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Tag: Low Income Housing Tax Credits
If this small fix to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program pushed further, it could reshape affordable housing
Building affordable housing can be a long journey with approval needed from many groups and individuals along the way. Unfortunately,…
A focus on community revitalization at first 2016 state housing tax credit plan roundtable
Community revitalization, as a concept, is fairly straightforward. But how does it actually happen, and how can its progress be…
Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers
Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…
Riddle amendment to TDHCA Sunset bill is ill-conceived and discriminatory
I wrote last week about the ill-conceived amendment the Texas House of Representatives tacked onto the TDHCA Sunset bill. The…
TX House gives each state representative power to choose or veto housing tax credit developments
An eleventh hour amendment to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Sunset bill by a strong opponent…
House Amends TDHCA Sunset Bill
The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs…
Low-Income Housing Program Compels Building in Poor Texas Areas – NYTimes.com
Karisa King of the San Antonio Epress News has an incredibly researched and very disturbing story in Sunday’s New York…
Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act
This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…
Dallas fumbles in the absence of a housing policy
Housing segregation is a problem most Texas communities struggle with. Crippled by a lack of political courage and leadership no…
The racism of New Berlin is growing in Galveston
We noted yesterday the United States Department of Justice brought suit alleging the City of New Berlin, Wisconsin had violated the…
State Rep Riddle says she wants no low-income housing in her district
To appreciate the fair housing problem in Texas just watch this video. Back in February, at a hearing on the…
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…
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…