2023 Housing Credit Media Coverage
- The Hill: “Congress can help make housing affordable — it just has to act” – Former Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) & Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (December 2023)
- Fox News Sunday: “Sunday, September 3” – Dr. Jared Bernstein, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (transcript) (September 2023)
- ABA Banking Journal: “ABA urges support for affordable housing tax credit bills” (August 2023)
- The Hill: “The 30-year clock is running out on affordable housing” – Dennis C. Shea, Executive Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy (August 2023)
- Fox News Sunday: “America must do more to expand its affordable housing supply: Jared Bernstein” – Dr. Jared Bernstein, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (July 2023)
- The Hill: “Republicans: Affordable housing isn’t just the Democrats’ issue” – Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) & Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) (February 2023)
- Politico Pro: “The end-of-year talks begin” (September 2023)
- Urban Land Institute: “Outlook for Housing Attainability” (August 2023)
- Connect CRE: “The Reasons Behind the Affordable Housing Lack: Q&A with NRP Group’s Aaron Pechota” – Amy Wolff Sorter (June 2023)
- Multi-Housing News: “How Affordable Housing Developers Solve the Funding Puzzle” – Gail Kalinosky (June 2023)
- Politico Pro: “U.S. corporations face first new tax disclosure demands” – Benjamin Guggenheim (June 2023)
- Bloomberg Tax: “Housing Tax Bill Backers Eye Way Ahead Amid Headwinds” – Samantha Handler (May 2023)
- Politico Pro: “A tale of two tax hearings” – Benjamin Guggenheim (May 2023)
- Bloomberg Tax: “Lawmakers Revive Push to Expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit” – Samantha Handler (May 2023)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “AHCIA Introduced in the House and Senate” – Donna Kimura (May 2023)
- Forbes: “Macroeconomic Trends Stalling Affordable Housing Development” – Jeff Steele (April 2023)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “DelBene Shares Plans for AHCIA” – Donna Kimura (March 2023)
- Politico Pro: “Looking ahead on housing” – Bernie Becker (March 2023)
- Reuters: “Housing Advocates Urge Congress to Enact Tax Policies for New Homebuyers” – Jeff Carlson (March 2023)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Housing Leaders Urge Support for AHCIA and Other Tax Incentives” – Donna Kimura (March 2023)
- Bloomberg Tax: “Senators Eye Housing Bills for Bipartisan Tax Policy Push” – Samantha Handler (March 2023)
- Politico Pro: “New global tax guidelines will shield key U.S. tax breaks, Treasury says” – Benjamin Guggenheim (February 2023)
- Crain’s Chicago: “Mayors press Congress for big expansion of affordable housing tax credits” (September 2023)
- WFIE: “U.S. Senator Todd Young to visit Evansville on housing affordability tour” – Monica Watkins (July 2023)
- WGLT: “‘Imperative’: New report urges investment in specific type of low-income housing in McLean County” – Lyndsay Jones (July 2023)
- WVPE & WVXU: “Young discusses need for affordable housing during statewide tour” – Brandon Smith (both) (June 2023)
Previous Coverage of the Housing Credit
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Investing in Affordable Housing Would be a Rare, Bipartisan Win” – Rick Lazio, Chair, Enterprise Community Partners (December 2022)
- The Hill: “In this season of giving, let’s provide more affordable housing” – Richard Burns, CEO & Trustee, the NHP Foundation (December 2022)
- Bloomberg Tax: “Let’s use tax incentives to help solve homelessness problems.” – Roberta Davis (August 2022)
- The Real Deal: “The Problems Facing the Affordable Housing Industry – and How We Can Solve Them” – Alliant Strategic Development (July 2022)
- Rebusiness Online: “Multifamily Industry Must Band Together to Navigate Challenges in Affordable Housing” – Marge Novak (June 2022)
- Wall St. Journal: “America Needs More Houses” – Suzanne Clark and Brian Deese (May 2022)
- The Hill: “Solving the housing crisis requires long-term federal investment” – Nicole Taylor and Jennifer Loving (May 2022)
- Shelterforce: “Eviction reduction should be an explicit goal of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program” – Glenda Krouse Matute, Dan Immergluck, & Clarence Messler (April 2022)
- Politico: “When It Comes to Inflation, Our Focus Should Be On the Cost of Housing” – Jonathan Reckford (March 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “To Build Back Better, We Need All Hands on Deck” – Emily Cadik, ACTION Steering Committee Member and executive director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (October 2021)
- CNN Business: “The housing crisis will continue if Congress fails to address its root cause” – Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi (October 2021)
- lohud: “We can end New York’s affordable housing crisis. Congress must come through” – Rachel Fee (October 2021)
- American Banker: “A bipartisan plan to tackle housing insecurity” – Scott Hoekman, ACTION Campaign Co-Chair (April 2021)
- The Hill, “Housing is critical infrastructure — federal spending must prioritize it” -Priscilla Almodovar, Enterprise Community Partners President and CEO and Tom Wright, Regional Planning Association President and CEO (May 2021).
