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NCSHA Submits Comments to IRS on Proposed Opportunity Zone Regulations

Opportunity Zones

On December 28, NCSHA submitted official comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on proposed regulations implementing Opportunity Zone (OZ) provisions of Internal Revenue Code section 1400Z-2. In our comment, NCSHA encouraged IRS to consider land or property vacant for a period of at least one year as meeting the original use requirement referenced in […]

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State Average Income Test Policies

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The link below reflects Average Income Test policies state allocating agencies have shared with NCSHA. There may be additional states that have published policies since that date of which NCSHA is unaware. In addition, it is possible that state allocating agencies may revise their policies and not send NCSHA the revisions; therefore, we do not […]

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CBRE | A Case for Workforce Housing, a Market Perspective

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On November 30, CBRE published The Case for Workforce Housing, A Market Perspective, a report that predicts workforce housing will outperform the rest of the multifamily housing market in 2019 and will continue to be a significant opportunity for investors in multifamily housing. CBRE’s research indicates the workforce housing community, which currently encompasses almost 13.5 […]

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IRS 2018-2019 Priority Guidance Plan

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On November 8, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued their 2018-2019 Priority Guidance Plan (PGP) which lists guidance projects on which they will focus during the 12-month period from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. The PGP includes several guidance projects related to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, tax-exempt Housing Bonds, […]

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