In this week’s Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, begins the podcast with the general news section, where he provides updates on where Congress stands on highway and transit funding, as well as tax extender discussions. In the affordable housing section, he shared a HUD proposal that could ban smoking at all public housing properties. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses the 2015 new markets tax credit online application and Q&A document that is designed to make applying easier for CDEs. Then, he moves on to historic tax credit news, where he lets listeners know about which historic tax credit industry leader is set to retire and who was chosen as his successor. He closes out with renewable energy tax credit news where he discusses 14 bills that were introduced to extend provisions of the investment tax credit. He also talks about why nearly 50 businesses in Illinois are asking their federal representatives to extend the production and investment tax credits.