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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released data collected on New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investments across the nation through fiscal year (FY) 2013. Through the first 11 application rounds of the NMTC Program, the CDFI Fund has made 836 awards, allocating a total of $40 billion in tax credit authority to CDEs through a competitive application process.

WNC has closed WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 40, L.P. (WNC Corp. 40), a $126.8 million institutional low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund. To date, the fund has 17 properties under contract throughout the nation for an aggregate total of $123 million.

Operating expenses for low-income housing tax credit properties have grown in recent years, according to the 2015 edition of the Novogradac Multifamily Rental Housing Operating Expense Report–Survey and Analysis for LIHTC Properties.

Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Rob Portmann (R-OH) introduced legislation to modify the tax code so that homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students are eligible to live in low-income housing tax credit properties.

Increased competition for low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) is expanding the role qualified allocation plans (QAPs) plays in determining where developments are built, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The House Commmittee on Financial Services’ Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held an oversight hearing May 19 to examine the performance, challenges and budget priorities of the Rural Housing Service (RHS).

This paper offers a snapshot of the resources devoted to promoting low-income multifamily housing energy efficiency retrofits; it describes many of the policies, public-private resources and partnerships influencing and funding the field in late 2014. Download

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will now release monthly updates on all active and closed Commitments to enter into a Housing Assistance Payment (CHAPs).

The U.S Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced changes to the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program Resource Desk for 1st component awardees. These changes seek to better allow for the exchange of transaction documents and communications.

This Guide was created as part of the Energy Efficiency For All Project, a joint effort of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Housing Trust, the Energy Foundation, and Elevate Energy. Electric and gas utilities in the U.S. invest billions of dollars annually to help their customers become more energy efficient, often by making […]

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), National Housing Trust (NHT), Energy Foundation, Elevate Energy, and New Ecology are conducting a multistate and multiyear Energy Efficiency for All affordable multifamily housing efficiency project with the goal of cost effectively reducing energy consumption as a means of maintaining housing affordability, creating healthier and more comfortable living environments […]

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it is revising the affordable housing lending categories that are excluded from the multifamily lending purchase caps established in the 2015 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.