Friday news roundup 3/9/12

Affordable Housing Finance: Sen. Olympia Snowe's departure delivers a major blow to the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) industry

Atlantic Cities: The future of the public housing project

HUD: Sen. Reed introduces legislation that would provide $15 billion in targeted assistance to renovate vacant residential and commercial properties

NLIHC: National Low Income Housing Coalition launches new website

Santa Maria Times: HA of of the County of Santa Barbara leveraged ARRA grants to install solar panels, tenant utility rates could fall between 33 to 50 percent (the HA received a 2011 NMA Pioneer in Housing Award for this achievement)

Shaun Donovan appears on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Secretary of HUD tackles homelessness

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