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 | July 22, 2022
At this week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax incentives for affordable housing, Oregon Housing and Community Services Executive Director Andrea Bell didn’t mince words,...
NCSHA Washington Report | July 15, 2022
As Covid’s most immediate impacts on the geography of housing demand come into clearer view, the longer-term implications remain uncertain, and hugely consequential, for regional economies and...
NCSHA Washington Report | July 8, 2022
While we were gone… The House Appropriations Committee approved funding for HUD’s next fiscal year that’s 17 percent higher than this year’s level. The committee’s bill includes $1.7...
NCSHA Washington Report | June 17, 2022
The fact that the most significant federal incentive for affordable apartment construction is largely a state-designed and delivered program, reflecting core federal concerns, is not news to...
NCSHA Washington Report | June 10, 2022
Some of the impacts higher interest rates have on housing costs are fairly obvious, yet their knock-on effects can be surprising in the additional affordability challenges they create. For...
NCSHA Washington Report | June 3, 2022
HUD Secretary Fudge and her regional office leaders were out in force this week highlighting how the agency’s programs are helping create more affordable homes alongside state and local...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 20, 2022
We’re thrilled to announce today a new NCSHA effort to support strategic partnerships between state HFAs, hospitals, and other health organizations to finance affordable housing in...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 13, 2022
Five years after the federal Opportunity Zones program’s debut, reviews still generate more heat than light, with opinions on its effectiveness sharply divided and hard evidence of its impact...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 6, 2022
Even when the administration’s (and our) hopes were higher for the historic housing production investments proposed in the Build Back Better agenda, which required Congressional approval, the...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 29, 2022
The primary policy to prevent mass homeowner distress during the pandemic was mass mortgage forbearance, provided through acts of Congress and moves by various federal agencies....
