Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Congress Moves Closer to EB-5 Reform

(Source: National Real Estate Investor) Reforms to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program is a can that Congress has been kicking down the road for the past two years. Despite growing optimism that comprehensive changes will be introduced this year, those changes likely won’t come in time for the next big deadline—the program’s April 28th expiration.

Both Republicans and Democrats agree that changes to the nearly 30-year-old program are needed. Yet coming to terms on new rules has proved to be a big stumbling block. Instead of passing a new bill, EB-5 has been receiving short-term, three- and six-month extensions since 2015 just to keep the program running. Read the report at http://nreionline.com/