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NH&RA Hosts ICAST IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator

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

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Treasury Secretary Indicates No Overhaul of GSEs this Year; Rep. Frank Still Plans To Proceed

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has indicated that the White House has no plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2010.

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HUD Secretary Testifies Before Appropriations Subcommittee

HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies on February 23, 2010 on President Obama’s proposed budget.

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NH&RA’s Energy Group to Meet with Senate Staff

Representatives of the Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing (CEFAH), a council within NH&RA, will be meeting with the staff of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to discuss the senator’s recently introduced energy efficiency legislation and to express support for it.

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Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition Elects New President

Joe Hagan, president and CEO of the National Equity Fund, Inc., is the new president of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC).

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Legislation Introduced To Extend 1602 Exchange to 4 Percent Tax Credits

Representative Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation (HR 4687) to extend the 1602 exchange program to 4 percent credits. Representative Sanchez noted in a floor statement that “I am introducing this bill because our country cannot afford to let this valuable 4 percent tax credit program fall into disuse due to the economy’s downturn at a time when our country is in desperate need of more jobs and more affordable places for low-income families to live.

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Senate Majority Leader Pushes Jobs Bill Without Tax Credit Extenders

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that he will push jobs legislation that will not include several tax credit extenders included in a draft bill previously circulated by Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Neb.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee have released a draft Jobs Bill.

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UPDATE: Senate Passes Key Hurdle On Jobs Measure; Indicates Will Address Other Extenders Soon

The United States Senate voted, 70-28, today (Wednesday, 2/24)to pass Senator Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) Jobs Bill. The $85 billion bipartisan jobs proposal was negotiated by the Finance Committee chairman, Max Baucus, D-Mont., and the committee’s top Republican, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa.

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GAO Releases New Report on NMTC Program

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report in late January on the New Markets Tax Credit Program entitled, “Credit Helps Fund a Variety of Projects in Low-Income Communities, but Could Be Simplified.” In the report, GAO describes where and how community development entities (CDE) are using NMTCs to finance development in low-income communities and describes options for simplifying the NMTC program.

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Senate Jobs Bill Would Extend LIHTC Exchange and NMTC

Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Neb.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee have released a draft Jobs Bill. The $85 billion “˜”˜Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act” has not been assigned a bill number yet.

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CORRECTED: Chairman Frank To Consider Plan to Abolish Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, recently announced that the government-backed mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are likely to be abolished and replaced with a new system for housing finance.

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2009 NH&RA Recordings: Mix-and-Match Offer

You can now purchase individual audio recordings of select panel sessions offered throughout 2009. Mix and match sessions from any 2009 event on one convenient CD-ROM!

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House Bill Supports Renewable Energy Investment

U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) recently introduced the Renewable Energy Expansion Act (H.R. 4599), a bill that would allow taxpayers to receive a tax credit that functions as a direct payment for investing in or producing renewable energy.

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