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Twenty-nine members of Congress last week sent a letter to the heads of the three agencies that oversee the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), urging them to work with civil rights groups and community groups while updating the CRA. The letter was sent to the heads of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Betsy DeVos, the U.S. secretary of education, announced that a consulting firm was awarded a contract to conduct outreach to promote the creation and expansion of public charter schools in opportunity zones (OZs). According to the Department of Education, more than 70 percent of OZs don’t have a public charter school option.
Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate for president, today released a housing plan that requires permanent affordability for homes funded by the 9 percent low-income housing tax credit. O’Rourke, a former U.S. congressman from Texas, also proposes a $400 billion investment in the National Housing Trust Fund and a $60 billion investment in the Capital Magnet Fund over a decade.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed into law a bill to create a state historic tax credit (HTC). S.B. 451 creates a state HTC for 20 percent of qualified rehabilitation expenditures (QREs), with an increase to 25 percent of QREs that meet certain criteria, including affordable housing.
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet today posted a housing plan on his website that includes a call for a 50 percent increase in allocation of 9 percent low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), as well as other proposals that are part of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act. Bennet, a U.S.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a list of Community Reinvestment Act performance evaluations that became public during September. Of 35 evaluations made public, 21 are satisfactory, 13 are outstanding and one is rated as needs to improve. The list of evaluations contains national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week released the 2019-2020 priority guidance plan, which established guidance priorities for the Department of the Treasury and IRS for the period from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.
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