In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, has news about a high-profile stop on Sen. Tim Scott's Opportunity Tour, a tour that highlights the opportunity zones tax incentive [2:12]. He also shares news regarding HUD's announcement last week of an expanded pilot debt program for low-income housing tax credit properties [5:22], as well as a significant shortening of the notification period before a HUD physical inspection [7:57]. After that, he talks about the Senate Banking Committee's consideration of key nominations, including that of Mark Calabria as the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He also discusses some delayed CDFI Bond Guarantee deadlines. He closes with several state-level updates about low-income housing tax credit, historic tax credit and opportunity zones legislation [8:39].