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The LIHTC provides funding for the development costs of low-income housing by allowing an investor (usually the partners of a partnership that owns the housing) to take a federal tax credit equal to a percentage (either 4% or 9%, for 10 years, depending on the credit type) of the cost incurred for development of the low-income units in a rental housing project.
The Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) is a Federal housing grant program administered by HUD which assists Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects funded during 2007, 2008 and 2009. The TCAP program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which was signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009.
Since 1987, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit has become the most important resource for creating affordable housing in the United States, responsible for more than three million units of affordable housing. [4] NEF has invested over $16.75 billion in 2,494 housing developments, creating 158,907 affordable homes since its founding in 1987.
The president wants to increase the number of tax credits available for low-income housing developers and approve a $20 billion innovation fund for affordable housing expansion.
The federal government, through its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program (which in 2012 paid for construction of 90% of all subsidized rental housing in the US), spends $6 billion per year to finance 50,000 low-income rental units annually, with median costs per unit for new construction (2011–2015) ranging from $126,000 in Texas to $326,000 ...
Four prospective affordable housing developments in Fort Worth have received $2 million each in tax credits from the state’s public housing authority.. The grants, announced Thursday, provide a ...
This investment tax credit varies depending on the type of renewable energy project; solar, fuel cells ($1500/0.5 kW) and small wind (< 100 kW) are eligible for credit of 30% of the cost of development, with no maximum credit limit; there is a 10% credit for geothermal, microturbines (< 2 MW) and combined heat and power plants (< 50 MW). The ...
The federal LIHTC program fails to provide substantial affordable housing and cost efficiency. | Opinion Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: a flawed, ineffective policy with unfulfilled promises | Opinion