Smart Cities Dive, “Housing is healthcare. It’s time for Congress to shore up LIHTC,” – David Rowe, executive vice president, CAMBA/CAMBA Housing Ventures (August 2020)
The Hill, “Housing can play a role in leading an economic recovery – here’s how Congress can help” – Dean Mon, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (June 2020).
The Hill: “Troubling trends in housing for the new decade” – Richard F. Burns (January 2020)
The Mercury News: “How Congress can help solve California’s housing crisis” – Jimmy Panetta (December 2019)
Cleveland.com: “Affordable housing is the missing link in Democratic debates: Mark McDermott” – Mark McDermott (October 2019)
Berkshire Eagle, “Neal leading push for affordable housing” – Bart Mitchell, Community Builders President and CEO (August 2019)
OC Register: “Working Across the Aisle on Housing” – Michael Massie (July 2019)
New York Times: “Taming the High Cost of Rental Housing” -Emily Cadik (July 2019)
The Hill: “Budding housing crisis must be nipped now” David Dworkin (December 2018)
The Salt Lake Tribune: “Commentary: By expanding affordable housing, Congress strengthens our economy and health” Grant Whitaker (December 2018)
The Nevada Independent: “On affordable housing, Nevadans need to work together” – Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (September 2018)
Herald Journal: “LIHTC program must continue to receive support” – Dawn Gallaway (August 2018)
Affordable Housing Finance: “Affordable Housing Crisis Spurs Greater Activity on Capitol Hill” – David Gasson (July 2018)
Affordable Housing Finance: “A Bipartisan Victory for Affordable Housing” – Bob Moss & David Gasson (March 2018)
- Route Fifty: “The Fight to Expand the Low-income Housing Tax Credit” – Kery Murakami (December 2022)
- Politico Pro: “Housing groups urge Congress to boost low-income tax credit” – Katy O’Donnell (December 2022)
- Politico: “The Fed crashed the housing market. Builders and banks want help.” – Katy O’Donnell (November 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “What’s Next for the LIHTC Market?” – Donna Kimura (November 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Lawmakers Call for LIHTC Expansion to Be Included in Year-End Legislation” – (November 2022)
- Law360: “54 Reps. Push For Expansion Of Low-Income Housing Credit” – Asha Glover (November 2022)
- Bisnow: “2,500 Groups Urge Congress To Pass Affordable Housing Legislation As Economy Keeps People Renting” – Maddy McCarty (November 2022)
- Multi-Housing News: “Financing Affordable Senior Housing Gets More Challenging” – Joe Gose (September 2022)
- Globe St.: “Diverse Loan Options: The Best Bet to Beat the Affordable Housing Crisis” – Kelsi Borland (June 2022)
- ABC News: “People living with disabilities disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis” – Elizabeth Ruiz (June 2022)
- Reuters: “U.S. Treasury’s new tribal office takes aim at tax, finance inequities -Yellen” – David Lawder (June 2022)
- Multi-Housing News: “How Biden’s Housing Action Plan Impacts Multifamily” – Gail Kalinoski (May 2022)
- Multi-Housing News: “Biden Administration Announces Housing Supply Action Plan” – Gail Kalinoski (May 2022)
- Shelterforce: “What Can be Done When LIHTC Affordability Restrictions Expire?” – Brandon Duong (April 2022)
- Rebusiness Online: “Utilizing Tax Credits to Create Affordable Housing in High-Opportunity Communities” – Sarah Daniels (April 2022)
- Pew: “Rising Construction Costs Stall Affordable Housing Projects” – Kristian Hernandez (April 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Rising Costs Hit Affordable Housing Projects” – Donna Kimura (March 2022)
