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We highlight the noteworthy changes and clarifications in both notices.

Notice marks first comprehensive overhaul of inspection standards in 20 years.

When you certify or recertify households for tax credit housing, IRS rules require you to estimate how much income household members expect to receive in the next 12 months. Without this information, you can’t certify or recertify the household’s eligibility.

Before you rent any unit at your tax credit site to a new household, it’s important to confirm that the rental will comply with the tax credit law. If your rental of a unit won’t comply, the owner’s credits for that unit may be at risk. And if the unit is one you must count to meet or maintain your site’s minimum set-aside, that one noncomplying unit may place all the owner’s credits in jeopardy.

HUD recently awarded $54 million to 182 fair housing organizations across the country under its Fair Housing Initiatives Program. These grants allow the organizations to provide fair housing enforcement by conducting investigations, testing to identify discrimination in the rental markets, and filing fair housing complaints with HUD or equivalent state and local agencies.

Give residents safety tips for charging and maintaining e-bikes.

HUD recently requested public comment on plans to implement the key changes the VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022) made to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. Since the 2013 amendments, VAWA has applied to the LIHTC program. However, neither the Treasury Department nor the IRS has issued any formal regulations or guidance on VAWA implementation for the LIHTC program. Nevertheless, LIHTC owners are still subject to VAWA’s mandates and some state tax c...

In the LIHTC program, if the income of tenants of a low-income unit in the building increases above the limit allowed, the next available unit (NAU) of comparable or smaller size in the building will be rented to tenants having a qualifying income. This is the NAU rule and it applies whenever a household's income rises above 140 percent (or 170 percent at deep rent-skewed sites) of the tax credit program's income limits.

From time to time, your site may get phone calls, letters, or other inquiries for information about residents. The request can seem innocent, or it may seem official. And some requests will be. But granting even innocent requests can cause trouble. Sites are responsible for ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of the information they collect from applicants and households. And, if you give information to the wrong person, a resident could be harmed and you could get...

The IRS recently published a final rule to implement Congress’s 2018 authorization of a third set-aside option for LIHTC sites. Under the LIHTC program, all tax credit owners must formally notify the IRS of their minimum set-aside election for their building or site when they file IRS Form 8609. Meeting your site’s minimum set-aside is the most important goal you have as a tax credit manager. If you meet the set-aside, the owner of your site will be entitled...