Tax Credit Advisor Article Archives

Industry Insights: Public Housing Innovations  

By / Issue: March 2024

The needs of the public housing portfolio are well documented: annual shortfalls in Congressional funding dating back to the 1980s have contributed to an estimated capital backlog of $70 billion.

The Guru Is In: Disrupting Public Housing Out of Faircloth

By / Issue: March 2024

In 1998, when North Carolina Democrat-turned-Republican Lauch Faircloth added the amendment for which he became infamous, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) were in a protracted bureaucratic standoff combining the worst features of medieval sieges and the First World War.   

Community Solar and Affordable Multifamily

By / Issue: March 2024

The prospects are changing for combining solar energy production and affordable housing.

Leveraging Private Capital to Rehabilitate HUD Legacy and Public Housing Properties    

By / Issue: March 2024

Launched through federal legislation in 2012, the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has leveraged over $19.3 billion in construction investment to improve or construct over 174,000 public housing units and 53,000 Section 8, tax credit and market-rate apartments co-located in these public housing communities.

Proposed Changes Would Help Meet Demand    

By / Issue: March 2024

Two proposed changes in tax legislation pending in Congress could increase the number of new and preserved affordable rental homes coming to market in the next ten years by over 200,000, according to consulting and accounting firm Novogradac.

Legally Speaking: Representation Matters

By / Issue: March 2024

If 20 years ago you had told a young Henry Santana that someday he would run for Boston City Council, the recent immigrant from the Dominican Republic growing up in public housing would have thought you were playing a joke on him.

Three Years On

By / Issue: March 2024

In 2021, new guidance was issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that allowed Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) much-enhanced structure for mixed financing methods to expand their overall supply of units.

Case Study: The Westcott in Swampscott

By / Issue: March 2024

It would be nice if affordable multifamily housing could be financed all in one shot, but it never is.

Case Study: Owens and Queen Manor Apartments in Dover, DE

By / Issue: March 2024

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program was a big idea: to raise money to rehabilitate crumbling old public housing properties by raising private equity and converting the buildings into project-based Section 8 developments.

Breaking Ground: Shaun Donovan, CEO and President, Enterprise Community Partners

By / Issue: March 2024

In a three-decade career, Shaun Donovan has had a profound impact on shaping the public policy debate over addressing America’s affordable housing crisis.

Blueprint for March: Posing Possibilities

By / Issue: March 2024

Public housing in the U.S. dates back to the Housing Act of 1937 when Congress created local housing authorities to build public housing for millions who were struggling after the Great Depression.

Shaping A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

By / Issue: February 2024

By the time the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) was rolled out as part of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, The Enterprise Foundation was already in a position to become a mission-driven leader in the fledgling LIHTC industry.

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