- December 13, 2011NCSHA’s priorities, adopted annually by its Board of Directors after consultation with all state HFAs, set the agenda for NCSHA’s business development activities and advocacy before Congress, the Administration, and the federal agencies concerned with housing, including HUD, USDA, and the Treasury.
- May 16, 2011On May 12, House Financial Services Committee members John Campbell (R-CA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the ‘‘Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011’’ (HFRA), H.R. 1859, which would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and set up a system that allows new entities, called housing finance guaranty associations (HFGAs), to replace them. The following is a detailed summary of the legislation, provided by NCSHA.
- May 16, 2011On May 12, House Financial Services Committee members John Campbell (R-CA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the ‘‘Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011’’ (HFRA), H.R. 1859, which would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and set up a system that allows new entities, called housing finance guaranty associations (HFGAs), to replace them.
- April 6, 2011In this letter addressed to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) of the House Committee on Financial Services, NCSHA says the cumulative measures proposed by the Subcommittee and those endorsed by the Administration to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will deny worthy first-time homebuyers and rental housing developments access to affordable mortgages.
- March 28, 2011The undersigned organizations, representing a variety of stakeholders in single- and multifamily housing, believe the following principles should help guide efforts to restore and repair the nation’s housing finance system.
- March 7, 2011At the 2011 Legislative Conference, NCSHA's Garth Rieman, Mindy La Branche, and Gira Bose presented NCSHA's 2011 Legislative Priorities and gave recommendations to attendees on how they could best advocate for them.
- March 6, 2011When meeting with House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committee members, stress the importance of and the state or district benefits of a housing finance system backed by the federal government with a strong commitment to provide affordable homes through HFAs.
- March 2, 2011On February 11, Treasury and HUD released the Obama Administration’s white paper on housing finance reform, “Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market: A Report To Congress.” The paper proposes several policies to gradually wind down the Government-Sponsored Enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) and three major options for long-term secondary market reform.
- February 15, 2011NCSHA's analysis of the President's FY 2012 Budget.