On July 1, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service published IRS Notice 2020-53, which provides temporary relief to owners of Section 42 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Notice extends previously postponed due dates for...
For those unfamiliar with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC), the number 8823 may have no particular meaning. However, if you are involved in the development, ownership or management of properties utilizing this federal affordable housing program then...
Passed into law on March 27, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes provision for an eviction moratorium on non-payment of rent for most federal housing programs. It limits owners from filing...
With the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program gained an additional option for the minimum set-aside test in the form of Average Income. As such, owners of tax credit properties that receive their...
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) industry is alive, well, and extremely active these days. That is my #1 takeaway from attending the National Council of State Housing Agency’s (NCSHA) annual Housing Credit Connect (HCC) conference in Chicago in June. The HCC...
As NCHM’s Director of LIHTC Compliance, I was encouraged to find that the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ recently published Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration placed additional emphasis on the need for broader and ongoing...