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Getting In On the Ground Floor
Last fall, in the heart of Memphis, Tenn., workers swarmed over a gothic revival skyscraper that had stood vacant and crumbling for more than 10 years.
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New York’s HFA Focuses on Affordability
HAMBURG, N.Y. - Workers began to renovate both the apartments and common areas at Creek Bend Heights Senior Apartments in August, adding new windows and a new roof to the 43-year-old building.
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Northeast Developers See Danger, Opportunity
Broken windows and splintered front steps mar the empty home at 160 Elm St. in Orange, N.J. The twostory house is one of dozens aught up in the web of bankruptcy and indictments surrounding the collapse of a fraudulent local lender, NJ Affordable Homes Corp.
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Establishing Upfront Feasibility
The dearth of tax credit equity, more conservative debt underwriting standards, and vanishing sources of soft capital are making it much more difficult to pencil out deals.
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Developers Urge CTCAC to Keep Two Rounds
Low-income housing tax credit developers in California like having two allocation rounds.
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Affordable Housing Feels the Pain
While the housing crisis has focused on the mortgage meltdown, serious trouble has also settled over the affordable housing sector this year.
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Philadelphia Turns to Housing
PHILADELPHIA - About once a month, Milton Pratt gets an invitation to visit a vacant lot or field of rubble in North Philadelphia.
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VIRGINIA
RICHMOND—Developers will have to do more to win low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) in Virginia in 2008.
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ILLINOIS
CHICAGO—The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has made some significant changes to its 2008-2009 qualified allocation plan (QAP), revamping its setaside categories and offering incentives for lower-income targeting and green building techniques.
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ARIZONA
PHOENIX—For the second year running, Arizona’s Department of Housing (ADOH) has reorganized its tax credit competition without changing substantive goals.