In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares news on House and Senate hearings on disaster recovery [2:09], tax reform and housing finance reform. He also has an update on the status of the nomination of Mark Calabria as the next Federal Housing Finance Agency director [4:36]. He talks about when Congress may consider tax extender and disaster relief legislation [5:40]. Then, he highlights certain key issues he's hoping will be addressed in opportunity zones guidance that could help increase investment in underserved areas [7:11]. After that, he has some brief news relating to veteran housing and private activity bonds, low-income housing tax credit and private activity bond allocations for 2019 and HUD inspections. He closes with some state efforts to increase community development and historic preservation investments through tax incentives [12:39].