April 8, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation in cybersecurity with the National Bank of Ukraine....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund released an updated Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Certification Application (Application). This updated...more
FDIC-insured depository institutions seeking CRA credit opportunities may be eligible to apply for funding to further impact the distressed communities they serve. On March 31, 2023, the Department of Treasury’s Community...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Financial Services- Hearing: Where Have All the Houses Gone? Private Equity, Single Family Rentals, and America's Neighborhoods-...more
In existence since 2000, the federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) incentive has provided gap financing and infusions of cash in economically distressed communities for more than two decades. However, the amount of NMTC funds...more
On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund (CDFI Fund) released the Notice of Allocation Availability for the calendar year (CY) 2021 round of the New...more
In Part I, we gave you a high-level overview of how New Markets Tax Credits (“NMTC”) and Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits (“HTC”) can be combined to generate significant private capital for qualified historic projects...more
The act of combining (or “twinning”) tax credits, such as the New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) and the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (“HTC”), can offer developers an opportunity to bridge funding gaps and increase the...more
On September 1, 2021, at a time when America’s underserved and distressed communities need financial investment the most, the U.S. Department of Treasury through its Community Development Financial Institution Fund announced...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 100 Community Development Entities (CDEs) $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act), signed into law on December 27, 2020, provides up to $9 billion to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and minority depository institutions (MDIs). The Act...more
The U.S. Treasury Department through the CDFI Fund has awarded more than $3.5 billion in tax credit allocation to Community Development Entities. The awards are part of the New Markets Tax Credit program and will facilitate...more
Governor Tom Wolf recently announced that Pennsylvania will earmark $225 million for grant programs to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19. The program, which will be managed by the Pennsylvania Department of...more
On May 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 73 Community Development Entities (CDEs) $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation...more
Qualified Opportunity Zones were included as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which became law in December 2017. The zones were originally introduced as the Investing in Opportunity Act sponsored by South Carolina Senator...more
President Donald Trump on February 12, 2018, submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The President's full budget calls for approximately $4.4 trillion in total spending. Much of the budget seeks...more
• Part 1 of this series of Holland & Knight alerts described a new tax incentive contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for investments in low-income communities designated as "Opportunity Zones." Part 1 also explained the...more
We are pleased to present our last edition of Foundation for the year, and hope that you have enjoyed the issues we have put together in 2016. We have worked hard to provide you with timely and relevant articles in a...more
In Depth - On November 17, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the largest single round award of New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations...more
Annually, following the release of the New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) Application, the Community Development Financial Institutions (“CDFI”) Fund identifies ten states, plus US territories, that have not received as much...more
On January 8, 2016, the Division of Clearing and Risk (“Division”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued no-action letters providing relief from the mandatory clearing requirement for swaps under Section...more
Senator Sherrod Brown, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, has sent a letter to President Obama that asks the President to prioritize funding in his FY 2017 budget proposal for programs in Title XII of the...more
Why it matters - In recent remarks at the State Small Business Credit Initiative Conference, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry discussed the state of small business credit programs, emphasizing the “crucial...more
In a previous Housing Plus blog post on January 7, 2015, I described the various updates to the CDFI Fund’s Frequently Asked Questions document for the New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) program. The most significant update may...more
On Friday January 2, the CDFI Fund released an updated Frequently Asked Questions document for New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) questions relating to certification, compliance monitoring, and evaluation. The updated FAQ...more