The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued their 2019 – 2020 Priority Guidance Plan, which identifies guidance projects Treasury and IRS intend to actively work on between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. […]
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This document contains the implementation report to the President in accordance with Executive Order “Establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.” This report outlines the plan of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (Council) to implement administrative reforms and initiatives that will target, streamline, coordinate, and optimize Federal resources in economically distressed communities […]
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The National Council of State Housing Agencies and the Economic Innovation Group are collaborating on a series of Opportunity Zone development profiles that feature affordable and/or workforce housing components. To submit a development for this series, please complete the form below. […]
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On September 16, 2019, NCSHA submitted comments to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Kathy Kraninger, on the Bureau’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Qualified Mortgage Definition under the Truth in Lending Act. […]
On September 17, 2019, the IRS released guidance for additional Low Income Housing Credit disaster relief for the State of California. “In response to the devastation caused by the California Wildfires to Butte, Los Angeles, and Ventura Counties in the State of California (hereinafter, California), this notice expands the emergency housing and compliance monitoring relief […]
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This letter, signed by 23 industry stakeholders including NCSHA, was sent to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Kathy Kraninger, in response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Qualified Mortgage Definition under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z). […]
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This letter is signed by members of the Community Reinvestment Act Coalition, sent to Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency; and Jelena McWilliams, Chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. […]
This paper highlights the research efforts of various housing organizations to demonstrate the importance of innovation to improve housing affordability. The Ivory Prize was designed to advance projects and reward innovators for their efforts to develop adoptable solutions to tackle housing affordability. Solutions were sought in three key award component areas: (1) construction/design, (2) finance, […]
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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent to President Trump their respective proposals for reforming the housing finance system. Both plans, which respond to an executive memorandum issued by Trump in March, include a mix of legislative and administrative proposals for reform. This memorandum summarizes the plans and […]
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