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Congressman Smucker (R-PA) is requesting signatures for a letter urging Speaker Paul Ryan and Chairman Kevin Brady to preserve the Historic Tax Credit (HTC) and make the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) permanent. The letter is open to House Republicans and it closes TODAY, Wednesday, November 29th at 7 p.m. Eastern. 

The Notice, issued November 15, supersedes and replaces the guidance provided in Notice PIH 2015-13 and clarifies HUD’s interpretation of the statutory amendment related to flat rents.

HUD has published PBV contract documents incorporating the changes made by the RAD rider directly into the standard PBV HAP contract.

This training will focus on the role of PHAs reviewing the e-Tool provided by an independent assessor and then submitting the e-Tool to the RAD Resource Desk as part of the PHA’s Financing Plan submission.

H.R.4258, introduced by Reps. Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), would permanently reauthorize the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Act. The bill also makes several improvements.

Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL-14) is circulating a letter to House and Senate leadership opposing the proposed elimination of tax exempt private activity bonds in the House’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), focusing on the need for private activity bonds to support investments in our nation’s infrastructure.

FHFA made the announcement on November 16 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are reentering the LIHTC market as equity investors in a limited role, effective immediately.

The House is prepared for a Thursday floor vote on The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), meanwhile, the Senate Committee on Finance is in its third day of markup and a modified chairman’s mark was released by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Tuesday night.

Novogradac & Company has expanded its recent analysis of the  currently drafted H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which would reduce the future supply of affordable rental housing by nearly 1 million rental homes, a loss of as much as two-thirds current affordable rental housing production. That significant reduction in housing production would also […]

A new analysis conducted by the law firm Norris George & Ostrow, PLLC and shared with a number of Senators and Congressional Representatives finds that the elimination of Private Activity Bonds (PABs) proposed in HR 1 would reduce affordable housing production by as much as 75,000 units per year or about 60% of the nation’s annual affordable housing production. 

These limits have an effective date of January 1, 2017.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for 2018. AAFs are used to adjust contract rents for units assisted in certain Section 8 housing assistance payment programs during the initial term of the HAP contract.