A new report from the Urban Institute aims to demystify the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
Corianne Scally, Amanda Gold, and Nicole DuBois present a new research report for the Urban Institute that digs into the substance of the Los-Income Housing Tax Credit in an effort to "[advance] the discussion of how to maximize this vital program’s effects on the production and preservation of affordable rental housing across the country and how to improve its ability to serve low-income households as a key component of our federal safety net."
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San Francisco Suspends Traffic Calming Amidst Record Deaths
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Amtrak Rolls Out New Orleans to Alabama “Mardi Gras” Train
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San Antonio and Austin are Fusing Into one Massive Megaregion
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