Starting in 2000, the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) undertook the largest residential redevelopment in the history of the City of Tacoma. This project demolished and rebuilt the neighborhood of Salishan.
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Public Housing Family Self-Sufficiency
PH FSS Program Purpose: Funding for PHAs to hire a program coordinator to link participating families to the supportive services they need to achieve self-sufficiency.
Sherman Associates, Inc., acting in the capacity of fee developer, recently closed on the financing for a memory care facility and senior services center in the Heritage Park area of Minneapolis.
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NovogradacCPAs video. This video explains the new markets tax credit (NMTC) by highlighting the differences between it and the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). The video is from a 2010 Novogradac affordable housing conference in Miami. Wayne Michael of Novogradac is the main presenter of this video. Jonathan Goldstein of Sunwheel Energy Partners and Tony Grappone of Novogradac comment on the ownership structure of a real estate project that generated NMTCs, LIHTCs, and Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) for solar technology.
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NovogradacCPAs video. Photos of the King Edward Hotel building in Jackson, Mississippi before and after its multi-million-dollar renovation. Financing sources included state and federal historic tax credits (HTCs) and new markets tax credits (NMTCs), GO Zone bonds, and Katrina Community Development Block Grant (KCDBG) Loans.
This property is featured in the August 2010 Issue of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits. Photos courtesy of HRI Properties.
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NovogradacCPAs video. Amanda Talbot of Novogradac & Company discusses the Next Available Unit Rule as part of a property compliance training in June of 2010.
The Next Available Unit Rule allows Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties to continue including units as qualified low-income units even when a household's income is greater than 140% of the program's income limits.
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StLouisFed video. John Wuest, president of the St. Louis Equity Fund, takes St. Louis Fed guests on a bus tour to see the city's rental developments that were completed with the help of low income housing tax credits (LIHTC). Highlights include new housing on the site of old sky-rise tenements, such as Darst-Webbe on the south side, and renovations of existing structures into low-income housing.
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David Hoicka is a Senior Executive for Affordable Housing Programs
David Hoicka is interested in multicultural communities that work. He has extensive experience on Affordable Housing and Community Development including managing and teaching large HUD government housing programs nationally across the USA and internationally.
Applying multi-cultural and international best practices to enhance affordable housing, David Hoicka has overseen financial and operational management of programs of all sizes, creating and/or managing low income housing and community development programs for 1000s of families.
David Hoicka increases agency effectiveness at delivering cost-effective services. For example, this includes Energy Performance Contracts (EPC) to increase energy efficiency and reduce costs for thousands of units.
David Hoicka reviews development and construction of multi-cultural affordable housing and new town development for mixed income residents. David Hoicka also has developed affordable housing policies for multi-cultural mixed-income communities.
He specializes in negotiation and building collaborative partnerships. David Hoicka uses innovative methods to reduce and control costs, increase quality and revenues, and empower economic self-sufficiency, in multicultural, multi-language environments.
He has promoted economic development and employment issues, including location of jobs; commercial uses permitted, education and healthcare facilities David Hoicka's work involved establishing objectives and performance goals, monitoring progress toward their achievement and setting priorities based on changing requirements.
