Notes from Novogradac
Any question about the level of interest in proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations concerning the opportunity zones (OZ) incentive was answered last Thursday.
On Feb. 14, Congress passed H.J. Res. 31, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 including fiscal year (FY) 2019 funding for Homeland Security, the Agriculture; Commerce, Justice, and Science; Financial Services and General Government, Interior and Environment; State and Foreign Operations; and Transportation-HUD (THUD) annual spending bills, averting another partial federal government shutdown that would have begun after the temporary stop-gap funding bill, the continuing resolution was scheduled to expire on Feb. 15.
As part of tax reform signed into law on Dec. 22, 2017, a new tax, the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), was implemented on international corporate taxpayers. The BEAT is intended to provide a new minimum tax for international taxpayers who make payments to overseas affiliates.
After a delay related to the 35-day partial government shutdown, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund awarded more than $142 million in Capital Magnet Funds (CMF) during its fourth funding round for fiscal year (FY) 2018 on Feb. 13. The 38 awardees were selected from 116 applications, which requested more than $570 million in awards this CMF round.
Background
As changes to Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations are considered and developed, it is imperative to consider how those changes could affect regulated financial institutions and their investment and lending activities.
In the affordable housing community, the concept of opportunity areas has drawn increasing interest and consideration, particularly in recent research. For housing advocates, understanding what constitutes a high opportunity area and how living there can benefit low-income residents will inform decisions on where to locate affordable rental housing so that the best possible outcomes are realized by residents.
Background
Like little children on the eve of their birthday, from tenant to landlord to investor, people around the country are anxiously awaiting the 2019 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) income limits (or maybe it is just the few of us who have chosen to read this blog post). Either way as the calendar turns to a new year, our thoughts turn to HUD income limits.
When will income limits be released?
Since the expiration of the continuing resolution to fund portions of the federal government, including the Treasury Department, on Dec. 21, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has suspended its services, including access to the CDFI Fund help desks and the CDFI Fund Awards Management Information System (AMIS). Because non-essential CDFI Fund staff, including New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program office staff, have been furloughed the partial U.S.
New data about existing affordable rental housing paints a worsening picture of the affordable housing crisis. Recent research by the University of Pennsylvania shines a light on the potential loss of more than 1 million homes of federally subsidized housing from the affordable housing stock. The major threats to affordable housing are highlighted, including how changes in funding can lead to housing loss. Current events put this particular risk factor in stark relief – the ongoing partial government shutdown is exacerbating and accelerating the problem of preservation, with 1,150 U.S.
On Jan. 3, the first day of the 116th Congress, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act including funding for the Agriculture; Commerce, Justice, and Science; Financial Services and General Government, Interior and Environment; State and Foreign Operations; and Transportation-HUD (THUD) annual spending bills, enabling the federal agencies the bills fund to reopen during the partial government shutdown that began Dec. 21.
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