Plenty of buzz at 2017 HFA Institute

In what has become an annual ritual for many of us in the affordable housing industry, I joined state housing finance agency staff, consultants, investors, and other stakeholders in Washington, DC last month for the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ HFA...

How well do you speak Affordable Housing?

I am often struck by the different languages that different affordable housing programs speak. What one program calls something may be completely different from what another one does – even if they’re talking about the same thing! For that reason, I see it as...

LIHTC program marks 30 years – and gets a push

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Tax Reform Act of 1986’s passage and subsequent enactment of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The milestone was observed at the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ Housing Credit Connect conference...

Recordkeeping and resyndication for LIHTC

It is becoming increasingly common for LIHTC properties that have reached the end of their initial 15-year compliance period to receive a subsequent allocation of low-income housing tax credits, which is known as undergoing resyndication. Sometimes this occurs with...