On August 13, HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs published a video FAQ covering the Environmental Review requirements applicable to an emergency HOME Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program along with a sample Categorically Excluded Not Subject to Section 58.5 (CENST) Environmental Review Form that HOME participating jurisdictions (PJs) can use to document the environmental review […]
This letter, signed by a 19-member coalition that includes NCSHA, urges FHA Commissioner Dana Wade to revise the FHA single-family borrower guidelines to align with those of other federal agencies in using the actual monthly student loan payment amount or 0.5 percent of the outstanding student loan balance in the debt-to-income calculation. […]
This proposed rule would modify the 2016 Equal Access Rule to allow single-sex or sex-specific facilities, such as shelters, to determine whether the sex of an individual seeking housing is consistent with the sex the facility is intended to serve. […]
This letter, signed by 103 members of the House of Representatives from both parties, urges House leadership to prioritize an increase in the Housing Credit volume cap, establishment of a minimum 4 percent rate for bond-financed Housing Credit developments, basis boosts for certain properties, and a lowering the “50 percent test” threshold for triggering Housing […]
This matrix compares the accommodations NCSHA requested in its March 23 letter to IRS to those allowed under existing IRS Revenue Procedures 2014-49 and 2014-50, which provide relief in instances of Presidentially-declared Major Disasters, and to recent IRS Notice 2020-23, which extends certain program deadlines until July 15, 2020. View Document […]
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This final rule repeals HUD’s 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulations and the 1994 Analysis of Impediments requirements where they appear in regulation and instead returns policy to HUD’s pre-1994 understanding of the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. It requires HUD grantees to certify that they will take active steps […]
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Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) are circulating this House of Representatives member sign-on letter in support of inclusion of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit priorities in the next coronavirus relief bill. The letter will be sent to House leadership. […]
On July 14, 2020, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released the 2020 edition of its annual report documenting the gap between renters’ incomes and the cost of housing. The report looks at the economic challenges facing low-income renters across the nation, including lagging wages, inconsistent job growth, and the rising cost of living. […]
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The June 2020 edition of Down Payment Report included an interview with NCSHA Executive Director Stockton Williams in which he highlighted that state housing finance agencies have been accessing bond markets and mortgage backed securities to provide affordable homeownership financing for home buyers within their states; that state HFAs are doing as much or more […]
Read More… from Interview: State HFAs Remain Stable During the COVID-19 Crisis
