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 | May 31, 2019
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week published the list of regulatory items it expects to work on over the next year. The GSE qualified mortgage “patch” we covered a couple...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 29, 2019
The work of state HFAs is all around us if you know where to look, or if you just get lucky. Driving down Catherine Street in Natchez, MS, this week, I came upon a cluster of newly built...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 22, 2019
Hundreds of legal aid attorneys, community organizers, and low-income tenant rights advocates gathered in New Orleans this week for the Housing Justice Network National Conference, convened by...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 8, 2019
Leaders in the nation’s state housing finance agency community from across the country will be in Washington, DC, next week for NCSHA’s 2019 Legislative Conference. State HFA executive...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 1, 2019
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who before his election last fall served three terms in Congress as one of its most conservative members, has proposed in his first budget to break a...
Washington Report | February 22, 2019
Housing has long been seen as a leading economic indicator. Home construction has historically led the country out of recessions, acting as “an important jump-starter [that]...
Washington Report | February 15, 2019
More HFAs are investing in research to refine business strategies, understand emerging trends, and adjust policies to address new realities in their communities. Recent work on urban housing and...
Washington Report | February 8, 2019
While the demographic shifts that continue to transform America’s suburbs are often assessed for their political implications, their housing market impacts may be even more...
Washington Report | February 1, 2019
On January 24, Politico reported that, in a recording of a January 17 staff meeting at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting director Joseph Otting (who also serves as...
Washington Report | January 25, 2019
UPDATE: On Friday (01/25/2019) afternoon, President Trump agreed to reopen the federal government until February 15, allowing time to negotiate FY 2019 funding legislation, including immigration...
