Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 4, 2015

Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria.

Pennsylvania 120

Pennsylvania Housing Green Income 120

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MARCH 9, 2016

Certification that all projects described within the related project plan will generate, in the aggregate, a minimum of either $1,000,000 in payroll, exclusive of payroll for construction, or 5,000,000 in investment; . The certificates of deposit bear interest rates of up to 3% below the standard rate.

Oklahoma 40

Oklahoma Income Finance Commissioning 40

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JUNE 10, 2016

Siloam Springs has two major partners who train the laborers of tomorrow: John Brown University (JBU) was named the top college in the South according to rankings published in the 2015 U.S. This means the City controls rates and is able to use deposits, rates and usage as negotiators with incoming businesses. News Best Colleges Guide.

Arkansas 40

Arkansas Retail Electrical Airports 40

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AUGUST 29, 2013

The property is part of the Urbana Corporate Center, a large campus that also is home to a 60,000-square-foot data center servicing Fannie Mae, a provider of housing loans to low-income Americans. The new data center will seek LEED Gold certification, and is scheduled to complete construction in late 2014.

Maryland 53

Maryland Baltimore Electrical Houston 53

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APRIL 15, 2014

Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. The rates range from $.25

Income 108

Income Finance Zoning Employment 108

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MARCH 21, 2014

INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

Income 75

Income Finance Zoning Equipment 75

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

After swallowing that gloomy news, Californians trudged to the polls in November and approved a referendum increasing their state income taxes by a whopping $6 billion a year. From a statistical perspective, one measure that illustrates how a community’s economic health is trending can be seen through tracking the area’s median income levels.

California 47

California Sacramento Zoning Los Angeles 47