General News

The California Housing Partnership released new reports in collaboration with local and regional housing organizations that document the deteriorating conditions facing low-income renters in five Southern California counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego. The reports offers policy recommendations for state, local and regional leaders…

On May 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed HB19-1228 into law. The bill increases the amount of state Affordable Housing Tax Credits available for annual allocation by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority from $5 million to $10 million for 2020-2024.

A new report released from the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) showcases the work of five public housing authorities (PHAs) that are successfully collaborating with postsecondary institutions and local nonprofit organizations to increase college access, retention and graduation rates for current public housing residents and college students who are experiencing homelessness.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) published its annual Advocates’ Guide: A Primer on Federal Resources Related to Affordable Housing Programs and Community Development. T

UnitedHealthcare has partnered with the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) and the Louisiana Department of Health to support important initiatives aimed at reducing homelessness throughout the state.

New York City’s Department of City Planning recently released Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency, a set of recommendations that would improve upon and make permanent existing temporary zoning rules that were adopted on an emergency basis after Hurricane Sandy.

HUD’s Housing Notice 2019-07 provides incentives for multi-family property owners to invest in Opportunity Zones across the nation. Applicants to FHA’s Section 221(d)(4), Section 220 and Section 223(f) will be eligible for significantly lower application fees provided the property is located within an Opportunity Zone.

The Tidwell Group welcomed Justin Heberling as its newest partner in the firm’s Birmingham, AL office. The Tidwell Group also announced Joel T. McDowell, CPA as the Firm’s Birmingham Office Managing Partner. 

Novogradac updated its Rent & Income Limit Calculator© with HUD’s FY 2019 rent and income limit data. Using the HUD-published data, the Novogradac Rent & Income Limit Calculator© will calculate low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) rent and income limits for every county and every metropolitan statistical area in the US.

On April 27, the Colorado State Senate passed HB19-1228 to Increase Tax Credit Allocation for Affordable Housing on a 32-2-1 vote. The bill will now advance to Governor Jared Polis (D) for his signature.

Southwest Minnesota celebrated the effective end of chronic homelessness and Lexington, KY celebrated the effective end of veteran homelessness! In 2017, the Southwest Minnesota Continuum of Care celebrated the end of veteran homelessness and is now one of only four communities to end both veteran and chronic homelessness.

This blog from Glenn A. Graff, Dan Klaff, Eric Mittereder and Ben Swartzendruber with Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen highlights some of the questions addressed by the second set of OZ regulations.