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Why Do Republicans Support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?

Publicly funded homes in some cities are costing taxpayers more than $1 million per unit, but Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would increase funding for these inefficient projects.

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Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.

While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,0000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years alone

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As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,0000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years

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Costly Complexity

The needless complexity of affordable housing programs are hurting people they're supposed to help.

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Birth of a YIMBY Folk Hero

Plus: The White House's rent controls, San Francisco's bad-to-worse turn on housing, and the latest unintended consequence of eviction moratoriums

Reason

Do Americans Really Only Want Sprawl?

Plus: the House votes for more affordable housing subsidies, Portland tries to fix its "inclusionary housing" program, and is 2024 the year of the granny flat?

Reason

Beecher Terrace low-income housing tax credit program faces criticism

The article discusses the flaws and inefficiencies of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in the US and suggests alternative solutions.

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Chief tax writers working to broaden appeal of tentative accord - Roll Call

A bipartisan, bicameral $70 billion tax agreement taking shape on the Hill is drawing mixed reviews, pointing to potential challenges ahead.

Roll Call

Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates are eyeing year-end legislation as vehicles to expand a low-income housing construction incentive as opportunities dwindle to address a growing affordability crisis before the next Congress.

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Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit - Roll Call

Lawmakers and housing advocates are eyeing year-end legislation to expand a low-income housing tax credit to support affordable housing.

Roll Call

The Crisis In Housing, Part 2: The Multifamily Conundrum

Several recent data studies by leading housing market analytics firms are showing the state of U.S. rental housing as being in something of an existential crisis.

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