2021 Housing Credit Media Coverage
- 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).
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)
- 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)
Previous Coverage of the Housing Credit
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)
- Bloomberg News: “Lawmakers Eye Tax Credit in Bipartisan Affordable Housing Bill” – Mackenzie Hawkins (June 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)
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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