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Search Results: Historic Preservation
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Federal Historic Tax Credits: Annual Report 2010
This annual report on the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program was produced by the National Park Service. The report presents the number of jobs and dollars produced by the incentives and discusses the relationship between federal and state...
Brownfields 2011: TIF, Tax Credits & Creative FinancingMembers only Login
Toby Rittner, CDFA President & CEO, gave this presentation on creative financing at the Brownfields 2011 conference. This document provides an overview of TIF and federal tax credit programs, which are financing tools that can be successfully...
Cleveland - Midwest Tax Credit PowerhouseMembers only Login
Written by John Leith-Tetrault for the March 2011 issue of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, this article reviews Cleveland's historic success with tax credits. Leith-Tetrault starts with Reagan's cuts to HUD and follows the growth of...
Remaking the Case for Tax Credits
In the January 2011 issue of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, Michael J. Novogradac outlines this basics of low-income housing tax credits, renewable energy tax credits, historic tax credits, and new market tax credits. In light of 2010's...
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Case Study
This Ohio Department of Development document is a case study of a state historic tax credit deal closed in May of 2010.
HUD Prohibition of the Escrowing of Tax Credit Equity; Final RuleMembers only Login
This final rule, in accordance with a provision in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, bars HUD from requiring the escrowing of equity from the sales of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), historic tax credits (HTCs) and new markets...
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program: 2009 Annual Report
The Ohio Department of Development compiled this report that documents the use of the state's three-year-old historic preservation tax credit program.
New Equity Search Tool
New Equity Daily has launched this free online search tool that allows you to use key words to identify the financing products available for your business and/or real estate project. At this time, the search is only available for Chicago, but New...
Access to Capital & Investment Tools - Michigan Credits & Incentives
This presentation given by Gregory Burkart of Duff & Phelps, LLP at the CDFA Michigan Financing Roundtable 2010 Economic Development Finance Conference discusses Michigan Tax Credits and Incentives available.
First Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic Tax CreditMembers only Login
The Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University released this report examining the background and evolution of the federal historic tax credit (HTC) in the United States. This study presents quantitative and qualitative information...
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Round 4 Information Now Available
The Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Round 4 application information is now available. This program provides a tax credit for the rehabilitation expenses to owners of historically significant buildings. Applications received during...
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program: Overview
This presentation created by the Ohio Department of Development provides an overview of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program. This presentation provides guidance to its Round 4 application process as well as eligibility requirements.
The Fundamentals of Economic Development Finance: Historic Tax CreditsMembers only Login
This presentation by Albert Rex of MacRostie Historic Advisors gives an overview of the federal historic tax credit program.
Using Historic Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits to Finance Green and Sustainable DevelopmentMembers only Login
This presentation by Andrew Potts of Nixon Peabody focuses on the use of historic tax credits and New Markets Tax Credits to finance green and sustainable projects. It includes case studies of several completed projects.
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program: 2008 Annual Report
This report from the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) summarizes the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program through 2008. In two rounds of applications, the program has approved 89 projects. The report also includes case studies of...
Case Studies in Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation: Number 4: Northern Hotel, Fort Collins, Colorado
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service has issued this case study to highlight successful examples of affordable housing projects that utilize the historic rehabilitation tax credit program. This case study describes how tax...
Case Studies in Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation: Number 3: Shelly School Apartments, West York, PennsylvaniaMembers only Login
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service has issued this case study to highlight successful examples of affordable housing projects that utilize the historic rehabilitation tax credit program. This case study explains how PPG...
Case Studies in Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation: Number 1: Pacific Hotel, Seattle, WashingtonMembers only Login
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service provides this case study on how the historic preservation tax credit program was used to help transform the Leamington Hotel & Apartments into the Pacific Hotel. This detailed case study...
Case Studies in Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation: Number 2: Carnegie Place Apartments, Sioux City, IowaMembers only Login
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service has issued this case study to highlight successful examples of affordable housing projects that utilize the historic rehabilitation tax credit program. For the Carnegie Place apartments...
