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Tag: Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Texas Housers calls on State of Texas to dismantle racial residential exclusion through the housing tax credit program

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 30, 2022

Texas Housers believes the locational decisions the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopts for selecting sites for…

Tags: Fair housing, High Opportunity Areas, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, residential racial segregation, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

If this small fix to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program pushed further, it could reshape affordable housing

Local issues, State issues•by Michael Depland•Posted March 26, 2019

Building affordable housing can be a long journey with approval needed from many groups and individuals along the way. Unfortunately,…

Tags: corruption, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Texas Legislature

A focus on community revitalization at first 2016 state housing tax credit plan roundtable

State issues•by •Posted February 2, 2016

Community revitalization, as a concept, is fairly straightforward. But how does it actually happen, and how can its progress be…

Tags: Fair housing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, QAP, Revitalization, TDHCA

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

Riddle amendment to TDHCA Sunset bill is ill-conceived and discriminatory

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 29, 2013

I wrote last week about the ill-conceived amendment the Texas House of Representatives tacked onto the TDHCA Sunset bill. The…

Tags: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Debbie Riddle, Fair housing, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 26, 2013

An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…

Tags: Debbie Riddle, Fair housing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NIMBY, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

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

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

Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 20, 2012

This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…

Tags: Dallas, Fair housing, Inclusive Communities Project, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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

The racism of New Berlin is growing in Galveston

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 25, 2011

We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated the…

Tags: Fair housing, Galveston, Housing segregation, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane rebuilding, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, prejudice, racisim

State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 14, 2011

To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NIMBY, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Lawsuit alleging race discrimination in Texas housing tax credit program clears (another) hurdle

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted September 30, 2010

The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has ruled that the Inclusive Communities Project has legal standing…

Tags: Housing segregation, ICP, Inclusionary housing, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Texas Lags in serving the housing needs of SSI recipients

State issues•by •Posted May 7, 2010

Stephen F. Gold, an attorney who specializes in civil rights and represents only persons with disabilities, publishes an email Information…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

If Not In Your Backyard, Then Where?

State issues•by •Posted April 30, 2010

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) is a federal program that supports the production of affordable multifamily housing. …

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, QAP, QCP, TDHCA

Texas State Representative sentenced to prison in housing tax credit bribery case

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 27, 2010

State Representative Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) was sentenced to a year in prison today by a Dallas Federal District judge on…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Failing Waco property facing closure

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted April 9, 2010

Back in 2008 we listed the eleven subsidized housing properties with the lowest physical inspection scores from HUD.  One of…

Tags: HUD, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Substandard apartments, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, waco

TDHCA: Trying to make the best of a bad LIHTC thing

National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 11, 2009

One of the Recovery Act programs we’re watching is the Housing Tax Credit Exchange program, a program supporting the production…

Tags: ARRA, Exchange, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Recovery Act, TDHCA

Recovery Act Reporting Milestone

State issues•by •Posted November 6, 2009

Last Friday was a major milestone in the extensive reporting requirements of the Recovery Act.  Recovery.gov released the first round…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Recovery.gov, TCAP, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, WAP

Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program: A second bite at the apple?

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 12, 2009

One of the TDHCA programs we are tracking with our new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act accountability initiative is the…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Will corruption convictions bring reform to housing programs?

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 5, 2009

In the wake of the conviction of  former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and Planning Commissioner D’Angelo Lee in…

Tags: Community development corporations, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem and others guilty in housing tax credit case

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 5, 2009

The Dallas Morning News reports the federal district court jury found all of the defendants in the Dallas Low Income…

Tags: Dallas, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

New TxLIHIS initiative seeks improvements in housing tax credit program

Activities•by John Henneberger•Posted September 21, 2009

We are pleased to announce a major new initiative at TxLIHIS. One of the largest affordable housing programs in Texas…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Questions about nonprofit emerges in housing tax credit corruption trial

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 10, 2009

In an earlier post (see issue 14) I mentioned that some social services that Low Income Housing Tax Credit developers…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Overview of the Tax Credit Exchange Program in Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 6, 2009

Federal Program Highlights: Funding: 3 Billion Administering Agency: US Treasury Unused funds must be returned by 1/1/2011 Texas Program Highlights:…

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

Overview of the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) in Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 6, 2009

Here is a brief overview of the Texas Credit Assistance Program and how it is shaping up in Texas. Federal…

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

It worked! TDHCA Tax Credit Exchange Program gets apps for 883 ELI apartments

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 6, 2009

The 2009 Stimulus Bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) contained a provision allowing the limited exchange of tax…

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

Ten principles should guide state administration of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 21, 2009

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest affordable housing production program in Texas. At the Texas…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Who is to blame in the Dallas tax credit corruption scandal?

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 13, 2009

In response to a recent blog post I received the following comment from an anonymous reader… Offering a bribe to…

Tags: Dallas, Low Income Housing Tax Credits

When the price of community support got too high, housing tax credit developer turned to FBI

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 12, 2009

It’s like a pornographic movie… the Dallas housing tax credit trial…  everyone gets screwed. In today’s trial testimony the Dallas Morning…

Tags: Low Income Housing Tax Credits

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