- February 8, 2012
This is the discussion draft of legislation taken up by the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity. The bill is designed to help ensure the fiscal solvency of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) single-family mortgage insurance program. The legislation is intended to reduce the risk that the FHA could require a taxpayer bailout.
- February 8, 2012
This proposal enhances efforts of state Housing Finance Agencies (HFA) to develop and preserve assisted multifamily housing by authorizing the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to securitize any FHA risk-share multifamily loans under the same terms and conditions as if the loan were insured under the National Housing Act.
- December 13, 2011
NCSHA’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 26, 2011
NCSHA’s letter urging the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity to support legislation allowing Ginnie Mae to securitize loans financed through the FHA-HFA Risk-Sharing program.
- May 26, 2011
On May 23, Judy Biggert (R-IL), chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, released a discussion draft of the “FHA-Rural Regulatory Improvement Act of 2011."
- April 6, 2011
In 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 7, 2011
At 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.
- February 15, 2011
NCSHA's analysis of the President's FY 2012 Budget.
- January 24, 2011
NCSHA’s legislative and regulatory priorities, adopted annually by its Board of Directors after consultation with all state HFAs, set the agenda for NCSHA’s advocacy before Congress, the Administration, and the federal agencies concerned with housing, including HUD, USDA, and the Treasury. NCSHA is committed to leading advocacy efforts on them in collaboration with other housing stakeholders who share them.
- December 21, 2010
In April of this year, FHA issued a Final Rule, “Federal Housing Administration: Continuation of FHA Reform—Strengthening Risk Management through Responsible FHA-Approved Lenders,” which made many changes to the way FHA conducts business. Many of the changes would begin taking place on January 1, 2011. HUD is extending certain effective dates in order to give lenders more time to transition to their new business models.
