Category Archives: Advocacy

One of the best parts of attending conferences is catching up with clients and friends.

As you may have read on our blog before, Travois donates billboard space on our property to local nonprofits, and the Haskell Foundation became the most recent nonprofit to team up with us.

Many of you have heard that tax reform remains a topic of discussion in Washington, D.C. If Congress contemplates any changes to the tax code, we want to be sure the tax credit programs you use to bring much need affordable housing and economic development to Indian Country remain strong.

Two things are clear to me from my recent trip to Washington, D.C., for the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition Conference:

Officials hear Indian Country’s concern about the recent lack of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations.

Indian Country has the opportunity to make its voice heard on a critical issue facing all Native communities and their partners. The time to take action is now.
The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act, known as NAHASDA, reorganized the system the U.S.

Our new video dives into Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs). These are each state’s instructions for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application and process.

For the first time in history, California has awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to a tribal project. This breakthrough for Indian Country is coming from a pilot Native American set-aside.

This week Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, published his proposed changes to the tax code. His “Tax Reform Act of 2014” amends much of the code including the section governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

Every six months Travois is pleased to offer our property’s billboards free of charge to highlight our Kansas City neighborhood nonprofit groups.

After experiencing the full wrath of the polar vortex in northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan (with minus 39 degree wind chills) the previous week, I spent much of my time last week thawing out in Washington, D.C.