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Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act

Scheduled to be formally introduced in September 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wydenā€™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 a mandatory spending housing voucher program and investments in rural housing, among other tax and spending initiatives.

House Democratic Dear Colleague Letter in Support of Housing Credit Legislation

This Dear Colleague letter seeks support from House Democrats in signing a letter to House leadership in support of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act.

Summary: The Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2022

This summary provides details from the Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2022 (H.R. 4495), introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA). The Financial Services Committee voted to report this bill favorably on June 23, 2022.

The Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021

On July 15, 2021, House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced this bill which would establish a grant program to fund down payment and closing cost assistance for first-generation home buyers. NCSHA has endorsed this legislation.

American Enterprise Institute Data on FHA Delinquencies for Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas

The American Enterprise Institute analyzes those metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) it deems most at risk from delinquent Federal Housing Administration mortgages. The page also includes a tool...

Senate Dear Colleague Letter on FY 2022 HOME Funding

This letter was sent to Chair Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) of the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies in support of the HOME Investment Partnerships program. Signed by 45 senators, the letter urges the subcommittee to support President Bidenā€™s budget request and provide $1.9 billion for the HOME program in FY 2022.

Members of Congress, HUD Secretary Make the Case for Housing Is Infrastructure in Hearings

The Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Banking Committee all held hearings the week of May 17 on investing in the nationā€™s infrastructure. During the hearings, key...

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021: Video Series

In this video series, Ayrianne Parks, Senior Director of Public Policy at Enterprise, and Jennifer Schwartz, Director of Tax and Housing Advocacy at NCSHA, provide an overview of each of the provisions in the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2021 (S. 1136 and H.R. 2573).

NCSHA Infrastructure Priorities Memo

This memorandum outlines NCSHAā€™s top legislative priorities for 2021 federal infrastructure legislation.