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ICAST’s IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator is now available on NH&RA’s website under the Resources section.

On December 28, Mike Kennealy was sworn in as the new Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. Kennealy replaces former Secretary Jay Ash, who departed to become CEO of the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership. Kennealy previously served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Economic Development in the Baker Administration. The Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development […]

The Arizona Department of Housing is offering three upcoming worshops on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The first workshop will focus on the LIHTC application process on Jan. 23 from 9 am – 3 pm at the Desert Willow Conference Center in Phoenix. On Feb. 4 and 5 they will offer the LIHTC […]

HUD’s office of multifamily housing issued two memos regarding its operation during the partial government shutdown. The first memo details Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance applications and production activities and the second memo details multifamily asset management activities.

The National Association for Opportunity Zone Investment (OZI) submitted its comment letter to Treasury’s proposed rule on Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds. OZI’s comments seek to establish an informal safe harbor for plain vanilla, prudent and “down the middle of the fairway” transactions.

The Multifamily Programs office of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) sent an email providing several updates on its activities. THDA has yet to publish its 2019 Multifamily Tax-Exempt Bond Authority (MTBA) and Competitive Low Income Housing Tax Credit applications but wrote that they are under development and should be available soon.  

Minnesota Housing published guidance for the use of income averaging with Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties. Eligible properties include new LIHTC applications beginning with Round 2 of Minnesota Housing’s 2019 LIHTC Program and previously selected LIHTC projects that have not yet filed Form 8609 with the IRS.

Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) announced a series of initiatives and legislation to expand the Maryland Opportunity Zone program. A total of $56.5 million would be dedicated to attracting new businesses and development and continuing to invest in Maryland’s workforce.

Mark Stivers left his post as executive director of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) on Sunday, Jan. 6. Stivers was appointed by California State Treasurer John Chiang in 2015. In an email to TCAC stakeholders, Stivers wrote “I intend to remain in public service working on housing issues.”

The Federal Financing Bank (FFB) multifamily risk-sharing initiative with Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) officially ended on Dec. 31, 2019. In February of 2018, HUD announced that it would end the FFB financing initiative on Sept. 30, 2018. In September of 2018, HUD then granted an extension through the end of the year to review the program’s effectiveness.

A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council examines where families with children use housing vouchers in the 50 largest metropolitan areas. This report is the first metropolitan-level analysis to explore the concentration of families using vouchers across multiple neighborhood characteristics.

The Robinson+Cole law firm released the January 2019 update for its Green Tax Incentive Compendium of Federal and State Tax Incentives for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. Each section outlines the basic features and regulatory requirements for a tax program which provides financial incentives for clean technology development through renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a proposed rule on reissuance of state or local bonds. The proposed rule provides steps for determining when tax-exempt bonds are treated as retired for purposes of sections 103 and 141 through 150 of title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The proposed rule also amends §1.1001–3(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code to conform that section to the special rules in the proposed rule for retirement of qualified tender bonds.