Throughout the first six months of 2025, proponents of tax-exempt bond financing feared that Congress might eliminate the exemption of interest on such bonds from federal income taxation in its search for spending reductions...more
Tax-exempt municipal bonds avoided a potential worst-case scenario of elimination in the House-passed budget reconciliation bill — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The recently released tax language from the Senate Finance...more
Colorado is addressing a dearth of middle-income housing on multiple fronts, while other states are also realizing and responding to the need for more affordable housing for workforce families and individuals....more
A U.S. Tax Court decision entered on Feb. 20, 2024, in 23rd Chelsea Associates LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue held that bond issuance and related financing costs incurred in connection with the development of a...more
The availability of “affordable housing” has become a major issue in many cities, counties and states across the United States, and South Carolina is no exception. To help address the affordable housing shortage, in 2020,...more
On September 10, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee (the “Committee”) released proposed legislation providing for an expansion of affordable housing financing incentives in their portion of the $3.5 trillion...more
As we know, the President has signed what was originally titled Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most significant overhaul to the U.S. Tax Code since 1986. The President signed the Act into law after the first of the year in order...more
Maintaining the existing authority under the Code for private activity bonds (PABs) is vital to continuing public and private investments in infrastructure that support the economy and essential public services. Such...more
Did you know that an estimated 20 million people in the United States live in mobile home or manufactured home communities? These communities make up a significant component of the nation’s affordable housing stock....more