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Treasury's new working paper puts a hard number on the first seven years of Opportunity Zones: $112 billion of Opportunity Zone investments through the end of 2024, reaching more than 6,000 census tracts. Economic Innovation Group representatives unpack the data, including the finding that rural Opportunity Zones matched urban ones in reach at 77 percent, even as rural deals came in far smaller.

Michigan has enacted legislation that amends the State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966 to create the "Housing Opportunity Tax Credit" program. The program, administered by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), provides a nonrefundable tax credit against the state's personal and corporate income taxes, as well as the insurance premiums tax, for the development of qualified low-income housing projects.

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency sold $40 million in tax credits to fund affordable and workforce housing development. According to NJHMFA, the State Tax Credit Subsidy Program is the first of its scale offered by any state. The agency says the expansion of available supply in New Jersey will increase its ability to respond to the housing affordability crisis.

This study explores how 16 states and localities are testing new ways to finance mixed-income housing projects. These programs use a creative mix of financing strategies to make development financially feasible. Discover key considerations for states and localities when developing these programs based on a recent analysis.

Relentless demand for data center financing is pushing AI-related high-yield issuance to record highs, with the total value of high-yield bonds for U.S. AI infrastructure projects reaching $26.6 billion in the first four months of 2026. Bond structures are evolving quickly to protect investor interests while meeting issuer appetite.

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