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ACTION Campaign Sign-On Letter to Congress on Expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

ACTION Campaign Sign-On Letter to Congress on Expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Leaders from both sides of the aisle, including President Obama and House Speaker Ryan, recognize that persistent poverty is both destructive to families and a barrier to our nation’s economic growth. We need affirmative policy solutions to prevent people from falling through the cracks if we are to expand opportunity and improve our economic well-being.

The Office of Senator Maria Cantwell | Addressing the Challenges of Affordable Housing and Homelessness: The Housing Tax Credit

The Office of Senator Maria Cantwell | Addressing the Challenges of Affordable Housing and Homelessness: The Housing Tax Credit

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit is an important tool that drives private sector investment in affordable housing for families and the homeless. However, as this report demonstrates, the demand for this program far outstrips the need. That is why Senator Cantwell, alongside a coalition of over 1,300 organizations, will be proposing a 50% increase in resources for this program, enough to build another 400,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years.

IRS Published Final Regulations on Housing Credit Utility Allowance

IRS Published Final Regulations on Housing Credit Utility Allowance

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in the Federal Register combined final regulations amending the Housing Credit utility allowance rules to provide greater clarity for Housing Credit properties that submeter to account for actual tenant energy consumption, and temporary regulations for properties in which an owner acquires energy directly from renewable sources, rather than from a utility company.

IRS Notice 2016-77

IRS Notice 2016-77

Treasury and IRS issue Notice 2016-77 regarding the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) and Qualified Census Tract (QCT).

NCSHA Submits Comments to Treasury and IRS in Response to Notice 2016-77

NCSHA Submits Comments to Treasury and IRS in Response to Notice 2016-77

NCSHA submitted comments to Treasury and IRS in response to Notice 2016-77 regarding whether Treasury and IRS should issue guidance clarifying the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) statute's required preference for projects located in a Qualified Census Tract (QCT) that are subject to a concerted community revitalization plan.

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