A single line swap in the Senate tax bill passed at 3am Saturday ensured that low-income artist housing will cease to exist.<\/p>\n
The change comes in the form of an amendment introduced by Senator Pat Roberts, the Republican senior senator from Kansas.\u2026Where current law carves out a special exception for individuals \u201cwho are involved in artistic or literary activities,\u201d the new bill would instead specify a benefit for those \u201cwho are veterans of the Armed Forces.\u201d ~\u00a0Another Victim of the Tax Bill: Housing for Artists<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The amendment not only eliminates provisions for artist housing via the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008<\/a>, it retroactively rescinds the benefits given to those who built artist housing under the LIHTC program, effectively putting developers on the hook for a significant clawback.<\/p>\n
Moreover, as written, the law would also render all existing artists\u2019 housing developments built with housing credits retroactively ineligible for the benefit\u2014creating a sudden tax liability for the investors who have used these credits for years. ~\u00a0Another Victim of the Tax Bill: Housing for Artists<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The details are found in the CITYLAB<\/a> story:
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