Washington Report
The Washington Report offers NCSHA members a weekly update on the latest affordable housing developments in Washington, as well as NCSHA activities and HFA initiatives and innovations. To learn more about NCSHA, membership, or upcoming events, please contact us. We welcome media inquiries; please contact Lisa Bowman, Director, Marketing and Communications.
NCSHA Washington Report | February 23, 2024
In early 1974, the burgeoning national network of the 27 state housing finance agencies in existence at the time was at a crossroads. Moody’s had recently changed its methodology for rating...
NCSHA Washington Report | February 16, 2024
As usual by around this time of year, most of the country’s governors have given their annual state of the state addresses, and many have submitted their budget proposals to their state...
NCSHA Washington Report | February 9, 2024
Nobody disagrees that the Low Income Housing Tax Credit is “the most important resource for creating affordable housing in the United States today.” The Housing Credit isn’t perfect —...
NCSHA Washington Report | February 2, 2024
Regrettably, if predictably, press coverage of the House’s passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act by a 357–70 vote this week, containing a major expansion of the...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 26, 2024
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Your opportunity to vote, potentially next week, for or against the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is — and is not — about a...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 19, 2024
We recently highlighted three federal regulations expected this year that have high stakes for housing affordability. The Supreme Court also could act on several cases with far-reaching impacts...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 5, 2024
While we’re laser-focused on doing everything we can over the next few weeks, in yet another delayed congressional appropriations process, to increase the two most important federal programs...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 15, 2023
State housing finance agencies are projected to provide $29 billion in affordable home loan financing this year, up 11.5 percent from 2022, according to Moody’s Investors Service, and...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 8, 2023
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been in the news for its housing efforts. The week of Thanksgiving, various outlets reported the VA was “pausing” foreclosures on homes with...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 1, 2023
For years, states across the political spectrum have tapped their Medicaid programs to address “social determinants of health,” especially access to affordable housing and healthy food,...
