Historic Tax Credits
Tax Reform Actualized and the Impact on Affordable Housing and Community Development
As we know, the President has signed what was originally titled Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most significant overhaul to the U.S. Tax Code since 1986. The President signed the Act into law after the first of the year in order to avoid some automatic spending cuts.
In its final form, this Tax …
Tax Reform – Proposed Legislation Protecting Affordable Housing
After legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act was pulled from the House floor last Friday, news headlines across the country began reporting that tax reform is next on the Trump Administration’s agenda. As noted in our prior blog post, tax reform that changes the corporate tax rate, the tax-exempt bonds program and the tax-credit…
Housing Plus welcomes housing attorney Maia Shanklin Roberts to the blogging team
We are excited that Maia Shanklin Roberts has joined Ballard Spahr LLP and our Housing Plus team. Maia’s background is in community development. She worked with the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and the Citywide Coordinating Committee on Youth Violence Prevention in Washington, D.C.
Maia is looking forward to bringing her keen insights …
Senate passes Tax Extender Package at 11th hour
The Senate passed the “Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014” (H.R. 5771) on Tuesday night just before Congress adjourned for 2014. As Molly Bryson described in her December 5, 2014 post following the House’s passage of the bill, the tax extenders package provides a one-year retroactive extension of certain tax provisions that expired at the…
National Trust for Historic Preservation and Urban Land Institute initiative studies and promotes building reuse in America’s cities
Recognizing the environmental, economic and community benefits of reusing vacant and blighted property, The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) created the Partnership for Building Reuse to bring together local partners and stakeholders to identify opportunities and address challenges related to the reuse of buildings in America’s cities. This…