- April 24, 2012
On April 23, NCSHA's 2012 Legislative Conference kicked off with addresses from Idaho Housing and Finance Association President and Executive Director and NCSHA President Gerald Hunter, NCSHA Executive Director Barbara Thompson, the Department of Treasury's Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission Co-Chair Former Senator Christopher Bond, and a panel of housing industry experts.
- April 23, 2012
On April 23, Mary Miller, the Department of Treasury's Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, spoke to attendees at NCSHA's Legislative Conference regarding the HFA Initiative, the Hardest Hit Fund, and other partnerships with HFAs.
- January 18, 2012
HFA directors and staff, Administration officials, and industry partners came together last week for NCSHA's HFA Institute MRBs and Federal Mortgage Insurance conference. For three days, attendees took advantage of the opportunity to network with their peers and receive top-notch education during more than a dozen sessions.
- December 2, 2011
Only the Institute uniquely features senior Administration officials discussing the latest administrative, regulatory, and legislative developments and top-notch training by nationally
recognized experts combined with the knowledge and experience of program administrators and their partners from across the country. - November 23, 2011
Moments ago, the Treasury Department announced the extension of the New Issue Bond Program (NIBP) through the end of 2012 and the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program (TCLP) through December 31, 2015, with accompanying term sheets.
- November 8, 2011
Our still-ailing housing markets need all the first-time homebuyers and affordable rental housing investors we can find. The New Issue Bond Program, which the Department of the Treasury launched in 2009 to help state and local housing finance agencies continue financing housing for working families during the housing crisis, is set to expire at the end of 2011.
- October 26, 2011
In a report released October 18, Moody's Investors Service finds that overall HFA financial performance has been stable because of the New Issue Bond Program (NIBP), but the weak economy, low-interest rates, and the expiration of NIBP may soon have an increasingly negative impact on HFA finances.
- September 19, 2011
On September 19, Moody’s Investors Service released a comment on Treasury’s September 13 announcement that it intends to approve a three-year extension of the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program (TCLP).
- July 12, 2011
President Obama announced July 11 that he has named Carol Galante as the acting commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), effective July 12. Until this appointment, Galante has served since March 2009 as HUD deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing, where she oversaw the rental side of the FHA.
- March 15, 2011
On Monday, March 7, NCSHA's 2011 Legislative Conference kicked off with addresses from NCSHA President Gerald Hunter, NCSHA Executive Director Barbara Thompson, a presentation by Barbara Sard of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, an industry panel discussion, and a briefing by NCSHA's Policy and Government Affairs team.
