Tax-Exempt Bonds 101 Training

  This session from the Partnership will provide participants an introduction to the basics of using tax-exempt bond financing in affordable housing developments, as well as an overview of California’s competitive allocation process. Topics covered include: What is a tax-exempt bond and why are they used? Deal structure and participants Technical requirements: 50% Test, Good costs vs. Bad costs Process Read More


Tax-Exempt Bonds 101 Training #2

  This session from the Partnership will provide participants an introduction to the basics of using tax-exempt bond financing in affordable housing developments, as well as an overview of California’s competitive allocation process. Topics covered include: What is a tax-exempt bond and why are they used? Deal structure and participants Technical requirements: 50% Test, Good costs vs. Bad costs Process Read More


Fundamentals of Tax Exempt Bonds (Learning Lab)

This event is a Learning Lab on Day 1 of the Housing California 2022 Conference taking place April 4-6, 2022. Tax-exempt bonds are a complex financing tool commonly used by affordable housing developers to build and rehabilitate homes. Recent changes to the bond program have made this resource highly competitive, yet it is still a critical element of many financing Read More


Intro to Affordable Housing Development and Finance (Learning Lab)

This event is a Learning Lab on Day 1 of the Housing California 2022 Conference taking place April 4-6, 2022. Affordable housing project development is a complicated, challenging, long and iterative process. A successful project requires a team of organizations and individuals with specialized expertise from different disciplines and professions, that work closely together during multiple stages. Because development involves Read More


LIHTC 201 Training

Builds on the LIHTC 101 foundational training to provide an overlay of specific requirements for developments in California. California state tax credits State eligibility and affordability requirements Threshold Basis Limits TCAC underwriting requirements Competitive 9% LIHTC allocation system Training is 2.5 hours and held via Zoom. An interactive group activity using breakout rooms will be incorporated to run through a scenario Read More


LIHTC 101 Training

Introduces the basic fundamentals of the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. What is a tax credit? Federal eligibility and affordability requirements Differences between 9% and 4% credits Calculating LIHTC credits and equity Basic ownership structure of a limited partnership Training is 2 hours and held via Zoom. An interactive group activity using breakout rooms will be incorporated Read More


Maintaining Aging Properties: How Resyndication Falls Short for Smaller, Older Buildings

This is a session on Day 1 of SCANPH’s 2021 Conference: Piece Back Together, October 27-29. Join us for a special asset management session at this year’s conference to explore potential solutions for a lack of resources to renovate smaller, aging properties — particularly the challenges of needing alternatives to resyndication or other viable solutions to make resyndication feasible. SCANPH Read More


Public Funders Forum

This is a session on Day 1 of SCANPH’s 2021 Conference: Piece Back Together, October 27-29. Get important updates on new policies, trends, regulatory changes, and funding sources from county and state agency leaders. Mark Stivers, Director of Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy at the California Housing Partnership, will ask all the pressing questions you want to hear about public funding Read More