Washington State Housing Finance Commission Executive Director Steve Walker appeared before the Senate Finance Committee at its March 7, 2023, hearing on tax policy’s role in increasing affordable housing supply for working families. Walker delivered this written statement. A video of the hearing can be found here. View Testimony […]
This March 3, 2023, letter from ACTION Campaign co-chairs NCSHA and Enterprise Community Partners responds to a U.S. Department of Energy Request for Information regarding the development of best practices for the Home Energy Rebate programs in accordance with the Inflation Reduction Act. ACTION’s letter recommends implementation that would facilitate the use of these programs […]
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On March 3, 2023, NCSHA submitted comments to the Department of Energy on the Inflation Reduction Act Home Efficiency and Electrification Rebate Programs. View Document […]
On March 2, 2023, NCSHA submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development these comments regarding the Public Interest Phased Implementation Waiver for FY 2022 and 2023 of Build America, Buy America Provisions issued on February 15, 2023. View Document […]
On February 22, HUD published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2023-05 and announced the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will reduce its annual single-family mortgage insurance premium by 0.30 percentage points, from 0.85 percent to 0.55 percent for most new borrowers, effective for mortgages endorsed on or after March 20, 2023. View Document […]
The Public Finance Network, of which NCSHA is a member, sent this February 21 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler to express concerns about the recently enacted Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022. View Document […]
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NCSHA and nine other organizations sent this January 13, 2023, letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act. The letter commended HUD for its work and made several recommendations. View Letter View Document […]
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This document tracks the members of Congress who have cosponsored the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021 (S. 1136/H.R. 2573) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. *As of December 27, 2022 Summary Senate: 44 total cosponsors including leads (11 Republicans, 33 Democrats); 50 percent […]
NCSHA, along with other major national organizations representing Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) grantees—the American Public Human Services Association, Council of State Community Development Agencies, National American Indian Housing Council, National Association of Counties, National Community Development Association, and National League of Cities—sent this December 20, 2022 letter to Treasury urging the Department to clarify its […]
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