Feb. 25, 2025: So You Want to Be a LIHTC Developer: Four Challenges When Sidecar Financing 4%, 9% LIHTCs

Two important financing options when building affordable housing are 4% and 9% low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). In the latest episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, host Michael Novogradac, CPA, and guest Charlie Rhuda, CPA, discuss developers that chose to combine the incentives in a single development, sometimes called "sidecar financing" due to the nature of the financing structure. They provide an overview of the difference between the financing tools and discuss why affordable housing professionals would combine them. Later, Rhuda identifies four types of challenges that can arise for those using the sidecar financing model to develop affordable housing.