The Buzz: Re-engineering the housing finance system: Part one
Date Published: 05/01/2010
Author: Buzz Roberts, LISC Senior Vice President
from the May 2010 issue of Novogradac Journal of Tax Credit Housing.
Even as Congress and the Obama Administration continue to wrestle over major financial reform legislation, they have already begun to consider another set of issues: what the future of the U.S housing finance system should look like. The debate is critically important to families and communities, to the economy, and to housing and community development. The topic is too complex for policy makers to address this year or for one column to cover. So this column is only a first installment.
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Topics: Housing, --Affordable Housing Finance & Development, --Community Development, Policy, --Housing
Type: Trade Article