Minnesota

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published Revenue Procedure 2012-42, which indicates the amounts of unused Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) carryovers for 2012. These carryovers, which amounts to nearly $2.43 million in unused credits, have been allocated to 34 states.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency is considering future changes for its 2014 Qualified Allocation Plan. Minnesota Housing has published a memorandum to outline some of the considered changes in advance of the anticipated release of the draft 2014 QAP in January 2013.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency announced a change in leadership for its tax credit program team.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency will co-host a webinar with Minnesota Housing Partnership to review the draft of its 2013 Affordable Housing Plan on August 21, 2012

Minnesota Housing’s Multifamily Division has restructured the program compliance department by merging the Housing Tax Credit, HOME, and deferred loan monitoring staff into one consolidated compliance team.

At the end of the 2012 legislative session, the Minnesota legislature enacted several affordable housing-related bills, including one measure that approved $37.5 million in bonding authority to be used by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) for housing and homeless programs.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) has begun its formal review and revision process for the 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan, and recently released a summary of proposed changes. MHFA’s Board will review the final QAP and procedural manual revisions at its March 22 meeting.

The IRS recently issued Notice 2012-18 to clarify rules relating to compliance monitoring and physical inspection requirements under the Rental Policy Working Group’s (RPWG) Physical Inspections Pilot Program. This program hopes to achieve a more coordinated effort for conducting physical inspections at properties that benefit from multiple sources of Federal funding with different inspection protocol

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) is now accepting applications for Round 2 of the 2012 Housing Tax Credit program, of which approximately $500,000 in tax credits are available.

The University of Minnesota has released a new report entitled, “Economic Impact of Projects Leveraged by the Minnesota Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit.” The report analyzes the economic impact of the Minnesota Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit, which was signed into law in April 2010.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Revenue Service 2011-57 which dictates the amounts of unused housing credit carryover allowances allocated to qualified states. Nearly $3.66 million of unused credits were divided among the states in the National Pool.

Recently, at a State job summit convened in St. Paul, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced his intentions to create a state New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC).