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New Senate Tax Reform Bill Released; Call for Action in the House
Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released his modifications to the tax reform bill last night having just added a provision that repeals the Obamacare individual mandate [...]
ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to Restore Private Activity Bonds & 4% Housing Credits!
I am writing you from Washington, D.C. to alert you that there is a time-sensitive effort today being led by Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL-14th), who is co-chair of [...]
Message to Housing Advocates: Don’t Panic. Push Back with Facts, Stories and Emotion
My October 27th blog described the damage that will be done to California if the Republican House tax reform proposal eliminates tax exempt private activity bonds (PABs) including [...]
AB 693 Proposed Decision Released
Good news – the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finally released its Proposed Decision to implement Assembly Bill 693 creating the $1 billion Solar on Multifamily Affordable Homes (SOMAH) program for [...]
Matt/CHPC LIHTC Federal Advocacy Action Alert
Saving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit: Now is the Time More than 325,000 lower income California households are currently living in apartments produced and made affordable through [...]
State Adds $100M to AHSC NOFA
It isn’t often possible to change the thinking of state officials tasked with the job of spending Cap-and-Trade funds governed by complex and overlapping regulations and statutes. Not [...]
New Tax Credit Regs Make Progress, More to be Done
The California Housing Partnership Supports State Efforts to Increase Access to Opportunity for Low-Income Families, but Funding Regulations Must Reflect Cost Premium Developers Face in Higher Resource Areas. [...]
Addressing California’s housing crisis: Invest in our Communities
It’s not news that our state has an affordable housing crisis. The California Housing Partnership has consistently documented the shortage of affordable homes in every county of the [...]
Responding to Trump’s 2018 Budget: a California Perspective
Late last week, the White House released President Trump’s so-called “Skinny Budget” for 2018, which proposes cuts of $54 billion to domestic programs including more than $6.2 billion [...]
Your (Interim) Guide to Getting Whole Building Energy Data
Consistent access to energy usage data is a transformative tool for reducing energy consumption at multifamily properties. Data enables building owners to target the most cost efficient energy [...]
HCD Director says California will further fair housing despite Trump
The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 has for half a century required the State of California and other federal grantees to affirmatively further fair housing by reducing [...]
CA Agency Recommends Low-Income Energy and Water Legislation and Task Force
On December 14, 2016, the California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the SB 350 Barriers Study mandated by Senate Bill 350 to address barriers for low-income households and disadvantaged [...]
California Regulators Dedicate $80 Million to Empower Affordable Housing Owners to Play a Key Role in Meeting the State’s Energy Efficiency Goals
On November 10, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a decision that dedicates $80 million to empower government and non-profit owners of rent-restricted affordable housing to participate [...]
Certificated State Tax Credit Bill Will Increase Equity Pricing
On June 27th, 2016, Governor Brown signed into law important changes to the State Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program that will substantially increase equity pricing for [...]
California “Penny Wise and Pound Foolish” When It Comes to Affordable Housing
The California Department of Finance (DOF) generally focuses only on the cost to the state of proposed new investments. Just last week they insisted that a common sense proposal by [...]
Financing Affordable Rental Housing: A greener path ahead
Finding the money to develop rental homes affordable for low-income families has never been more difficult. The collapse of the financial markets last fall, generally attributed to systemic failures [...]
