Legislation & Legislation Proposals
Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding Letter on FY 2022 Appropriations
This November 19, 2021, letter sent by NCSHA and fellow steering committee members of the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) urges Congress to enact fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills as soon as possible and outlines the devastating impacts on affordable housing and community development programs when multiple, or lengthy, continuing resolutions are in place.
Senate Democrats’ Leadership Letter Supporting Housing Funding in Reconciliation
On October 14, 2021, 36 Democratic Senators sent this letter to President Biden, House Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Schumer asking them to support comprehensive, robust housing funding in legislation to enact President Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
Emergency Rental Assistance Program Side-By-Side
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).
Congressional Sign-On Letter in Support of Including AHCIA in Reconciliation Package
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.
Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act
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 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...
