On July 4, 2025, the president signed into law the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBBA”). While technically no longer a bill and its beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the OBBBA certainly is big. Even before the almost-1,000-page OBBBA took shape, the public finance community was on alert about lawmakers … Continue Reading
Remember earlier this year when the novelty of working from home hadn’t worn off, when every day wasn’t Groundhog Day, when we hadn’t run out of Netflix to watch, and when we were all concerned about how to satisfy the in-person TEFRA hearing requirement for tax-exempt private activity bonds in the midst of a pandemic … Continue Reading
On April 3, 2019, the IRS published Rev. Proc. 2019-17, which provides that multifamily housing projects (or, for those of you who prefer Grey Poupon, “qualified residential rental projects”) won’t violate the general public use requirement even if the landlord offers units of the project to certain specific groups. Congress had made this point clear for low-income … Continue Reading
