Tag: low-income housing tax credit
Student Corner: The Community Reinvestment Act & LIHTC: How changes in the banking sector could affect affordable housing
October 3, 2019
Over the past few decades, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has become the nation’s most important policy to incentivize the creation of affordable housing. LIHTC, administered in North Carolina through the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, allocates credits to private developers who t … Read more
Student Corner: Strategies for Creating Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
August 6, 2019
Durham County hired the Development Finance Initiative (DFI) in 2017 to help redevelop two county-owned parcels in downtown. Though currently serving as surface parking for county employees, the two sites are located adjacent to recent high-end residential development, government and institutional s … Read more