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Thursday, April 15, 2021 AN IMPORTANT NEW OPTION FOR FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING  The federal “9%” Housing Tax Credit (HTC) program, designed to finance up to 70% of qualified development costs, has for decades been the principal engine for the financing of low income housing in the United States. HTCs function like grants because the return to investors comes from the credits they take against their federal income tax liability over a ten-year period. Unfortunately, there is a limited supply of 9% HTCs and the allocation process, administered by state housing agencies, is hig...

Mitt Romney and Mike Lee should vote to confirm Haaland as interior secretary. (Matt Brown | AP photo) This Feb. 21 photo shows a billboard in Billings, Montana, displays support for New Mexico U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to lead the agency that has broad oversight over tribal affairs and energy development. By Nathaniel Brown, Charlaine Tso and Herman Daniels | Special to The Tribune   | Feb. 27, 2021, 4:00 p.m. As Navajo Nation Council delegates representing Utah Navajos, an...

Opinion by David Gray Adler President Donald Trump's hypothetical option of granting himself a pardon before leaving office effectively ended when the House of Representatives opened...