- April 25, 2012
Through the tax-exemption, the federal government continues to provide critical support for the development and maintenance of essential facilities and services, which it cannot practically replicate by other means.
- April 23, 2012
When meeting with House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee members, stress the importance of the Housing Credit and Bond programs and their benefits in the member’s state or district. Emphasize their value in meeting the growing affordable housing need, producing jobs, and aiding the economic recovery in your state.
- April 19, 2012
Housing Bonds have been an unqualified success in providing lower-income Americans a unique and otherwise unavailable chance to own a decent and affordable home.
- April 19, 2012
The Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) and tax-exempt multifamily housing bond programs (collectively, Housing Bonds) are financing tools used by Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to finance low-interest mortgages for low- and moderate-income home buyers and to acquire, construct, and rehabilitate multifamily housing for low-income renters.
- April 10, 2012
Entries for the 2012 Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Awards should be submitted by May 18 and sent directly to the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center.
- March 20, 2012
This briefing covers NCSHA's 2012 legislative priorities, recent action from Congress and the Administration, and what HFAs and other housing stakeholders can do to support NCSHA's priorities and affordable housing.
- February 22, 2012
On February 13, NCSHA joined a letter signed by more than a dozen municipal bond-oriented trade associations and advocacy groups urging the SEC and other agencies to broaden the proposed rule’s exemption for municipal obligations to ensure it captures all municipal securities, including securities and bonds issued or guaranteed by units of state and local government and their instrumentalities, agencies, and authorities, including HFAs.
- February 22, 2012
On February 13, NCSHA submitted comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other federal regulatory agencies on the proposed rule implementing the proprietary trading provisions, or Volcker Rule, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).
- February 17, 2012
Revenue Procedure 2012-16 provides updated information on the U.S. median gross income figures required to compute the housing cost/income ratio under tax code Section 143, regarding Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), and Section 25, regarding Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCCs).
