The rapid proliferation of data centers, fueled by a boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI), has brought about an equally rapid shift in public attitude, with opposition to data center development springing up in communities across the country.
President Trump’s administration has reshaped federal priorities, including the types and amounts of funding available for housing and clean energy.
The Trump administration is working to reclaim a significant portion of the clean energy and infrastructure funding established through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IRA/BIL). This effort limits the funding surge for energy efficiency, electrification, solar, storage, and other green solutions…
After the 2024 elections, many in the multifamily affordable housing sector worry that key Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds may be clawed back by the incoming administration. These funds provide tax credits, grants and other forms of incentives for green…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) are in their second and third years, respectively. Treasury guidance is now available for almost all of the IRA’s clean energy tax credit provisions. Furthermore, $480 billion of BIL, and most of the approximate $390…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is expected to fund approximately $1 trillion in tax credits for clean energy. A significant portion of the funding is for the solar investment tax credits (ITC) – the base ITC was expanded to 30 percent and multifamily affordable housing…
Government programs typically do not consider or emphasize strategic and meaningful leveraging and collaboration with other programs, much less provide valuable guidance to do so. The lack of coordination within and between agencies and the expected politics yields an opportunity for the multifamily affordable housing…
At the close of 2023, it’s a certainty that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) are catalyzing a huge uptick in clean energy projects across the United States. Unfortunately, it’s equally certain that the multifamily affordable housing piece of this pie…
Federal agencies have steadily made progress in rolling out the new funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Multifamily property owners can fold these dollars into capital stacks for projects that incorporate solar and storage, heat pump HVAC and hot…
