On Tuesday, August 6th, Governor Healey signed into law House Bill 4977, “An Act relative to the Affordable Homes Act.” The 181-page Bill provides for $5.1 billion in capital funding to support housing production and...more
8/8/2024
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Zoning Laws
On October 19, 2018, the Treasury Department issued highly-anticipated proposed regulations related to the U.S. Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017's Opportunity Zones Program (the "Proposed Regulations"). Taxpayers and investors...more
Recent federal tax legislation introduced "Opportunity Zones," a new community reinvestment tool designed to use tax incentives to drive long-term investment to rural and low-income urban communities throughout the nation....more
4/18/2018
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Tax Reform
On Friday, March 23, 2018, the President signed a $1.3 trillion Omnibus Spending bill that had been passed by Congress. Two (2) provisions of the bill are important to those involved in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit...more