NCSHA Blogs
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.
Appropriations Lapse; Federal Government Shuts Down; Agencies Operating Per Contingency Plans
As of today, October 1, as a result of a lapse in appropriations at the conclusion of Fiscal Year 2025, the federal government is shut down and agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Housing and...
Banking Committee Advances Comprehensive Housing Bill; HOME Reauthorization Included
The Senate Banking Committee this morning unanimously passed a wide-ranging affordable housing package containing dozens of proposals introduced by Senators from both parties. The bill — titled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025,” or “ROAD to Housing Act” — is the first bipartisan housing bill to advance through the Banking Committee in more than a decade, and the most substantial as well. It is the product of months of discussions between Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Bipartisan FY26 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Funding Bill
Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved by a broadly bipartisan vote of 27–1 its Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill. This follows earlier consideration of FY26 THUD legislation by the House Appropriations Committee, which passed on a party-line vote of 35–28.
House Appropriations Committee Approves FY26 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Funding Bill
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee marked up and approved by a vote of 35 – 28 its Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill. The THUD Appropriations Subcommittee previously considered and approved nearly identical legislation on Monday.
