Link to full letter here September 4, 2026 Housing New Mexico | MFA Attn: Jeanne Redondo 7425 Jefferson St NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 Sent electronically to jredondo@housingnm.org RE: Public Comment on the Draft 2027 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) To Whom it May Concern: The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) respectfully submits these comments regarding … [Read more...] about New Mexico QAP Advocacy Letter (September 2026)
Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing — A Toolkit
Link to the complete Toolkit Executive Summary The future of our housing system must be one that works for everyone. To that end, tenants, organizers and advocates are working towards a system of social housing. Social housing is permanently and deeply affordable, permanently removed from the for-profit market, and owned and controlled by public, non-profit, or community … [Read more...] about Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing — A Toolkit
How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools (October 2024)
Link to the pdf of this brief How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools A Guide for Education Advocates1 70 years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, American classrooms remain persistently isolated along racial … [Read more...] about How States’ Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plans Can Help Increase Students’ Access to Integrated, Well-Resourced Schools (October 2024)
Why it’s tough to stamp out housing voucher discrimination
January 31, 2024 By Molly Bolan, Assistant Editor, Route Fifty Link to the original article In many places, it's illegal for landlords to discriminate against tenants using Section 8 vouchers. Enforcing those rules is difficult, but governments are forging ahead. Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans to create an enforcement unit to quickly … [Read more...] about Why it’s tough to stamp out housing voucher discrimination
How Are LIHTC Rules Enforced—And How Well?
Link to original article by SHELBY R. KING, for Shelterforce, November 15, 2023, THIS ARTICLE IS PART OF THE UNDER THE LENS SERIES LIHTC: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE VERY COMPLICATED The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program awards billions in tax credits each year to private market investors and developers who promise to build or preserve affordable … [Read more...] about How Are LIHTC Rules Enforced—And How Well?
