State Tax Credits

NH&RA has made available the conference PowerPoint presentations from its 2010 Annual Meeting & NMTC Symposium, held March 10-13 in Miami Beach, Fla.

New York State Senator David Valesky this month introduced legislation that would expand provisions in the state’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program.

The National Trust Community Investment Corporation recently teamed up with Rutgers University to publish its “First Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credit.”

Vermont Housing Finance Agency has reported on its blog that a new federal report shows Vermont is the top state, per capita, for its use of Federal Historic Tax Credits to rehabilitate historic buildings.

A recent tax court ruling finds that state historic tax credit investors are partners and that transactions between investors and the partnership are not disguised sales.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed legislation that establishes a new chapter regarding publicly assisted affordable housing, which includes a wide variety of federally and state assisted rental housing projects, including Section 8, federal and state low-income housing tax credits, Section 221(d)(4), and others.

NH&RA announced today that a rare assemblage of five state allocators from adjoining Midwestern states will be a highlight of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts (NCAHMA) at Chicago’s Doubletree Hotel on November 9 and 10.

The New York State New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (Office of Counsel) has issued a guidance letter concerning the recently enacted New York State Commercial Historic Tax Credit.

NH&RA pleased to announce we will be returning to the Taj Hotel (formerly the Ritz-Carlton) for our Annual Boston Fall Developers Forum November 2-3, 2009. This is a can’t miss event for developers and affordable housing professionals looking to get the latest updates on state-of-the-art transactions and breaking news from the Congress, HUD and HFAs.
Online registration is now open and the hotel is taking reservations at our group rate. Click here to register online.

The Missouri Housing Development Commission has hired a team of NH&RA members to determine how to boost the value of Missouri’s state low-income housing tax credit to 65 cents, from its current value of 40 cents.

Governor David Paterson today (7/29) signed into law legislation that improves the New York State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program.

The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association is pleased to announce that it has made available the PowerPoint presentations displayed during the recent 2009 Summer Institute & Pre-Conference Symposium on New Markets Tax Credits, held July 29 – August 1, 2009 in Woodstock, Vermont.