Federal & Missouri State Tax Credits for the Rehabilitation of Historic BuildingsMembers only Login
The state of Missouri compares its historic rehabilitations tax credit programs with the federal government’s. This two-page document does a side-by-side comparison of the two programs.
Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program General Filing Instructions
This fact sheet provides a brief overview and filing instructions for the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program.
Historic Preservation Tax Credits: State Programs
Julie Langan, Director, Resource Service & Review with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, discusses state-based historic preservation tax credit programs. The presentation address basic elements of historic preservation tax credits,...
Preservation Tax Incentives for Historic Buildings
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service produced this guide to highlight the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program. The booklet explains the incentives, defines tax credits and highlights various programs offered...
Comparison of the Ohio and Federal Historic Tax CreditsMembers only Login
Squires, Sanders & Dempsy LLP compares the Ohio Rehabilitation Tax Credit program and the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. The guide succinctly compares the two programs using a question and answer format.
National Trust Community Investment Corporation: Historic Tax CreditsMembers only Login
Corinne Ingrassia, of the National Trust Community Investment Corporation, talks about both Historical and New Market Tax Credit programs and how they can be combined together to receive a larger return on investment at the CDFA Annual Summit.
Historic Tax Credits Overview - Bill MacRostie (Jan 2008)Members only Login
Rehabilitation tax credits were established to discourage unnecessary demolition of older buildings and to slow capital flight from older urban areas. This incentive offers a credit against total federal taxes owed, which is taken for the year in...
Elder Street Artists Lofts, Houston Texas Tax Credit Case Study - Rick Slagle, Apollo Equity Partners (Nov 2006)Members only Login
The Elder Street Artists Lofts in Houston, Texas is prime example of how a developer has used tax credits in an innovative manner to redevelop an old hospital into useable and high demand artist studio and live/work space.
Tax Credit Resource Center
CDFA's Tax Credit Resource Library is a one-stop center for resources on a wide variety of resources dedicated to this economic development tool. Browse the Library for information about state and federal programs for housing, brownfields...
Federal Historic Rehab Tax CreditMembers only Login
Presentation by William G. MacRostie from MacRostie Historic Advisors LLC on the federal historic rehab tax credit program with case studies and best practice examples. This is a large file and may take a few minutes to open and/or download.
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Case Study - Downcity ProvidenceMembers only Login
The recent revitalization of a number of buildings in Downcity Providence was not financially feasible until the adoption of the Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit program. Since the program’s inception, approximately $54 million has been...
Economic Impact Analysis: Historic Preservation Tax Credit - Rhode Island
In legislation effective January 1, 2002, the State of Rhode Island created economic incentives for the purpose of stimulating the redevelopment and reuse of its estimated 900 historic commercial properties, structures primarily found in city, town...
Model State Policy - State Tax Credits for Historic Preservation
By 2005 roughly half the states in the country had adopted laws creating credits against state taxes to provide incentives for the appropriate rehabilitation of historic buildings. In most cases these tax credits take the form of the very successful...
The Economics of Historic Preservation - Brookings InstitutionMembers only Login
The methods of determining the value of historic preservation vary widely, and several challenges persist in applying economic methods to the field. This discussion paper, which is followed with an extensive and annotated bibliography, reviews the...
MacRostie Historic Advisors
MacRostie Historic Advisors provides consulting services on a nationwide basis to developers, lenders and investors active in the rehabilitation of older and historic income-producing real estate. With a focus on federal and state historic...
Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program (US Dept. of Interior)
The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives program is a cost-effective community revitalization program. The program fosters private sector rehabilitation of historic buildings and promotes economic revitalization. It also provides an...
Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit PresentationMembers only Login
Presentation from Bill MacRostie on the use of the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit program as presented at the 2005 CDFA Annual Conference.
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
The National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers is the professional association of the State government officials who carry out the national historic preservation program as delegates of the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the...
CDFA Spotlight: Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program
CDFA Fact Sheet providing information on the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program, the nations most powerful historic rehab and preservation assistance program.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
NCPTT advances the application of science and technology to historic preservation. Working in the fields of archeology, architecture, landscape architecture and materials conservation, the Center accomplishes its mission through training, education,...
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and...
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