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Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University | The State of the Nation’s Housing 2017

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

Addressing the scale and complexity of need requires a renewed national commitment to expand the range of housing options available for an increasingly diverse society. […]

NCSHA Comments to HUD on Improving FHA’s Homeownership Programs

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) plays an indispensable role in helping low-income families and other traditionally under-served populations achieve the dream of homeownership. FHA’s support for sustainable low down payment lending dovetails perfectly with HFAs’ affordable homeownership missions. […]

NCSHA Letter to Senate Banking Committee Leadership in Support of Pam Patenaude to be HUD Deputy Secretary

The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) is pleased to express our strong support for the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude to serve as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We commend President Trump for this outstanding choice. We ask the Committee to approve and the full Senate to confirm quickly Patenaude’s appointment, so she can get to work immediately with HUD Secretary Carson on the many serious affordable housing challenges our country confronts. […]

NCSHA Statement to House Ways and Means Committee on Growing the Economy Through Tax Reform

NCSHA submitted a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee in response to its hearing on how tax reform will grow our economy and create jobs.
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ACTION Statement to House Ways and Means Committee on Growing the Economy Through Tax Reform

The A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods (ACTION) Campaign, representing over 2,000 national, state, and local organizations and businesses, urges the Ways and Means Committee to expand and strengthen the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit), and to protect multifamily Housing Bonds, as part of any tax reform effort to grow our economy and create jobs. […]

House Financial Services Committee’s Proposed National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Bill Summary

House Financial Services Committee’s Proposed National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Bill Summary […]

S.1344 Family Self-Sufficiency Act

Combines HUD’s FSS programs currently operating separately, expands eligibility to project-based rental assistance properties, and provides additional educational services to FSS participants.
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Representative Jeb Hensarling’s Summary of Changes to the CHOICE Act bill to be Introduced in the 115th Session of Congress

Representative Jeb Hensarling’s (R-TX) summary chart of intended changes to the CHOICE Act bill he plans to introduce in the 115th session of Congress. […]

HUD | Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves

In 2008, Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), requiring each state housing finance agency (HFA) that administers the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to submit certain demographic and economic information on tenants in LIHTC units to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) according to standards determined by the Secretary […]