The Republican Party’s much-touted “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes a $14 billion bailout for some of America’s worst-run cities, all thanks to the proposed expansion of the Low-Income Housing ...

President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it's drawn criticism for not doing enough to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Sep 03, 2025, 09:30am EDT The LIHTC provides too little housing for too ...

Over its nearly 40-year history, the federal low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program has been both a success story and a target for various forms of fraud. The LIHTC program has been credited ...

The LIHTC is a credit against regular tax liability for investments in affordable housing projects acquired and rehabilitated after 1986. Generally speaking, the credit is available annually over a ...

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On July 3, 2025, the United States House of Representatives passed the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), which was subsequently signed into law by the President on July 4, ...

The White House is doubling the budget at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a key affordable housing incentive. The two agencies' new cap for investment in Low Income Housing Tax Credits is $2B each, up ...

For developers trying to finance an affordable housing project, the process is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle — but every piece comes with a fee to take it out of the box and requires attorneys ...

Ethan Xu is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Richard Stern / @RichAStern Richard Stern is director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The ...