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Freddie Mac Requires Multifamily Underwriting Appraisal Checklist

Effective March 4, Freddie Mac underwriters requires a new compliance checklist for the initial appraisal submitted to Freddie Mac for each loan/property.

HUD

HUD Publishes Budget Based Rent Adjustments for Mark-to-Market (M2M) Properties Notice, Training March 12

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published Housing Notice 2024-05, which allows budget-based rent adjustments (BBRA) for Section 8 project-based rental assistance housing assistance payment contracts at properties subject to a M2M Use Agreement.

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Biden-Harris Administration Extends FFB Risk-Sharing Program Indefinitely

The Biden-Harris administration announced new actions to boost housing supply and lower housing costs, including an indefinite expansion of the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) Risk-Sharing program.

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NLIHC Publishes 2024 Advocates’ Guide

The National Low Income Housing Coalition released the Advocates’ Guide 2024: A Primer on Federal Affordable Housing and Community Development Programs and Policies.

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120 Organizations Join Letter to Senate; Continue Advocacy Needed

NH&RA joined with 120 national and state affordable housing organizations in a letter to Senate leadership, urging the Senate to enact the LIHTC provisions included in the legislation.

HUD

HUD Updates Discretionary Policies for Owners Implementing HOTMA

HUD published a revised HOTMA Implementation Notice (Notice H 2023-10) that now includes information to address the asset limitation found in Section 104 of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016.

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Housing Colorado Eagle Award Nominations Due March 8

Housing Colorado’s Eagle Awardees will be honored at an Awards Ceremony on May 30.

General News

Nominations for Novogradac’s Journal of Tax Credit Awards Due March 1

The 2024 Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits Awards recognize excellence in affordable housing, historic preservation and community development.

IRS

IRS Issues Updated Guidance for Form 8823

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued updated guidance for completing Form 8823, the form used by State and Local LIHTC agencies to notify the IRS in the event of noncompliance or building disposition.

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House Approves Tax Package with LIHTC Priorities, Advocacy Needed in the Senate

Last week, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (357-70) to pass The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024).

SAHF’s Carbon Roadmap Updates Includes New Features to Support Decarbonization Implementation

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) updated its Multifamily Portfolio Carbon Emissions Roadmap, which allows portfolio owners to create action plans to reduce their annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in CO2 equivalent.  

IRS

IRS Provides Guidance on Returned Disaster Housing Credit Authority 

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Revenue Ruling 2024-5, which provides guidance on the treatment of returned disaster Housing Credits for the 11 states and Puerto Rico that received disaster credit authority in the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020.

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