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Housing finance agency warns cutting attainable housing grants would breach investor agreements

Economic and Community Development Appropriation Subcommittee · January 29, 2026
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Utah Housing Corporation told the appropriations subcommittee that rescinding attainable housing grants would jeopardize eight LIHTC projects, risking breaches with investors and lenders and imperiling more than $160 million in committed private financing.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Housing Corporation told the Senate subcommittee that pulling state attainable housing grants from eight federal low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) developments would create investor covenant breaches and threaten ongoing construction.

“We have private funding sources committed to these developments including over $117,000,000 invested in federal low income housing tax credits and $45,500,000 in bank debt,” David Damson, president and CEO of Utah…

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