This side-by-side compares the first round of funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance program (authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, enacted December 27, 2020) to the second round of funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance program (provided in the American Rescue Plan Act, enacted March 11, 2021). View Document […]
Read More… from Emergency Rental Assistance Program Side-By-Side
This August 25, 2021, letter to House leadership, led by House Housing Credit champions Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) and signed by 111 House Democrats (including the leads), urges inclusion of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in the reconciliation package Congress will consider in September 2021. View Document […]
Read More… from Congressional Sign-On Letter in Support of Including AHCIA in Reconciliation Package
This August 24, 2021, letter sent to Senate and House leaders sets forth NCSHA’s affordable housing reconciliation legislation priorities. View Document […]
Read More… from NCSHA Letter to Senate and House Leadership on Priorities for Reconciliation
This August 24, 2021, letter sets forth NCSHA’s reconciliation legislation priorities related to the housing programs under the jurisdiction of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees. View Document […]
This August 24, 2021, letter sets forth NCSHA’s reconciliation legislation priorities related to the housing programs under the jurisdiction of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees. View Document […]
This August 23, 2021, letter was sent by NCSHA and other housing and healthcare advocacy groups to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Appropriations Committee and THUD Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding the Housing Choice Voucher program at the level requested by President Biden for fiscal year 2022. View Document […]
Scheduled to be formally introduced in September 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act, or the DASH Act, would make numerous investments in affordable housing supply and demand programs, including investments and program improvements to the Housing Credit, enactment of the Neighborhood Homes Investment Credit, authorization of […]
Read More… from Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act
On August 13, 2021, NCSHA sent this letter to the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury urging them to extend certain temporary Housing Credit relief provisions in IRS Notice 2021-12 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt development and construction activities and the operation of Housing Credit properties. On October 15, […]
Read More… from NCSHA Letters to IRS and Treasury on Extending Housing Credit COVID-19 Relief
On August 9, 2021, NCSHA submitted this comment letter in response to Ginnie Mae’s Request for Input on proposed new eligibility requirements for issuers of Ginnie Mae single-family mortgage-backed securities. In its comments, NCSHA expresses strong concerns that the proposed new standards will be burdensome for HFAs and other mission-driven entities, making it harder for […]
