Louisiana

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

HUD’s Department of Policy Research & Development has published three more Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses for State College, Pennsylvania; Victoria, Texas; and New Orleans, Louisiana.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development recently contracted with Abt Associates Inc. and released a two-part study examining the housing recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

In order to avoid the loss of approximately $1.03 million of returned GO Zone Credits at the end of calendar year 2011, the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) Board of Commissioners approved the following strategies to allocate GO Zone Credits.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law HB 348, which extends and improves the residential historic rehabilitation tax credit, and the companion SB 63, which extends the commercial historic rehabilitation tax credit.

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency has released frequently asked questions with regards to its 2012 online LIHTC application process.

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency has published seven “Frequently Asked Questions” regarding the 2011-2012 per capita tax credits funding round.

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) has released final versions (clean and redlined) of its 2011-2012 Qualified Allocation Plan for administering the low-income housing tax credit program.

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) has released a red-lined and clean versions of its 2011-2012 qualified allocation plan (QAP) on its website.

The Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development recently co-signed a letter to Senator Mary Landrieu, in response to correspondence the agencies received from Sen. Landrieu in March.

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency will hold a public hearing to obtain public comments on the proposed 2011 Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) annual grant application.

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) has announced its tentative timeline of 2011 low-income housing tax credit reservations for competitive applications

The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA) recently released a memo that describes how it will award its remaining Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) funds.