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Tag: LIHTC

Read Texas Housers’ new report ‘How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better for Low-Income Tenants’

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 5, 2022

Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of “How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better…

Tags: 2023 QAP, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

Proposed Qualified Allocation Plan assisting households with incomes above HTC limits raises serious concerns

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 2, 2022

Each year, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) updates the set of rules that guide the Low…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

A Little Louder Podcast Episode 39: Five things that need fixing in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

A Little Louder, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted November 22, 2021

John is back in the booth for a new episode of A Little Louder! On this episode of A Little…

Tags: A Little Louder, Affordable housing, LIHTC

What Congress gets right in its Draft Housing Tax Credit Provisions

National issues•by •Posted September 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has made space for many of us to reconsider the “old ways of doing things.” From how…

Tags: LIHTC

In vote to weaken incentives, TDHCA hurts chances for affordable housing in desirable areas

State issues•by •Posted November 24, 2020

Earlier this month, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs voted to change the rules for where low-income housing…

Tags: LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

Texas is below average nationwide in required affordability for LIHTC properties. TDHCA is charging to change that.

National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 22, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest source of funding for affordable multifamily property development and…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

Podcast episode 11: The roundabout way we subsidize affordable housing

A Little Louder•by •Posted May 31, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is helping to produce most of the new affordable housing in our country.…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

New York Times: Houston demonstrates how affordable housing programs perpetuate racial segregation

National issues•by •Posted July 3, 2017

No politician has the right to tell families where to live – especially not because of their race or income. Doing…

Tags: Fair housing, Fountain View, Houston, LIHTC, segregation, Tax credits

Legislators should be celebrating affordable housing, not fearmongering

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 9, 2017

I testified at a hearing of the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs Committee on May 2, speaking against HB 1792 by Rep.…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Texas Legislature

Texas House bills add hurdles to affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 3, 2017

We cover committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing at the Texas Legislature, which concludes its 2017 session…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA, Texas Legislature

2017 state tax credit applications show slight shift away from higher-income areas

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 13, 2017

Recent changes to the way Texas scores applications for housing tax credits appear to have had a slight but notable…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Video: Examining how Texas reduced government-funded housing segregation

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 9, 2017

Did a fair housing suit actually cause the State of Texas to reduce racial segregation? That’s the question our recent…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Looking for a place to live without “bullets flying through the property”

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 22, 2017

A University of Texas law professor and community leaders recently spoke with tenants at an apartment complex in Sunnyside, a historically…

Tags: Fair housing, Fountain View, Houston, LIHTC, segregation, source of income, Sunnyside, Texas Legislature

Report: Did Texas reduce government-funded segregation in tax credit housing?

State issues•by •Posted January 25, 2017

In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response to…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, segregation, Tax credits, TDHCA

IRS indicates fair housing issues with Texas political influence on tax credits

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 9, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a bulletin that reprimands a thinly-veiled “Agency” in “State X” for its reliance on local support…

Tags: AFFH, Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Texas’ 2017 tax credit allocation plan presents fair housing issues

Uncategorized•by •Posted November 17, 2016

  On November 10, after months of roundtables, discussions and compromises, the board of the Texas Department of Housing and…

Tags: Fair housing, Homes at the Dome, LIHTC, QAP

Federal report calls out political influence on affordable housing locations in Texas

State issues•by •Posted June 13, 2016

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifies fair housing concerns with the way the State of Texas…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, NIMBY, Tax credits

More of the same: Houston risks fair housing progress, adds to segregation

Local issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 19, 2016

There have been some recent signs that Houston is slowly accepting the need to practice fair housing and treat all…

Tags: AFFH, Crestmont, Fair housing, Fountain View, HHA, Houston, LIHTC

Two ways to improve Texas’ housing tax credit allocation plan

State issues•by •Posted October 20, 2015

We recently filed comments (jointly with Texas Appleseed) on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs‘ (TDCHA) “Qualified Allocation…

Tags: LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted August 28, 2015

Our analysis of the State of Texas’ 2015 Competitive Housing Tax Credit awards process seeks to understand how the current…

Tags: Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: Flawed system leads to undesirable locations for affordable developments

State issues•by •Posted August 26, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to award…

Tags: Charlie, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Staff post, TDHCA

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families

State issues•by •Posted August 25, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…

Tags: Charlie, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Poverty, Staff post, state representatives

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: When politicians enable prejudice

State issues•by •Posted August 24, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release our 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…

Tags: Charlie, Disparate impact, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Staff post

Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 4, 2013

Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…

Tags: Civil rights, Fair housing, Inclusive Communities Project, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Senate Passes TDHCA Sunset

State issues•by •Posted May 17, 2013

The Texas Senate passed out the TDHCA Sunset bill this afternoon.  The bill voted out adopted the recommendations of the…

Tags: LIHTC, Sunset, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, THDCA Sunset

House Amends TDHCA Sunset Bill

State issues•by •Posted April 25, 2013

The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the  bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, TDHCA Sunset, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature

Rep. Anchia Files Bill Removing Legislative Letters from Housing Tax Credit Scoring

State issues•by •Posted February 8, 2013

In a previous blog post here at Texas Housers, we presented an analysis showing that the letters written by Texas…

Tags: legislation, LIHTC, NIMBY, Sunset

Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 22, 2012

Reporter Karisa King’s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose…

Tags: Fair housing, Housing segregation, LIHTC, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Texas Areas – NYTimes.com

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 21, 2012

Karisa King of the San Antonio Epress News has an incredibly researched and  very disturbing story in Sunday’s New York…

Tags: Housing segregation, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Dallas fumbles in the absence of a housing policy

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 18, 2012

Housing segregation is a problem most Texas communities struggle with. Crippled by a lack of political courage and leadership no…

Tags: Dallas, Housing policy, Housing segregation, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

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