- Reuters: “New operational guidelines for affordable housing projects” – Christina Sprecher, Stephen Sparks, and Mackenzie Giannotti (February 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Capital Markets Outlook Remains Stable for 2022” – Donna Kimura (January 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Advocates Continue to Push Affordable Housing Priorities” – (January 2022)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “LIHTC Properties Maintain Their Strength During Pandemic.” (November 2021)
- Bloomberg News: “Lawmakers Eye Tax Credit in Bipartisan Affordable Housing Bill” – Mackenzie Hawkins (June 2021)
Multi-Housing News: “LIHTC Has Outsized Role in Poverty-Stricken Rural Areas” – Lew Sichelman (January 2021)
Multi-Housing News: “Key Predictions for the Affordable Housing Market in 2021” – Evelyn Jozsa (January 2021)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “A Crisis Compounded: Affordable Housing Critical for National Response” – Emily Cadik (April 2020)
- Novogradac: “HUD LIHTC Tenant Report Highlights its Continued Positive Impact for Vulnerable Populations” – Peter Lawrence (April 2020)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Massive COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes Funding for Key Housing Programs” – Donna Kimura (March 2020)
- The Washington Post: “The Conundrum Affordable Housing Poses for the Nation” – Jared Bernstein, Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi (January 2020)
- The Hill: “Congress must take action on affordable housing legislation” – Emily Cadik (November 2019)
- Novogradac: “How QAPs Would be Affected by the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2019” -Mark Shelburne (July 2019)
- Curbed: “New affordable housing bill aims to add 1.9M units nationwide” – Patrick Sisson (June 2019)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “LIHTC Expansion Bill Reintroduced” – Donna Kimura (June 2019)
- Politico: “6 ways Washington could make housing more affordable” – Katy O’Donnell (November 2018)
- Marketplace: “Rebuilding a neighborhood, one house at a time” – Amy Scott (August 2018)
- Urban Institute: “How the Tax Cut and Jobs Act puts affordable housing production at risk” – Corianne Scally, Amanda Gold, Nicole BuBois (July 2018)
- The New York Times: ” These 95 Apartments Promised Affordable Rent in San Francisco. Then 6,580 People Applied” – Emily Badger (May 2018)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “Study Examines How Living in LIHTC Properties Impacts Residents” – Donna Kimura (May 2018)
- National Real Estate Investor: “Congress Helps Affordable Housing Developers” – Bendix Anderson (April 2018)
- Reuters: “Homeless in Seattle celebrate $3 billion affordable housing victory” – Gregory Scruggs (March 2018)
- American Banker: “Low Income Housing Tax Credit gets boost from spending bill” – Brian Collins (March 2018)
- The New York Times: “Budget Deal in Congress Includes Help for Affordable Housing” – Conor Dougherty (March 2018)
- Affordable Housing Finance: “LIHTC Increase Included in Spending Bill” – Donna Kimura (March 2018)
- “Federal Housing Policy Turns to Technical Tweaks Amid Indifferent Congress” – Patrick Sisson (August 2022)
- CT Mirror: “Low-income housing boosts CT’s local real estate values” – Dan Smolnik (July 2022)
- Bucks County Courier Times: “Sellersville apartments open for low-income seniors struggling to stay put in Bucks County” – James McGinnis (May 2022)
