April 15, 2015
The Honorable Dean Heller The Honorable Michael F. Bennet 324 Hart Senate Office Building 458 Russell Senate Office Building United States Senate United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senators Heller and Bennet:
We appreciate the work the Senate Finance Committee has undertaken to review the nation’s current tax law as you consider legislation that would comprehensively reform our tax code. Our groups thank the Committee, and particularly the Community Development and Infrastructure Working Group, for the opportunity to comment on the positive economic and social benefits the federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC) provides to communities throughout the nation.
In light of the challenging budget environment and the bipartisan call for meaningful tax reform, we want to emphasize the importance of the HTC to the revitalization of communities throughout the country. Weakening or eliminating the credit would endanger the economic feasibility of nearly all historic rehabilitation projects. Without the credits, the numbers just don’t work. Historic rehab has a financing gap because rehabilitation is more expensive than new construction. Also, 84 percent of all transactions are located in low-income census tracts. Without the credits, these properties often sit idle often for decades, exerting a blighting influence on the surrounding neighborhood.
Research conducted for the National Park Service by the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research documents that since enactment of the historic tax credit in 1981, the credit has leveraged $117 billion in private investment in historic rehabilitation, created nearly 2.5 million jobs and rehabilitated more than 40,000 historic buildings. The HTC is the most significant federal investment in historic preservation. It has also proven to be an efficient use of taxpayer dollars. Over the credit’s 34 year history, the federal government has allocated just over $24 billion in tax credits, but collected $28.6 billion in federal tax revenue from rehabilitation projects – more than paying for the program. For every dollar of public expenditure, private investors contribute four dollars toward the rehabilitation of historic properties.
Rehabilitation projects across the country are putting Americans back to work. In a typical rehabilitation project, 60-70 percent of the total cost is labor as compared to new construction where labor often accounts for less than 50 of the total cost. Laborers on a rehabilitation project are more likely to be hired locally, and they in turn spend into the local economy. Seventy-five percent of the economic ripple effect of a historic rehabilitation project is captured by the state and city where the property is located. It has been stated time and again that the vast majority of new jobs in the United States are created by small businesses. Rehabilitated historic buildings are ideally suited to support emerging small businesses that are often looking for a central location and main street appeal. The historic tax credit is an important redevelopment tool that is helping revitalize cities, towns and rural communities across the country. As Congress charts our nation’s economic path forward, we April 15, 2015 P a g e | 2
ask that you protect and enhance this federal incentive that uses our nation’s past to meet the needs of today’s economy.
Sincerely,
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MacRostie Historic Advisors LLC-DC Nabholz Properties-AR Madison Trust for Historic Preservation-WI Nacogdoches Main Street Program-TX Main Street Beatrice -NE Nadeau Wadovick, CPAs & Business Advisors-RI Main Street Brownsville-TN Nahshon Development LLC-IL Main Street Chillicothe-MO Napa County Landmarks-CA Main Street Eureka Springs-AR National Alliance of Preservation Commissions-VA Main Street Greeneville, Inc.-TN National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers-DC Main Street Kent-OH National Development Council-National Main Street Medina-OH National Development Council-NY Main Street of Fremont, Inc.-NE National Housing & Rehabilitation Association-DC Main Street Ozark-AR National Main Street Center-National Main Street Portsmouth-OH National Trust Community Investment Corporation-DC Main Street Russellville -AR National Trust for Historic Preservation-DC Main Street Siloam Springs-AR NDC Corporate Equity Fund, Inc. -NY Main Street Union City, Inc.-TN NDC Corporate Equity Fund, L.P.-NY Main Street Van Wert-OH NDC Grow America Fund, Inc. -NY Main Street Washington-IA NDC Housing and Economic Development Corporation-NY Main Street Wooster, Inc.-OH NDCKRchitecture LLC-WI Maine Preservation-ME Nebraska Main Street Network-NE Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions-MD Nebraska State Historical Society-NE Maryland Historical Trust-MD Nessen Associates, Ltd.-MA Mathews Building Manager LLC-OK Nevada Preservation Foundation-NV Mathews Development LLC-OK New Canaan Historical Society-CT Mathews Master Tenant LLC-OK New Canaan Preservation Alliance-CT Mathews Master Tenant LLC-OK New Frontier Community Development Corporation-NC MatthewSauerArchitect-OH New Hampshire Preservation Alliance-NH Maysville Renaissance-KY New Leaf Redevelopment Consulting-IA MB Real Estate-IL New York Landmarks Conservancy-NY McCarthy Properties LLC-SD NewTown Macon, Inc.-GA McGladrey LLP-OH Nixon Peabody LLP-DC Memphis Heritage, Inc.-TN NMR Holdings, LLC-AR Mercy Housing Lakefront-IL Norco, LLC-VA Mercy Housing Northwest-WA Norman Alston Architects -TX Mesa Preservation Foundation-AZ North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources-NC Miami University, Dept. of Architecture & Interior Design-OH North Coast Window Works-MI Michael Echols Enterprises-LA Northwest CT Regional Planning Collaborative-CT Michigan Community Action-MI Norwalk Historical Society-CT Michigan Downtown Association-MI Norwalk Preservation Trust-CT Michigan Historic Preservation Network-MI Novogradac & Company, LLP-DC Middletown Main Street-DE Oberlin Heritage Center -OH Milwaukee Downtown, Business Improvement District #21-WI Octagon Capital Partners Management LLC-VA Milwaukee Preservation Alliance-WI Octagon Finance, LLC-VA Minnesota Housing Partnership-MN Ohio History Connection-OH Mission Hills Main Streets-MA Old Oak Cliff Conservation League-TX Mississippi Heritage Trust-MS Onyx Architects-CA Mississippi Main Street Association-MS Options Real Estate-TX Missouri Preservation-MO Orton Development, Inc.-CA Mladinich Holdings, LP-MS Osceola Center for Arts & Hertiage-AR MLK Historic District Development Corporation, Sweet Auburn Otsego 2000, Inc.-NY Works-GA Otwell Associates Architects-AZ Modern Phoenix-AZ Paducah Main Street-KY Mohawk Valley Collective, Inc.-NY Page and Turnbull-CA Montana Preservation Alliance-MT Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation-SC MotorCities National Heritage Areas-MI pappageorgehaymes partners-IL Moule & Polyzoides, Architects-National Pasadena Heritage-CA Municipal Arts Society of New York-NY Paul Revere Memorial Association/Paul Revere House -MA Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC -TX Pennsylvania Downtown Center-PA MyEcho Development-LA Pioneer Group, Inc.-KS Myers Andersen Architects-ID Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation-PA
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