Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Document Type General
Publish Date 08/02/2017
Author CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)
Published By CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)
Edited By Suneela Farooqi
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Low Income Housing Tax Credit Policies Promoting Supportive Housing & Recommendations for 2018-2019

This new report builds on our assessment of 2016 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) policies and examines the strategies Housing Credit agencies adopted to foster and encourage supportive housing development within QAPs for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit), highlighting significant national trends and changes made within QAPs. Supportive housing combining affordable housing with services to help people who face complex challenges live with stability, autonomy and dignity  is a proven, costeffective way to end homelessness. By providing people who are chronically homeless or have other special needs with a way out of expensive emergency public services and back into their own homes and communities, supportive housing not only improves the lives of its residents but also generates significant public savings. Communities across the country have identified expanding availability of supportive housing as critical to their efforts to end homelessness. This report represents one element of CSH’s ongoing efforts to analyze and share information regarding the role of federal Housing Credits in financing supportive housing development and addressing the need of special needs populations.

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