HFAs, financial advisors, and bankers discuss how they navigated the last unprecedented 18 months to continue accessing capital for affordable homeownership programs. What have we learned from the market during the pandemic and how can those lessons be applied moving forward? DISCUSSION LEADER Melanie Weathers, Senior Financial Administrator | Florida Housing Finance Corporation PARTICIPANTS Lynn Alley, […]
You — or the vendor you’ve trusted with your clients’ personally identifiable information — have been breached. How should you respond based on best practices, the law, and your organization’s values? During this session, find out what you need to know to be prepared for and recover from a security breach. DISCUSSION LEADER Scot Berkey, […]
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COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the U.S. economy at both the national and local levels. Leading authorities discuss how the bond, capital, and housing markets have been impacted in 2021 and what to expect in 2022. DISCUSSION LEADER Hazim Taib, Chief Financial Officer | Connecticut Housing Finance Authority PARTICIPANTS Ansel Caine, Vice President […]
Single-family mortgage insurance program officials discuss the Biden Administration’s plans to expand homeownership opportunities. Learn the latest on the Federal Housing Administration’s down payment assistance policies and FHA’s and USDA’s COVID-19 loss-mitigation efforts. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officials’ brief attendees on their firms’ partnerships with HFAs and latest efforts to support affordable single-family lending. […]
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State agencies administering Emergency Rental Assistance programs share notes. Hear how states are reaching landlords and tenants and working with them to obtain completed applications. Find out the latest about usage trends, funding reallocations, federal guidance, targeting to socially disadvantaged individuals and communities, and dealing with staffing, reporting, and monitoring responsibilities. DISCUSSION LEADER Ryan Vincent, […]
This September 24, 2021, letter from U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale O. Adeyemo to Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program grantees provides preliminary information about Treasury’s approach to the statutorily required reallocation of grants authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (ERA 1). View Document […]
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This September 17, 2021, letter to House and Senate leadership underscores NCSHA’s support for the housing provisions contained in the reconciliation legislation reported by the House Ways and Means Committee and Financial Services Committee and encourages leadership to keep these provisions as close to the versions as passed by the committees as possible in final […]
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On September 15, 2021, NCSHA sent this letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury requesting clarification in several areas that would allow Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) administering agencies to fully plan and prepare their programs. Guidance was requested on issues including recycling of funds to assist more homeowners, reuse of funds repaid after the program […]
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This September 13, 2021, notice issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development establishes the requirements for the $5 billion provided under the American Rescue Plan Act through the HOME program (HOME-ARP) intended for use by HOME participating jurisdictions to provide housing and services for households experiencing or at risk of homelessness. View Notice […]
