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 | January 10, 2025
Campaigning for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter proposed significant new federal investments in home building both “to solve the physical problems confronting our cities” and “put back to...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 20, 2024
In the weeks since the election, this space has highlighted opportunities for federal housing policy under the incoming administration of President-elect Trump and a Republican-controlled 119th...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 13, 2024
President-Elect Trump’s campaign pledge to “open limited portions of Federal Lands to allow for new home construction” deserves more serious consideration than the media’s mostly facile...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 6, 2024
Three of President-Elect Trump’s recent high-profile appointments suggest the Opportunity Zone tax incentive will be a top priority for the incoming administration in next year’s huge tax...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 22, 2024
Congress began work in earnest this week on legislation to provide federal relief to states that have experienced major disasters over the past few years. On Monday, President Biden sent House...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 15, 2024
Every presidential administration since Ronald Reagan’s has variously decried the role of regulations in impeding housing construction and increasing housing costs for lower-income...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 1, 2024
January 20, 2026 Dear President ________: Thank you for establishing housing affordability as one of your highest priorities in the first year of your term, and congratulations on the steps...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 25, 2024
The home stretch of the presidential campaign has largely crowded out discussion of what the Congress, currently on recess, will have to do when it returns to Washington for a lame-duck session in...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 18, 2024
Pundits of various stripes coined memorable, somewhat ominous phrases to describe the apparent transformations in American life that seemed to be unfolding with astonishing speed during the early...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 11, 2024
The last two weeks have eliminated any doubt that the country’s capacity to respond to natural disasters has reached a breaking point. On October 2, as bodies were still being recovered in...
