Nehemiah contesting IRS ruling: The nonprofit is battling to keep its charity status. From: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) | Date: May 30, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Sacramento Bee. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jim Wasserman

May 30--For years U.S. government agencies have tried to get Nehemiah Corp. of America to stop or change the way it helps lower-income Americans buy their first homes. Always, Nehemiah fended them off. Then earlier this month the Internal Revenue Service weighed in -- and now the decade-old Sacramento nonprofit group is in a fight for its life.

The IRS says the novel down payment programs pioneered by Nehemiah and since copied ...

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