The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

Author: Andre L. Wright

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781624175510

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As communities face a variety of economic challenges, some are looking to local banks and financial institutions for solutions that address the specific development needs of low-income and distressed communities. Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) provide financial products and services, such as mortgage financing for homebuyers and not-for-profit developers, underwriting and risk capital for community facilities; technical assistance; and commercial loans and investments to small, start-up, or expanding businesses. CDFIs include regulated institutions, such as community development banks and credit unions, and non-regulated institutions, such as loan and venture capital funds. This book describes the Fund's history, current appropriations, and each of its programmes.

Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans
Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans

Author: Vicki Mayer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2017-02-24

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0520967178

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers in an effort to become the top location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? Why would citizens accept the policy’s uncomfortable effects on their economy and culture? Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans addresses these questions through a study of the local and everyday experiences of the film economy in New Orleans, Louisiana—a city that has twice pursued the goal of becoming a movie production capital. From the silent era to today’s Hollywood South, Vicki Mayer explains that the aura of a film economy is inseparable from a prevailing sense of home, even as it changes that place irrevocably.

1040 Quickfinder Handbook
1040 Quickfinder Handbook

Author: Practitioners Publishing Co. Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2005-12-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780764628252

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Contains extensive coverage of the tax issues faced by all types of contractors, including large and small contractors, homebuilders, and other specialty trades, provides you with the clear, concise guidance you need to expertly address your tax issues.

Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development
Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

Author: David Merriman

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558443778

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Economist David Merriman of the University of Illinois at Chicago reviews more than 30 individual studies in the most comprehensive assessment of tax increment financing (TIF) with practical recommendations for policy makers and practitioners. The report finds that while TIF has the potential to draw investment into neglected places, it has not accomplished the goal of promoting economic development in most cases. First implemented in the 1950s, TIF funds economic development within a defined district by earmarking increases in future property tax revenues that result from increases in real estate values in the district. The tax revenue can be used for public infrastructure or to compensate private developers for their investments, but TIF is prone to several pitfalls: it often captures some revenues that would have been generated through normal appreciation in property values, it can be exploited by cities to obtain revenues that would otherwise go to overlying government entities such as school districts, and it can make cities' financial decisions less transparent by separating them from the normal budget process. The report recommends several ways that state and local policy makers can reform TIF practices going forward.

The Road Through the Rust Belt
The Road Through the Rust Belt

Author: William M. Bowen

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0880994770

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The chapters in this book explore reasons for the decline of "Rust Belt" cities and the often innovative responses of local leaders and entrepreneurs that are helping to revive these areas.