Thom Amdur Author Archives

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

The Six District Court of Appeals in California issued a ruling on November 26, 2019 requiring the City of San Jose to comply with a state law that requires cities to make surplus public land available for affordable housing.  The San Francisco Chronicle reports that, “The ruling, if it stands, will apply to 121 cities […]

The 2020 Texas Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) was approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, with modifications found in 10 TAC Section 11.9(c)(6).  As of this notice on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, the 2020 QAP has not been published in the Texas Register. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ […]

The California Tax Credit Allocation Meeting published a revised agenda for its December 11 meeting.

Oregon Housing & Community Services has released the agenda for its next Housing Stability Council meeting, on Friday, December 6, 2019. The meeting will be held at Oregon Housing and Community Services (725 Summer St NE, Salem OR) in conference room 124 A/B.

As we reported in last month’s issue, technology is transforming the commercial real estate and affordable housing sectors. It’s an exciting time of innovation; however, expectations for some of the industry giants have certainly been tested after SoftBank’s recent write downs of its investments in the panelization-unicorn Katerra and co-working-unicorn WeWork.

While reading on a recent flight back to Washington, I was really moved by two feature articles that together put into context how far we have come as a country in alleviating poverty – and how far we still have to go.

In a surprise move, news reports indicate President Trump is about to announce a new effort    to address homelessness in California.

Industry to honor the Joes at October 16 luncheon at Boston’s Harvard Club WASHINGTON, DC (September 9, 2019) – The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) announced today that two affordable housing champions– Joe Hagan, President Emeritus at the National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF) and Lyndel J. “Joe” Wishcamper, President at The Wishcamper Companies, Inc.–will […]

This summer, I’m planning on taking a deeper dive into source materials behind a recent posting by Solomon Greene and Jorge González of the Urban Institute

WHEDA has issued modifications to the 2019-2020 QAP. These changes may impact scoring and deal structuring for the 2020 HTC Application Cycle.  Areas modified include: Scoring Category 3. Mixed Income Incentive Scoring Category 4. Serves Large Families Scoring Category 9. Financial Leverage Instructions/Scoring Summary Page 4% State of Wisconsin Housing Tax Credit Program Cure Period […]

Enterprise Community Partners and NeighborWorks America has published a new report titled, “On the Path to Health Equity: Building Capacity to Measure Health Outcomes in Community Development.”   The report highlights the findings of an innovative national demonstration project designed to build the capacity of 20 community-based organizations to measure the health outcomes of their work. […]

The RetrofitNY team is proud to share a study conducted by Ian Shapiro of Taitem Engineering assessing the transferability of the Energiesprong concept to New York State – Energiesprong: A Dutch Approach to Deep Energy Retrofits and Its Applicability to the New York Market. Based on numerous site visits and interviews in the Netherland, Ian’s […]