Resource Center

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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

NCSHA Updated Budget Chart for Select HUD and USDA Housing Programs

NCSHA's FY2024 Budget Chart for select U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Agriculture housing programs.

NCSHA Comments on IRS/Treasury 2026–2027 Priority Guidance Plan

This May 29, 2026, letter provides NCSHA’s recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the 2026–2027 Priority Guidance Plan for the Housing Credit and Housing Bond programs.

Housing Credit Reference Guide

This online reference guide includes links to reference materials useful for HFA Housing Credit program administrators.

State Policies on New 25% Bond Financing Threshold

President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a permanent change to the bond financing threshold test for 4 percent Housing Credit developments, dropping the test from a 50 percent threshold to a 25 percent threshold for properties placed in service after December 31, 2025 that have at least 5 percent of aggregate costs covered by bond financing from multifamily Housing Bonds issued in 2026 or later.

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025: Cosponsorship List by State

This document tracks the members of Congress who have cosponsored the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.

Housing Industry Statement and Proposal on Build America, Buy America Implementation

NCSHA led an effort to coordinate housing industry organizations and businesses in support of this position statement on Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements’ impact on affordable housing production, including a proposal to improve the BABA implementation and waiver processes.

Summary of Legislative Changes to Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

The attached document, published by the Neighborhood Homes Coalition, summarizes a series of modifications to the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (S. 1686/H.R. 2854) developed by the bill’s Republican and Democratic sponsors in the House and Senate. The sponsors intend to incorporate these revisions into the next version of the bill to be introduced, whether that is in the next Congress or as part of a legislative package considered later this year.

Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act seeks to address the shortage of affordable for-homeownership housing through creation of a new Neighborhood Homes Credit — a federal tax credit to incent new equity investment dollars for the development and renovation of one- to four-family housing in distressed communities by closing the “value gap” between the cost of rehabilitating or building a home and the post-construction value of the home. This new tax credit would expand the supply for affordable single-family homes, improve property values, increase family wealth, and decrease blight and abandonment in distressed neighborhoods.

NCSHA Comments on HUD Proposed Rule on Work Requirements and Term Limits

NCSHA submitted these comments on May 1, 2026, on a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that would allow public housing agencies and certain housing providers to implement work requirements and term limits for non-elderly, non-disabled adults receiving housing assistance.

House Sign-On Letter Expressing Concerns about Section 901 of Senate-Passed ROAD to Housing Act

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent this April 22, 2026, sign-on letter to House leadership expressing concerns with provisions in the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.