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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Servicing Essentials: A Conversation with Federal Program Experts (HFAi21)

Legal experts brief you on new developments with FHA, VA, and Rural Housing servicing policies and respond to your questions related to insurance claims, property management, assumptions, and...

Homeownership Financing 101: Mortgage Revenue Bonds (HFAi21)

Industry experts cover the ins and outs of mortgage revenue bonds (MRBs) — the HFAs’ traditional means of financing affordable homeownership lending — including the terminology, eligibility...

Washington and Market Updates (HFAi21)

Leading housing economists and insiders present home-buying and home improvement market trends, demographic shifts, housing affordability challenges, racial equity concerns, and the impact of...

NCSHA Letter to Biden Administration on Emergency Rental Assistance Program Guidance Recommendations

This January 25, 2021, letter details the recommendations NCSHA made to the Treasury Department for guidance related to the $25 billion Emergency Rental Assistance program.

NCSHA Comments to the IRS on Form 8609

On January 25, 2021, NCSHA submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service on Form 8609 (Low Income Housing Credit Allocation and Certification). These comments suggest form revisions related to the minimum 4 percent Credit rate enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the ability of state agencies to notify IRS about carryover allocation or placed in service relief to projects, and other improvements to assist agencies in administration of the Housing Credit program.

NCSHA, Other Housing Advocacy Groups Urge Biden Administration to Support Housing Assistance Fund

On January 21, 2021, NCSHA joined a broad coalition of organizations representing the affordable housing industry in a letter to President Biden and the Departments of the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture expressing unified support for the $25 billion Housing Assistance Fund to be included in the American Rescue Plan to help homeowners negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

IRS Notice: 2021-10 Opportunity Zones COVID-19 Relief Extension

This notice extends the relief provided by IRS Notice 2020-39 and provides additional relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds and their investors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notice 2021-10 specifically provides relief from the 180-day Opportunity Zone investment requirement, the 30-month substantial improvement period, the 90 percent investment standard, the 12-month reinvestment period for Opportunity Funds, and other program requirements.

IRS Notice 2021-12: Housing Credit Coronavirus Relief Guidance Extension and Expansion

This notice extends and expands temporary relief originally provided under previous Notice 2020-23 and Notice 2020-53 from certain requirements under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code for Housing Credit properties in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Notice 2021-17 provides further clarification on the implementation of this Notice. The deadline extensions and waivers provided in this Notice have since expired; however, the IRS issued a subsequent Notice, Notice 2022-05 providing further extension and expanding on the guidance in this Notice.

American Rescue Plan

This document outlines President-Elect Biden’s proposal for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief platform, including housing aid.

HUD: The National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) Proposed Rule

Published on January 13, the Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Act: Implementation of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) proposed rule would revise the way HUD-assisted housing is inspected and evaluated using the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) model.