• Occupancy and demand trends amid a persistent statewide shortage, with high cost-burden rates for lower-income renters and tight inventory in the entry-level segment.
• Overcoming Obstacles: Collections, Bad Debt & other Obstacles — strategies for managing arrears and delinquency in a higher-cost operating environment.
• Eviction Court Challenges impacting Owners & Operators, including post-pandemic case backlogs and evolving local practices.
• Current management challenges in affordable properties, including rising operating expenses and staffing pressures.
• Insurance challenges in the marketplace:  premium increases, coverage restrictions, and growing reliance on excess-and-surplus markets that threaten production and preservation of LIHTC and NOAH properties.
• Minnesota Housing Amended QAP overview, updated underwriting standards, and the bond financing threshold now in effect for Housing Tax Credits.
• Expanding voucher programs and state rental assistance to address affordability gaps for households.
• Updates on Minnesota Housing partnerships with local governments, including Local and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid administration and capacity-building support.
• Tax Law Updates: Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill — permanent increase in LIHTC allocations and permanent reduction of the private-activity bond threshold.