JD Supra

5 Key Considerations for Defending Against Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Fraud Allegations

Over its nearly 40-year history, the federal low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program has been both a success story and a target for various forms of fraud. The LIHTC program has been credited ...
Reason

Why Do Republicans Support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?

President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it's drawn criticism for not doing enough to ...
Forbes

Low Income Housing Tax Credit Still Needs Transparency And Reform

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Sep 03, 2025, 09:30am EDT The LIHTC provides too little housing for too ...
San Francisco Fed

Low-income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)

The LIHTC is a credit against regular tax liability for investments in affordable housing projects acquired and rehabilitated after 1986. Generally speaking, the credit is available annually over a ...
JD Supra

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Reform: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Effect on Affordable Housing

On July 3, 2025, the United States House of Representatives passed the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), which was subsequently signed into law by the President on July 4, ...
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The History of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

This April, over 150 Republicans and Democrats in Congress came together to introduce the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. The bill aims to address a crisis plaguing nearly every U.S. city: ...
Bisnow

Fannie, Freddie Can Now Invest Up To $4B In LIHTC Projects

The White House is doubling the budget at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a key affordable housing incentive. The two agencies' new cap for investment in Low Income Housing Tax Credits is $2B each, up ...
Time

The History of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit—And How it Could Improve Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Deb Cohn-Orbach—Universal ...
Bisnow

'Affordable Housing Is An Oxymoron': Why Homes For Low-Income Renters Are Far More Expensive To Build

For developers trying to finance an affordable housing project, the process is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle — but every piece comes with a fee to take it out of the box and requires attorneys ...
The Business Journals

Expansion of affordable housing programs in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Originally passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on ...
Business Wire

Walker & Dunlop Closes $240 Million LIHTC Investment Fund for Affordable Housing Across Ten States

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today the successful closing of Fund 124, a $240 million Multi-Investor Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Investment Fund aimed at ...