The CDFA Virtual National Summit happening November 1-5. Sessions will focus on finding solutions to challenges we continue to face with COVID-19, but will also pivot to look at community, housing, infrastructure, and real estate finance opportunities. Join us for sessions on Investing in Equitable Community Development as well as Investing in Minority Developers. Through pragmatic and action-oriented discussion, presentations, case studies, and interactive networking, this event will bring together the development finance community.

After losing the centerpiece of his climate agenda just a week before heading to a major global warming summit, President Joe Biden intends to make the case that the United States has a new plan that will still meet its ambitions to sharply cut greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. The administration's strategy now consists of a three-pronged approach of generous tax incentives for wind, solar, and other clean energy.

A revenue procedure from the Internal Revenue Service allocates nearly $7.8 million–the largest amount in 21 years–of unused low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) to 29 states. The 2021 amount is roughly triple the average amount for the past 25 years and the most since $16.6 million in unused credits were allocated in 1995.

The House Ways and Means Committee approved its portion of the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better reconciliation legislation, which includes the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Novogradac analyzed several primary low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) unit financing provisions in the reconciliation bill and found that an estimated 1,380,500 additional affordable rental homes could be financed over 10 years if the bill were enacted.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that a new $76 million development with 201 mixed-income affordable homes and a 22,000-square-foot fresh food market will open soon in Buffalo's Central Business District. State financing includes $10.5 million in permanent tax-exempt bonds, $21.8 million in equity from Federal and State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, a $19.1 million subsidy from New York State Homes and Community Renewal, and $12 million in equity from state Brownfield tax credits.

The city of Pittsburgh was awarded three low-income housing tax credits, bringing 112 affordable housing units to the city's Allentown, Fairywood, and Hill District neighborhoods. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program supports the development and rehabilitation of affordable housing. The program provides an annual tax credit for owners of affordable rental properties for the first 10 years of operation.

In the multifamily industry, 4% LIHTCs have long served as a crucial tool in the financing of affordable housing across the country. Congress aims to further bolster equity participation in affordable housing transactions by increasing the amount of 4% LIHTCs available for affordable housing projects through a reduction of the required amount of tax-exempt bonds that must be utilized for projects to benefit from the program and expanding the types of projects eligible for basis boosts.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced the approval of assistance for 12 projects set to create 2,426 new jobs and retain 3,252 jobs statewide. During its monthly meeting, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (TCA) reviewed economic development proposals brought to the board by JobsOhio and its regional partners. Collectively, the projects are expected to result in more than $108 million in new payroll and spur more than $162 million in investments across Ohio.

CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: When it Comes to Financing Smart Cities, What Counts as Smart?
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Affordable Housing Finance - Market Rate/Affordable/Low-Income
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

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Many economic development organizations (EDOs) have embraced the mission to support entrepreneurial firms in their communities. EDOs engage in their entrepreneurial ecosystems, in part, by providing resources, sometimes in the form of business incentives. The purpose of this report is to provide practitioners and policymakers with insights regarding the use of these incentives and guidance for offering incentives to entrepreneurial firms.

Novogradac conducted an analysis of the private activity bond (PAB) financed by test for low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). The analysis determined that lowering the financed by test for PAB test from the current law threshold of 50 percent to 40 percent would "free" nearly $37.5 billion in PAB cap over 2021-30 that could be allocated for more affordable rental housing or other PAB-eligible uses.

This webinar discussed how Bonds, Tax Increment Finance, Tax Credits as well as the litany of federal funding through recent legislation can work for your project and ultimately the community that is benefitting.

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