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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Joint Letter in Support of HUD Nominees

This letter, signed by 46 national organizations, including NCSHA, supports the nominations of Julia Gordon for Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration/Assistant Secretary for Housing, Solomon Greene for Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research; Arthur Jemison for Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, and David Uejio for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding Letter Supporting Passage of the Build Back Better Act

On January 21, 2022, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding, of which NCSHA is a member, sent this letter to congressional leadership urging them to quickly enact the Build Back Better Act including its $154 billion in investments in critical housing and community development.

State and Local Government and Housing Industry Sign-On Letter to Secretary Yellen on Using Fiscal Recovery Fund with the Housing Credit

This December 10, 2021 letter, spearheaded by NCSHA and signed by 18 organizations representing state and local government officials and Housing Credit industry participants, urges U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to modify existing guidance on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to provide more flexibility in the use of these funds in developments financed with the Housing Credit program.

NCSHA Summary of the First Generation Downpayment Fund

This summary provides details of the proposed “First Generation Down Payment Fund” program. This program has been included in the text of the “Build Back Better Act” that passed the House of Representatives on November 19, 2021. This summary reflects the Senate Banking Committee print of its provisions for the Build Back Better Act it released December 9. Originally published on October 29 and updated on December 13. NCSHA will update this summary as events warrant.

Housing Credit Stakeholder Sign-On Letter to IRS, Treasury on Average Income Test

NCSHA and 32 other Housing Credit Stakeholders organizations sent this letter to the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Treasury urging them to issue a finale rule on the Housing Credit Average Income Test (AIT) minimum set-aside considering the modifications outlined in the letter or announce their intention to publish a new proposed rule for public comment.

Housing Credit Stakeholder Sign-On Letters in Support of Fixing Qualified Contracts, Right of First Refusal

These letters from NCSHA and other Housing Credit stakeholders to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden express support for provisions in reconciliation legislation to close the qualified contract loophole and mitigate investor challenges to nonprofit developers seeking to exercise their statutorily given right of first refusal.

NCSHA Summary of the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

This summary provides details from the “Neighborhood Homes Investment Act,” text of which was included in the Build Back Better Act that passed the House of Representatives on November 19, 2021.

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.

NCSHA Letter to Treasury on Quarterly Reporting

This letter, sent by NCSHA to the Treasury Department on November 16, 2021, urges Treasury to provide a blanket extension for Emergency Rental Assistance quarterly reports until such time as the department is able to streamline quarterly reporting requirements, provide grantees with technical assistance on reporting, and fix technical problems in Treasury’s ERA reporting portal.

CHCDF Sign-On Letter to Congress Urging Enactment of the Build Back Better Act

On November 10, 2021, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding, of which NCSHA is a member, sent this letter to congressional leadership urging them to quickly enact the $154 billion investments in critical housing and community development investments in the Build Back Better Act.