In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares the latest updates on Republican efforts to advance phase two of tax reform [2:12]. After that, he discusses one bill to expand the low-income housing tax credit [5:24] and another bill to expand the new markets tax credit for certain rural areas [8:34]. The introduction of these two bill is a notable milestone to potentially getting them enacted in the fall, setting the stage for their enactment next year. He closes out today's podcast with other industry headlines, including a blog post on HUD income data and good news for the state historic tax credit programs in Delaware and Illinois [11:04].