General News

Robinson+Cole’s Jerome Garciano has released a July 2018 update of his Green Tax Incentive Compendium, including the recent extensions of the investment tax credit for certain technologies, the 45L tax credit and the 179D tax deduction.

Of 2,663 HUD and Mitchell-Lama (a New York state program) subsidized properties in 2017, 11% are eligible to expire out of affordability by 2023. That number jumps to nearly 48% over the next 15 years.

On June 19, the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) held an address and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to formally present its 30th annual State of the Nation’s Housing report. Since 1988, the report has offered invaluable, applicable information on the housing industry for policymakers, investors, and […]

Last Friday morning, the National Housing Conference (NHC) held its Annual Policy Symposium in Washington D.C. to a welcoming audience of investors, researchers, and bureaucrats. The half-day event included an address by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on the city’s development, a panel of experts further discussing Detroit, and a panel discussing the growing impact and role of private-public partnerships in community development.

Registration is complimentary but spaces are limited.

Monday’s article examines eight states’ responses to the new income averaging set aside election for LIHTC made available by Congress as part of the March 2018 omnibus spending bill.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition today published its 2018 edition of Out of Reach – an annual report comparing wages to rental housing affordability throughout the United States.

The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency recently released two studies, The Impact of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit in North Carolina and The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Neighborhood Property Values in North Carolina.

This interactive, web-based tool identifies over 800 local rental and homeownership inclusionary housing programs nationwide and includes data on state-level legislation and judicial decisions that are related to the adoption of local inclusionary housing policies.

MassHousing has provided $1.5 million in financing to an affiliate of HallKeen Management. The MassHousing funding will enable HallKeen Management to make renovations to Academy Hill, a 27-unit mixed-income housing community for senior citizens on Nantucket, and to preserve affordability at Academy Hill’s affordable units for perpetuity.

Innovation: Voice-Connected Communities Request for Applications | Application Link | Application Deadline: May 31, 2018 AARP Foundation is requesting applications from eligible organizations to develop and implement a project using voice-assisted technology. The purpose of this grant is to inform AARP Foundation’s strategy related to voice-assisted technology. Through this mini-grant, we seek to extend AARP Foundation’s on-going project […]

Wheatland Crossing Senior Apartments has been applauded for creating a new affordable senior housing option in The Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, OH. Wheatland Crossing, developed late last year by The Woda Group, Inc., has also recently earned LEED Platinum certification, the highest certification awarded by the US Green Building Council.