relating to the system...

TDHCA: Public Hearing Schedule

for Comment on the 2017 Competitive Housing Tax Credit Applications  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Department") has posted to its website a schedule for public hearings for purposes of taking public comment on the 2017 Competitive...

GAO Releases Report

on the Role of Syndicators in the Housing Credit Program Yesterday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the third in a series of four reports on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Low Income Housing Tax Credit: The Role of Syndicators. In its...

Notice of Public Comment Period

on the 2016 National Housing Trust Fund Allocation Plan and Related Attachments  The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA" or the "Department") previously prepared and released a Draft 2016 State of Texas National Housing Trust Fund...

Recent Housing Advisory Group

activities in Washington, D.C     With tax reform a priority issue for both the Administration and Congress, we wanted to update you on recent Housing Advisory Group activities in Washington, D.C.   We would like to begin by again encouraging you to...

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