- VermontBiz: “Tax credits combine with pandemic relief funds to support affordable Vermont apartments” – (May 2022)
- Rebusiness Online: “Wendover Housing Opens 131-Unit Hartland Station Affordable Housing Community in Atlanta” – John Nelson (May 2022)
- Arizona Public Media: “Tucson brings in few affordable housing programs through federal tax credits” – Megan Myscofski (April 2022)
- CBS Baltimore: “Hogan’s $200 Million Affordable Housing Package To Create 6,000 Affordable Housing Units In Maryland” – (April 2022)
- Monroe News-Star: “Looking for a place to live? New East Carroll Parish housing development in Lake Providence” – Ian Robinson (March 2022)
- Atlanta Civic Circle: “Peoplestown project puts Beltline halfway to affordable housing goal, but more units needed” – Sean Keenan (March 2022)
- Cleveland.com: “Cleveland housing advocate asks congressional committee to expand tax credits to address skyrocketing housing costs” – Sabrina Eaton (March 2022)
- Stamford Advocate: “Connecticut’s lagging residential construction hurts affordable housing supply, experts say” – Ginny Monk (February 2022)
- Yahoo! Finance: “Africatown Community Land Trust and Community Roots Housing Break Ground on Affordable Mixed Use Development in Central Seattle” – (February 2022)
- My Central Jersey: “Edison officials open new 172-unit affordable family and veterans housing at Camp Kilmer.” (November 2021)
- The Columbus Dispatch: “Homeport affordable-housing project near Easton Town Center edging closer to construction.” (November 2021)
- The Laconia Daily Sun: “Hassan-backed bill would expand Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.” (October 2021)
- Patch: “Huge Affordable Housing Project Hits Finish Line In East Orange.” (May 2021)
- Milwaukee Independent: “Restoration of a National Treasure: Grand Opening of Soldiers Home Returns Site to the Service of Veterans.” (May 2021)
- What Now Atlanta: “Developers Open Decatur Crossing Senior Affordable Housing Project.” (May 2021)
- WCNC Charlotte: “’Our homeless neighbors are human beings:’ County leaders working to find permanent housing for Tent City residents.” (February 2021)
- VTDigger: “Congress expands access to affordable housing.” (February 2021)
- Greenville Journal: “Piecing together the senior housing puzzle.” (February 2021)
New Jersey Business Magazine: “$22M Redevelopment of Pilgrim Baptist Village Apartments Completed” (June 2021)
AZ Central: “How the coronavirus pandemic collided with America’s critical shortage of housing” – Matthew A. Rieger (April 2020)
The Weekly Journal: “Not in my Backyard” – Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz (January 2020)
Seattle Medium: “Durkan Leads Coalition Of Nearly 50 Bipartisan Mayors In Support Of Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act Of 2019” (December 2019)
The Berkshire Eagle: “Neal leading push for affordable housing” – Bart Mitchell (August 2019)
Sacramento Bee: “Corporate tax cuts blocked at least 15,000 affordable homes in California. Here’s how” – Kate Irby (July 2019)
Bisnow Boston: “Boston’s Affordable Housing Plan Notches Best Year Yet, But Leaders Want More” – Cameron Sperance (April 2019)
The Seattle Times: “Cantwell provision in federal spending bill to boost housing tax credits by $3B” – Daniel Beekman (March 2018)
The Spokane-Review: “Cantwell, local legislators move to combat housing crisis” – Nicholas Deshais (March 2018)
The Columbian: “Senators’ push for housing, kids pays off” – Katy Sword (March 2018)
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