Last week the Texas sunset commission adopted its final recommendations regarding the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). …
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Housing Credit Update
A couple of changes in the prospects for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program in the last few days.…
Study: Leading Subsidized Housing Program in Texas Limits Economic Opportunity of the Poor
New report finds that Low Income Housing Tax Credit housing is more likely than other rental housing to be built…
Recap of TDHCA’s QAP Adoption
Last Thursday the board of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopted the rules governing the allocation…
TxLIHIS Comments on Proposed 2011 QAP
October 23, 2010 Ms. Robbye Meyer Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs P.O. Box 13941 Austin, TX 78711-3941 RE:…
NIMBYism in Real Time
“Studies show it [NIMBYism] has contributed to projects being clustered in less affluent areas with high concentrations of minorities, such…
“Neighborhood” letters and Tax Credit Properties
Eric Dexheimer at that Statesman has an extensive article examining neighborhood groups and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. …
TxLIHIS Files Comments on Sunset Staff Report on TDHCA
We recently signed on to two sets of comments on the Sunset Staff report on TDHCA. The first set was…
Lawsuit alleging race discrimination in Texas housing tax credit program clears (another) hurdle
The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled that the Inclusive Communities Project has legal standing…
Texas Lags in serving the housing needs of SSI recipients
Stephen F. Gold, an attorney who specializes in civil rights and represents only persons with disabilities, publishes an email Information…
If Not In Your Backyard, Then Where?
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is a federal program that supports the production of affordable multifamily housing. …
Texas State Representative sentenced to prison in housing tax credit bribery case
State Representative Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) was sentenced to a year in prison today by a Dallas Federal District judge on…
Failing Waco property facing closure
Back in 2008 we listed the eleven subsidized housing properties with the lowest physical inspection scores from HUD. One of…
Dallas Tax Credit Corruption Case Continues
The Dallas Morning News reports State Rep. Terri Hodge plead guilty to not paying taxes on payments which were allegedly…
TDHCA: Trying to make the best of a bad LIHTC thing
One of the Recovery Act programs we’re watching is the Housing Tax Credit Exchange program, a program supporting the production…
Recovery Act Reporting Milestone
Last Friday was a major milestone in the extensive reporting requirements of the Recovery Act. Recovery.gov released the first round…
Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program: A second bite at the apple?
One of the TDHCA programs we are tracking with our new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act accountability initiative is the…
Will corruption convictions bring reform to housing programs?
In the wake of the conviction of former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and Planning Commissioner D’Angelo Lee in…
Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem and others guilty in housing tax credit case
The Dallas Morning News reports the federal district court jury found all of the defendants in the Dallas Low Income…
New TxLIHIS initiative seeks improvements in housing tax credit program
We are pleased to announce a major new initiative at TxLIHIS. One of the largest affordable housing programs in Texas…
Questions about nonprofit emerges in housing tax credit corruption trial
In an earlier post (see issue 14) I mentioned that some social services that Low Income Housing Tax Credit developers…
Overview of the Tax Credit Exchange Program in Texas
Federal Program Highlights: Funding: 3 Billion Administering Agency: US Treasury Unused funds must be returned by 1/1/2011 Texas Program Highlights:…
Overview of the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) in Texas
Here is a brief overview of the Texas Credit Assistance Program and how it is shaping up in Texas. Federal…
It worked! TDHCA Tax Credit Exchange Program gets apps for 883 ELI apartments
The 2009 Stimulus Bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) contained a provision allowing the limited exchange of tax…
Ten principles should guide state administration of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest affordable housing production program in Texas. At the Texas…
Who is to blame in the Dallas tax credit corruption scandal?
In response to a recent blog post I received the following comment from an anonymous reader… Offering a bribe to…
When the price of community support got too high, housing tax credit developer turned to FBI
It’s like a pornographic movie… the Dallas housing tax credit trial… everyone gets screwed. In today’s trial testimony the Dallas Morning…
Government witness in Dallas corruption trial testifies he paid for community support for tax credit deal
Low income housing tax credit developer and star government witness in the Dallas public corruption trial Bill Fisher admitted in…
Advocates offer recommendations to improve the Texas Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program is the program that produces, by far, the largest number of affordable housing…
Hooray! Today was a historic day of progress in Texas affordable housing
The Board of Directors of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs approved today a plan to use the…