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 | December 18, 2020
The following op-ed by NCSHA Executive Director Stockton Williams was published by The Hill earlier this week. At a dark hour for renters across the country, Washington may soon send some...
NCSHA Washington Report | SPECIAL EDITION | December 11, 2020
This week, as state housing finance agencies worked urgently to deliver federal emergency assistance in the remaining days federal rules allow, NCSHA worked relentlessly to secure additional aid...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 4, 2020
Could what the New York Times recently called a “coming wave of pandemic-induced vacancies” for commercial properties be a significant opportunity for affordable housing? A new study...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 20, 2020
Below the bubbling surface of discouraging news about prospects for a fiscal stimulus bill before the year’s end and more encouraging signs of a potential agreement to fund the federal...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 13, 2020
For as long as there have been investors, there have been “socially responsible” investors, motivated to make decisions with their money based on personal values as well as financial returns....
NCSHA Washington Report | November 6, 2020
In a polarized political environment with a gridlocked federal government, how can the country meet national challenges that play out differently from state to state? In housing, it can work...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 23, 2020
90 seconds for our closing argument: You can’t afford to miss NCSHA’s first virtual Annual Conference & Showcase next week because it offers more programming than any NCSHA conference...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 16, 2020
This week saw new evidence of the intense geographic concentration of disadvantage in the country and the risks it may worsen, especially for people of color, as the recession grinds on. The...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 9, 2020
In other news this past week: JPMorgan Chase announced a commitment of $30 billion over five years to “address key drivers of the racial wealth divide, reduce systemic racism against Black...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 2, 2020
Evictions as actual events are lagging indicators of housing hardship, the tragic endgame, more often than not, after a renter’s struggles and sacrifices and, more often than you might think, a...
