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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

GSE Reform Coalition Letter

Open letter addressed to the Administration and Congress titled, “A Defining Moment for Housing Finance: The Need to Preserve Access and Affordability,” signed by twenty nine agencies of the GSE Reform Coalition.

NCSHA Issues Statement for House Hearing on Multifamily Housing Regulatory Costs

NCSHA issued the following statement as the House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance began a hearing on “The Cost of Regulation on Affordable Multifamily Development” on September 5, 2018.

S. 3231 Task Force on the Impact of Affordable Housing Crisis Act

Senator Young’s bill, the Task Force on the Impact of Affordable Housing Crisis Act, establishes an 18-member task force charged with evaluating and quantifying the impact of affordable housing on other government programs and making recommendations to Congress on how to use affordable housing to improve the effectiveness of other federal programs and improve life outcomes.

S. 3364 First-Time HomeBuyer Credit Act of 2018

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Wyden (D-OR) introduced the First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act of 2018, S. 3364, which would create a refundable first-time homebuyer tax credit equal to 2.5 percent of the home purchase price up a maximum of $10,000. The credit would phase out for homes selling for $600,000 to $700,000. The credit would also phase out for individual taxpayers with incomes between $80,000 and $100,000 and joint taxpayers with incomes between $160,000 and $180,000.

S. 3365 Middle-Income Housing Credit Act of 2018

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Middle Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2018, S. 3365, which would create a new state-administered tax credit, modeled after the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit), to stimulate the development of rental housing for middle-income households earning up to 100 percent of area median gross income (AMGI).

NCSHA Submits Comments on HUD’s 2013 Final Rule Implementing the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard

On June 20, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (proposed rule) inviting comments on HUD’s 2013 Implementation of the Fair...

Children’s HealthWatch | What If: Stable Homes Make Healthy Families

Children’s HealthWatch, a nonpartisan network of pediatricians, public health researchers, children’s health and policy experts, finds that good health begins at home, not at a doctor’s office.

Multifamily Finance Strategies (HCC18)

Financial structuring experts examine various multifamily finance programs and their application in Housing Credit development. Learn tactics for combining the Credit with Choice Neighborhoods...

Achieving Long-Term Affordability (HCC18)

As more Housing Credit developments approach the end of the extended use period, the industry is focusing on long-term preservation. Explore opportunities and challenges with acquisition and...

Program Monitoring and Compliance (HCC18)

Gain a better understanding of essential aspects of Housing Credit compliance, including satisfying the minimum set-aside, applicability of income limits, tenant eligibility requirements, income...