HFAs’ affordable housing efforts increasingly emphasize making homes and communities more sustainable by promoting energy-efficiency, connecting housing to jobs, increasing access to affordable transportation, supporting educational opportunity, and making homes healthier.
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NCSHA Blog Posts
- 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. - October 20, 2011
On October 19, NCSHA participated at HUD’s request in a conference call HUD held for more than 100 stakeholders across the country as a follow-up to the October 12 White House Convening on affordable housing NCSHA attended and described in its October 14 blog. NCSHA was one of four organizations HUD invited to make presentations during the call on their efforts to achieve the highest funding level possible for HUD programs.
Housing Headlines
- Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies
News
- March 7, 2011
Always scrambling for funds for weatherization, Dale McCormick, agency director, got the idea of trying to make money by selling carbon offsets for the reductions in carbon emissions the agency was attaining through insulating, weather-stripping and caulking homes. - October 14, 2010
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently announced that AHFC's Home Energy Rebate Program is one of the exceptional state-led energy-efficiency programs in the United States. ACEEE recognized a total of just 18 top programs from 14 states. AHFC's Home Energy Rebate Program received one of 10 honorable mentions awarded.
Sustainable Housing - Resources
- January 23, 2012
- 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.
