On May 6, members of the HOME Coalition, which NCSHA chairs, sent this letter to congressional leadership, urging Congress to provide additional resources for HOME in the next coronavirus response legislation. View Document […]
The ACTION Campaign, which NCSHA co-chairs with Enterprise Community Partners, sent this letter, signed by 2,353 organizations from across the nation, to House and Senate leaders urging them to enact a minimum 4 percent Housing Credit rate and lower the 50 percent test in the next coronavirus response legislation. View Document […]
This memorandum provides NCSHA’s analysis of the impending need for mortgage assistance to prevent homeowner defaults and foreclosures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. View Document […]
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COVID-19 information, guidelines, and notices published by the state HFAs, the Administration, the CDC, HUD and other federal agencies, and state governments. […]
This document provides talking points HFAs and their partners can use to advocate for enhancement to the Housing Credit program needed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically setting a minimum 4 percent credit rate for bond-financed Housing Credit properties, lowering the “50 percent test,” and why members of Congress should weigh in with IRS […]
This document includes answers to frequently asked questions regarding Treasury’s Coronavirus Relief Fund, which was established in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). View Document […]
Ginnie Mae’s APM 20-05 extends the COVID-19 Pass-Through Assistance Program to multifamily issuers. View Document […]
On May 4, 2020, NCSHA joined more than 43 national, local, and business organizations in signing a coalition letter to congressional leaders expressing unified support for legislation to provide emergency rental assistance to tenants negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and laying out principles to guide the development of such legislation. View Document […]
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On March 27 and April 7, respectively, National Association of REALTORS (NAR) President Vince Malta and NAR’s Mortgage Group sent letters to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria calling on them to maintain market liquidity and stability in light of growing forbearance requests […]
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