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.
Washington Report | June 21, 2024
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week held a daylong symposium to explore how Federal Home Loan Banks can — and why they should — work more with Community Development Financial...
NCSHA Washington Report | June 7, 2024
Facing a housing deficit in the millions and growing, it’s self-evident that America needs to “build, build, build,” especially at sales prices and rents lower-income people can reasonably...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 31, 2024
The range of responses, from breathless to blistering, to Freddie Mac’s request for permission from its regulator to start purchasing and guaranteeing closed-end home equity loans for borrowers...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 17, 2024
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 70 years ago today, is widely seen as one of the most important in the court’s history, even as many also consider...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 10, 2024
State housing finance agencies in recent years have taken extraordinary steps in response to unprecedented cost increases in affordable apartment construction. They have helped secure billions in...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 3, 2024
Treasury Secretary Yellen recently expressed optimism that “the single largest contributor to inflation is going to be moving down over this year.” She was referring to housing costs, or...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 26, 2024
Beginning under President Trump and expanding through the Biden – Harris Administration, industrial policy has made a surprising comeback as a feature of American domestic and international...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 19, 2024
A Senate hearing this past Wednesday entitled “Challenges in Preserving the U.S. Housing Stock” brought to mind longtime housing lawyer and legislative advocate Chuck Edson’s observation that...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 12, 2024
If you’re at all stressed about next week’s tax filing deadline, just wait til next year around now, when not only will everyone’s 2024 returns be due but our federal political system will be...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 5, 2024
The first flagship initiative of the Federal Housing Administration was not the home purchase mortgage insurance program the agency is known for today but rather a home improvement program...
