Today the Senate Finance Committee released its portion of the updated Build Back Better reconciliation bill, which would provide an historic investment in the Housing Credit and finance 819,900 affordable... read more →
This morning the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better reconciliation bill (see bill text and section-by-section), which could finance nearly 812,000 additional affordable homes than otherwise possible over the next decade by investing nearly $12... read more →
An amended version of the Build Back Better reconciliation legislation released November 3 (see bill text and section-by-section) proposes an historic investment in the Housing Credit – nearly $12 billion... read more →
Last night the House Ways and Means Committee released its draft of the Infrastructure Financing and Community Development portion of the Build Back Better reconciliation legislation (see bill text and section-by-section), which proposes the... read more →
Today a majority of the House Democratic caucus called on House leadership to expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) as part of any infrastructure reconciliation legislation. Led by... read more →
Yesterday Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced his sweeping proposal to address our nation’s affordable housing crisis, the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (the DASH Act)... read more →
The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition applauds the reintroduction of legislation that could expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) to finance more than 2 million additional... read more →
Today the IRS held a hearing on proposed Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) Average Income Test Regulations, in which Emily Cadik, Executive Director of the AHTCC, and Michael Gaber,... read more →
After a tumultuous day in Washington, D.C., the AHTCC is looking ahead to resuming our work with our partners in Congress. Members of Congress, their staff, and those who work... read more →
On December 27, President Trump signed a bipartisan year-end legislative package including a minimum 4 percent Housing Credit rate along with a disaster Housing Credit allocation, $25 billion in emergency... read more →
Yesterday congressional negotiators struck a deal on a bipartisan year-end legislative package, which would provide significant new resources for affordable housing at a time of increasingly urgent need, including the AHTCC’s... read more →
The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) looks forward to working with President-Elect Joseph Biden, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, and the Biden-Harris Transition Team to ensure that every American has... read more →
Today with over 37,000 American veterans experiencing homelessness and more than 660,000 low-income veterans paying more than half of their income on rent, Veterans Day should drive a renewed effort... read more →
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and lead sponsor of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have introduced the Emergency Affordable Housing Act of... read more →
Today House leadership released the text of their $1.5 trillion infrastructure proposal – HR 2, the Moving Forward Act (see outline, section-by-section, and bill text). The AHTCC applauds the bill’s... read more →
Today Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN), the lead sponsors of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 3077), sent a letter... read more →
AHTCC Calls on Congress and Administration to Provide Critical Affordable Housing Relief In an op-ed in Affordable Housing Finance, AHTCC Executive Director Emily Cadik calls on Congress to provide legislative... read more →
More than half of all members of the U.S. House of Representatives are cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to address America’s affordable housing crisis by expanding and strengthening the Low-Income... read more →
In a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today on President Trump’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed interest in working with Congress to strengthen... read more →
In an op-ed published in The Hill, AHTCC Executive Director Emily Cadik calls on Congress to tackle our nation's skyrocketing housing costs by passing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act.... read more →