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Jun 14

New Research: Balancing Priorities in State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Policies

  • June 14, 2016
  • 2016 News, Housing Credit

Earlier this month, Enterprise Community Partners released Giving Due Credit: Balancing Priorities in State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Policies, a report which explores efforts to balance cost control with building quality and resident opportunity in affordable rental housing.

Enterprise reviewed the Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs) for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) allocating agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City and the U.S. territories. The research identified leading practices for the cost-effective production and preservation of affordable housing that is well-located, durable, sustainable, and connected to good schools, jobs, transit and health care. The report also addresses the impact of cost-related measures on affirmatively furthering fair housing, through efforts to both revitalize distressed communities and build affordable homes in neighborhoods of opportunity.

Giving Due Credit examines overall approaches to managing the Housing Credit program as well as specific provisions, incentives and tools. It also discusses the numerous options and trade-offs that policy makers and housing developers face, as well as examples of where specific incentives and provisions can have unintended effects on ostensibly unrelated priorities.

Based on this analysis, Giving Due Credit offers the following broad recommendations:

  • Agencies should consider the cumulative impact of QAP provisions on costs and quality.
  • Point-based incentives and weighting should be structured so that no single provision is effectively mandatory.
  • Cost and subsidy limits should reflect differences in development type and location.
  • Cost, design and construction standards should account for and encourage long-term savings.
  • Funding sources and regulatory compliance should be coordinated and streamlined.
  • Agencies should encourage innovation through the use of pilot initiatives.
  • Progress toward agency goals should be measured and the results disseminated.

This post is adapted from “New Enterprise Research – Giving Due Credit: Balancing Priorities in State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Policies” on Enterprise’s Housing Horizon blog. For more information on this research, contact Michael A. Spotts at Enterprise.

 

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