NCSHA Blogs
NCSHA Details Key Changes to HOME in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Wondering how the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would strengthen the HOME program? Here’s a deep dive into the HOME changes under consideration.
Representatives Yakym and Moore Introduce Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act in House
Representatives Rudy Yakym (R-IN) and Gwen Moore (D-WI) last night introduced the Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act (H.R. 7414). This legislation, which NCSHA has worked on closely with the representatives’ offices, would expand state housing finance agencies’ access to private activity bond volume cap and strengthen the Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) and Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs.
House of Representatives Passes Affordable Housing Package
An overwhelming bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives Monday evening voted to pass comprehensive affordable housing legislation that includes more than 20 different housing-related bills. The legislation, titled the Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644), is the first substantial bipartisan housing bill to clear the House in more than a decade. It is the product of months of negotiations between Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-AR), Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), Housing Subcommittee Chair Mike Flood (R-NE), and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).
House Committee Releases Final FY26 HUD Appropriations Bill
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee released the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which includes funding legislation for the Defense; Homeland Security; Labor, Health and Human...
HUD Proposes Rescission of Disparate Impact Rule
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a proposed rule repealing its Discriminatory Effects Standard, which governs disparate impact liability in accordance with the...
Financial Services Committee Approves Affordable Housing Package; HOME Reform Act Included
The House Financial Services Committee earlier today overwhelmingly passed an affordable housing package containing more than 20 different bills introduced by committee members from both parties. The...
FY26 USDA Appropriations Bill Approved in Legislation to Reopen Federal Government
On Wednesday night, President Trump signed funding legislation to end a 43-day federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. The measure’s passage allows federal operations to resume as...
Flood, Cleaver Introduce HOME Reform Act
This week Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee introduced the HOME Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 5798) that would make numerous changes to the administration of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
ROAD to Housing Act Clears Senate
The U.S. Senate last night passed a comprehensive bipartisan affordable housing package containing 40 different bills introduced by Senators from both parties. The legislation — titled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025,” or “ROAD to Housing Act” — is the first bipartisan housing bill to be approved by the Senate in more than a decade.
