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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Accelerating the Utilization of Emergency Rental Assistance: NCSHA Recommendations

This paper consolidates the various recommendations NCSHA has made to the Administration on how it could modify its guidance to better facilitate rapid deployment of Emergency Rental Assistance program funds to eligible households and their landlords and utility providers.

NCSHA Statement for FHFA Listening Session on Closing the Gap to Sustainable Homeownership

On June 29, 2021, NCSHA’s Garth Rieman delivered this statement at the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s public listening session on “Closing the Gap to Sustainable Homeownership.” The statement recommends several actions FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac could take to increase homeownership among people of color.

NCSHA Comments on Housing Trust Fund Final Rule

On June 25, 2021, NCSHA submitted these comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on its Housing Trust Fund Interim Final Rule. NCSHA’s comments recommend changes in the rule to provide HTF administering entities more flexibility.

Letter to Administration on Flexibilities Needed for Rapid Deployment of Assistance to Tenants to Prevent Evictions

NCSHA, along with other major national organizations representing grantees and advocates—the American Public Human Services Association, Council of State Community Development Agencies, National American Indian Housing Council, National League of Cities, and National Low Income Housing Coalition—sent this letter to the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and White House Senior Advisor Gene Sperling asking the Administration to provide flexibilities to help grantees assist households that face eviction upon the expiration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium order.

ACTION Campaign Letter Urging Congressional Leaders to Support the AHCIA of 2021

The ACTION Campaign, which NCSHA co-chairs with Enterprise Community Partners, sent this letter, signed by 2,421 organizations from across the nation, to House and Senate leaders urging them to support the passage of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2021.

NCSHA Comments on Treasury and IRS 2021-2022 Priority Guidance Plan

On May 28, 2021, NCSHA provided these comments to the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on guidance projects the agencies should include in their 2021-2022 Priority Guidance Plan. The annual Priority Guidance Plan sets forth the tax issues Treasury and IRS intend to address through regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, notices, and other published administrative guidance.

NCSHA Infrastructure Priorities Memo

This memorandum outlines NCSHA’s top legislative priorities for 2021 federal infrastructure legislation.

ACTION Campaign Steering Committee Members’ Letter in Support of Todman’s HUD Nomination

On April 30, 2021, NCSHA and 17 other members of the A Call To Invest in Our Communities (ACTION) Campaign Steering Committee sent this letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) in support of Adrianne Todman’s nomination to become Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

NCSHA Letter to HUD on Homelessness Assistance and Supportive Services Through HOME (HOME-ARP)

In this April 16 letter, NCSHA urges the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to quickly issue guidance on the $5 billion for homelessness assistance and supportive services through the HOME Investment Partnerships program in the American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP). The letter also includes recommendations on waivers and suspensions state HFAs will need to implement this program.

NCSHA Letter to Treasury with Policy Recommendations for Homeowner Assistance Fund

On March 12, 2021, NCSHA sent this letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlining our policy recommendations for implementing the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF), included in the American Rescue Plan. In the letter, NCSHA makes three different types of suggestions 1) mission-critical items that must be included in whatever mechanism Treasury uses to disburse HAF funds to make the program operable; 2) issues that are necessary for Treasury to clarify or resolve for the programs to launch promptly; 3) steps Treasury can take when administering the program help ensure that assistance is delivered promptly and effectively.