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Low-Income Renters Receive Far Fewer Federal Supports Than Homeowners

By Raquel Harati, NLIHC Research Analyst A report by the Urban Institute titled, “How Does the Federal Government Support Housing?”, demonstrates how federal government support to higher-income homeowners through tax breaks like the mortgage interest deduction (MID), the capital gains…

Rental Assistance Demonstration Could Constrain Future Tax Credits

An article in Cityscape examines the role of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) in the conversion of public housing to project-based Section 8 in HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. The article, “The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program and Its Current and Projected…