Over the past two decades, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has addressed the nation’s affordable housing needs by financing nearly two million low-income units. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sponsered a half-day seminar on LIHTC at the Pittsburgh Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

8:30 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome

Joseph Ott, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Denise Kirk-Murray, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

9:10 AM

What is an LIHTC? The Basics of Tax Credits?

Terence Kimm, Reznick Group

9:45 AM

Who Uses Tax Credits? The Developer's Perspective

William Gatti, Trek Development Group

10:15 AM

Federal Home Loan Bank Financing Sources

John Bendel, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh

10:45 AM

Break 

11:00 AM

How to Invest in a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Dana Boole, Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp.

11:45 AM

Why Invest in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits? The Regulatory Perspective

William Reeves, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 

12:15 PM

Q & A Session

12:30 PM

Luncheon Address

Holly Glauser-Abel, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency 

1:30 PM

Closing Remarks

John Bendel, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh