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The Washington Housing Finance Commission recently released materials for its 2010 low-income housing tax credit funding round, including the 2010 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

The Mississippi Home Corporation has released its proposed changes to the 2009 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for its 2010 allocation round.

The Maine State Housing Authority has released the proposed Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for administering the allocation of the state’s 2010 and 2011 annual ceiling of the low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC).

The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s staff would like to extend warm holiday wishes to all of our HousingOnline Weekly subscribers.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) yesterday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) with regards to expiring tax assistance provisions not included in the House-passed extenders legislation.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) recently introduced a measure to help stimulate and resume development of renewable energy facilities, such as wind farms and solar panel factories.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has made available through its Office of Policy Development and Research special sets of American Community Survey (ACS) data that are not available through standard U.S. Census Bureau products.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research recently published the overall Physical Inspection Scores of HUD-assisted and subsidized properties to the HUD USER website.

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s board recently approved its qualified allocation plan (QAP) for the agency’s 2010 low-income housing tax credit program.  The agency will allocate 2010 tax credits based on the following overriding principles and preferences:

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a report of its Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) activities that provides the amount of funds committed and dispersed for TCAP-funded projects, and total grant commitments for state housing agencies.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed on December 16 the Jobs for Main Street Act, which includes over $150 billion in provisions intended to spur job creation and fund various infrastructure and relief programs with targeted investments for highways and transit, school renovation, hiring of teachers, police, and firefighters, and job training.

The Alabama Housing Finance Agency’s Board of Directors approved the 2010 Qualified Allocation Plan and 2010 HOME Action Plan, for administering the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and HOME Programs, respectively, on December 16.