Advocacy Toolkit

Advocacy Toolkit

2012 Congressional Handout (PDF)

• HFA Resources
  • 2012 Congressional Handout (PDF)
  • LegCon 2012 Conference Brochure
  • HFA Faces of Home Stories
• Communicating with Congress
  • Message to Tax Committee Members 
  • Message to Banking Committee Members
    
  • Message to Appropriations Committee Members 
  • Key Congressional Committee Rosters
    
  • Tips for Meeting with Congress
• NCSHA Priorities
  • NCSHA's 2012 Business, Legislative, and Regulatory Priorities
    
  • 2012 Legislative Priorities Briefing PowerPoint (March 20, 2012)
• Housing's Economic Impact
  • National Association of Home Builders: Housing Credit Fact Sheet
  • National Association of Home Builders: The Direct Impact of Home Building and Remodeling on the U.S. Economy
  • National Association of Home Builders: The Economic Impact of the Housing Tax Credit Program in Georgia
  • National Association of Home Builders: The Economic Impact of the Housing Tax Credit Program in New Hampshire
  • National Association of Home Builders: The Local Economic Impact of Typical Housing Tax Credit Developments
  • Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission's Infographic on the Housing Industry’s Historical Impact on Economic Growth
• The Need for Affordable Housing
  • Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University Report on America's Rental Housing
  • The National Low Income Housing Coalition Out of Reach 2012 Report
  • Center for Housing Policy Housing Landscape 2012 Report
• NCSHA Letters, Comments, and Testimonies
  • NCSHA Signs Joint Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Municipal Bonds (April 24, 2012)
  • NCSHA Signs Joint Letter on CFPB's Qualified Mortgage Definition (April 16, 2012)
  • NCSHA Signs National Coalition Letter to Preserve Housing Credit (April 13, 2012)
  • Sign-On Letter Regarding 302(b) Allocations for Housing Appropriations Subcommittees (March 12, 2012)
  • Joint Letter on HUD's Proposed Short Funding of PBRA Contracts (February 23, 2012)
  • NCSHA Comments on Proposed HOME Rule (February 14, 2012)
  • NCSHA signs letter to Congress on FY 2013 Budget’s Muni Bond Limit Proposal (February 14, 2012)
  • NCSHA Comments on Proprietary Trading Restrictions - the "Volcker Rule" (February 13, 2012)
  • NCSHA Submits Comments to HUD on Fair Housing Proposed Rule (January 23, 2012)
  • NCSHA Joins Effort to Push the Administration for More Rural Housing Funding (December 19, 2011)
  • NCSHA Letter to FY 2012 Minibus Conferees (November 15, 2011)
  • HOME Letter from NCSHA to House Financial Services Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members (November 9, 2011)
  • NCSHA and 32 Additional National Organizations Send Letter of Support for HOME to Congress (November 2, 2011)
  • NCSHA President Gerald Hunter: “Make your presence felt” (October 3, 2011)
  • NCSHA Attends White House Convening on Affordable Housing (October 12, 2011)
  • NCSHA's 2011-2012 Priority Guidance Plan Comments to IRS (September 13, 2011)
  • NCSHA Submits Comments on White House Rental Alignment Initiative (September 1, 2011)
  • NCSHA Supports Bond Exemption in Risk Retention Rule (August 2, 2011)
  • NCSHA Responds to Coburn Report (August 1, 2011)
  • NCSHA Submits Comments on Proposed Qualified Mortgage, Ability-to-Pay Regulation (July 25, 2011)
  • NCSHA and 40 Additional National Organizations Send Letter of Support for HOME to Congress (May 26, 2011)
  • NCSHA Letter on Housing Finance Reform (April 4, 2011)
  • Housing Industry Coalition Housing Finance Reform Principles (March 28, 2011)
  • National Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Task Force Letter on NSP Termination Bill (March 1, 2011)
  • NCSHA Comments on HFA Eligibility for Swap End-User Exception (February 23, 2011)
  • NCSHA Comments on Appointed Board Members Exemption from SEC Muni Advisor Registration Rule (February 23, 2011)
• NCSHA Press Releases
  • NCSHA Elects New Leadership Team, Recognizes Outstanding HFA Programs at Annual Meeting (October 5, 2011)
• Program Information and Fact Sheets
  • Q&A on the HOME Investment Partnerships Program
  • Q&A on Tax-Exempt Housing Bonds
  • Q&A on the Housing Credit Program
  • Q&A on Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance
  • Why Congress Should Preserve Tax-Exempt Housing Bonds in Tax Reform
  • Why Congress Should Preserve the Housing Credit in Tax Reform
  • Budget Control Act of 2011 Summary
  • Housing Finance Reform Fact Sheet
  • NCSHA Advocacy and Issues Fact Pages
• Budget and Tax Reform Information
  • NCSHA FY 2013 Budget Analysis
  • FY 2013 Budget Chart
  • FY 2012 HOME Program Advocacy
  • The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Deficit Report
  • Bipartisan Policy Center Deficit Reduction Report
  • Congressional Research Service Paper on Tax Reform Proposals in the 112th Congress
• Additional Advocacy Papers and Letters
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Handout on Minimum Rent
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act Fact Sheet
  • Senate "Dear Colleague" Letter on Housing Credit Legislation
  • House "Dear Colleague" Letter on Housing Credit Legislation
• Visiting Capitol Hill
  • House Member Directory
  • Senate Member Directory
  • Capitol Visitor's Center Website
    
  • DC Metro (Subway) Map
  • Washington Metro Area Transit Authority Website
  • Information on the Legislative Process
  • Capitol Hill Security Policy
    
  • House and Senate Gift Ban and Ethics Rules