LIHTC

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee updated its nine percent LIHTC application for the second competitive round

The Illinois state legislate passed the COVID-19 Affordable Housing Grant Program Act (HR 27252), which would require that LIHTC properties in Cook County be assessed using the income-approach, as well as a new property tax incentive policy that would provide reduction in assessed value for both subsidized and market-rate owners that provide affordable units. The omnibus legislation also extends the Illinois State LIHTC through 2026. A full summary of the bill’s provisions is available here from the Illinois Housing Council.  

Hunt Capital Partners and developer Royal Capital Group will use $13.1 million in tax credit equity for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of an old school dating to 1902 plus the addition of adjacent new construction to create 82 units of multifamily housing, Hunt said in an announcement. Both Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits and Federal and State Historic Tax Credits have been allocated for the project.

Red Stone Equity Partners LLC announced the closing of Red Stone Equity – Fund 84 Limited Partnership (Fund 84), a $207-million multi-investor Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investment fund.

Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Rob Portman (D-OH), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN) along with Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) introduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021 (AHCIA).

HUD released the median family incomes and income limits for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Median incomes are used as the basis for income limits in several HUD programs, including the Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice and Project-Based Voucher, Section 202 housing for the elderly and Section 811 housing for persons with disabilities programs, as well as in programs run by agencies, such as the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The National Housing Trust (NHT) released a 2020 update to its 2017 State Strategies to Increase Energy and Water Efficiency in Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties, which reviewed hundreds of state Housing Finance Agency (HFA) documents, including QAPs, LIHTC applications, Design and Construction Guidelines and other documents, to identify the ten most prominent strategies in use by HFAs to advance water and energy efficiency.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan released a new opinion in the matter of SunAmerica Housing Fund 1050 v. Pathway of Pontiac Inc. et al. The court ruled that, in the absence of language otherwise, the right of first refusal (ROFR) was a classic ROFR under Michigan law and common law, requiring intent on the part of the LIHTC partnership to sell its property interest.

The Internal Revenue Service will hold a virtual hearing on its Average Income Test proposed rule on March 24 at noon ET. Register by March 22 by emailing [email protected] or contacting Regina Johnson at (202) 317–5177. NH&RA submitted comments and will attend the public hearing.

A new rule from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), effective April 1, 2021, codifies and expands prior OCC interpretations dealing with the use of national bank lending powers to engage in tax equity financings. Tax equity financings refer to transactions in which a national bank provides equity financing to fund projects […]

NH&RA submitted our comments on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury’s proposed rule on the average income test.

NH&RA created a customizable template letter for developers to submit comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) on their Average Income Test proposed rule. Comments are due by December 29 and should be submitted here.