Latest News in Affordable Housing
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TDHCA: Public Hearing Schedule
for Comment on the 2017 Competitive Housing Tax Credit Applications The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Department") has posted to its website a schedule for public hearings for purposes of taking public comment on the 2017 Competitive...
GAO Releases Report
on the Role of Syndicators in the Housing Credit Program Yesterday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the third in a series of four reports on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Low Income Housing Tax Credit: The Role of Syndicators. In its...
Notice of Public Comment Period
on the 2016 National Housing Trust Fund Allocation Plan and Related Attachments The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA" or the "Department") previously prepared and released a Draft 2016 State of Texas National Housing Trust Fund ("NHTF")...
Recent Housing Advisory Group
activities in Washington, D.C With tax reform a priority issue for both the Administration and Congress, we wanted to update you on recent Housing Advisory Group activities in Washington, D.C. We would like to begin by again encouraging you to not...
Guidance Needed for Setting Local Tax Rates on Housing Tax Credit Developments
Apartment complexes built with the state's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) are virtually indistinguishable aesthetically from their market-rate neighbors. That's great for the communities they seamlessly blend into. But for local tax appraisal districts...
NIMBY fears unfounded: Affordable housing doesn’t lower property values
From Trulia The oft-cited fear that affordable housing will hurt the value of nearby homes is unfounded, according to a decade long look at the data. "The bottom line for NIMBYs who fear that property values will take a hit when a low-income housing project locates...
Affordable housing crisis hits teachers
School districts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio struggle every year to hire enough qualified teachers. But the fresh graduates most eager to teach in big city schools face a huge problem once they are hired on — none of them can afford to buy a home in...
Texas seniors thankful for housing tax credit financed developments
For thousands of Texas seniors living on fixed incomes, the housing tax credit program is a godsend. The program builds more clean, new and safe apartments for Texas seniors living on a fixed income than any other housing effort. And it's an effort that is growing....
Affirmative Marketing UPDATE
The requirement in 10 TAC §10.617(g)(2) to update the Affirmative Marketing Plan every two years has been suspended. Note that the requirement to affirmatively market is not suspended; owners simply continue to affirmatively market to the groups identified when...
Inclusionary Zoning Development
Pro Forma Calculator Tool Inclusionary_Zoning_Memo NAHB is seeking pro formas to use in their creation of an IZ calculator. NAHB is seeking project-specific pro formas for single-family and multifamily developments of all sizes. Any project that...
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