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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

ACTION Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee to Protect HOME Funding in FY26

The ACTION Campaign sent this letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 17, 2025, urging them to protect funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program in fiscal year 2026. This letter comes in response to the House Appropriations Committee’s FY26 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill, which eliminates all funding for HOME, a critical gap-filling resource in developments that utilize the Housing Credit.

NCSHA Comments on IRS 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan

NCSHA submitted a letter to the Internal Revenue Service outlining its recommendations for the 2025–2026 Priority Guidance Plan.

NCSHA Comment Letter to OMB on Deregulation

This May 12, 2025, letter provides NCSHA’s comments to the Office of Management and Budget in response to its Notice of Request for Information on deregulation. NCSHA’s comments outline proposals for regulatory streamlining of housing programs at HUD, Treasury, and USDA’s Rural Housing Service.

ACTION Campaign Sign-On Letter to Congress Advocating for AHCIA

The ACTION Campaign sent this May 9, 2025, letter signed by more than 2,600 organizations to the House and Senate leadership urging Congress to strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit by passing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act.

Joint Letter to Department of Veterans Affairs on Reestablishing a Temporary Partial Claim Program

NCSHA joined other affordable housing and veterans organizations on this May 7, 2025, letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) urging the VA to reestablish a temporary partial claim program for veterans who are at risk of foreclosure, through the end of 2025.

HOME FY26 THUD Appropriations Request

On April 30, 2025, the HOME Coalition — chaired by NCSHA and representing more than 800 national, state, and local groups that support increasing resources for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program — sent a letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development to express strong support for $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2026 funding for HOME. HOME represents the largest federal block grant dedicated exclusively to the production of new affordable housing units for rent or purchase. It is an important tool for states and localities to address critical housing shortages in their communities.

NCSHA Response to RFI on Potential Statutory Changes to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program

NCSHA sent this letter to Chairman Mike Flood and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver of the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance in response to a request for input on potential statutory changes to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.

NCSHA Recommendations to HUD on Streamlining Program Administration, Regulations

On April 22, 2025, NCSHA sent this letter to Secretary Scott Turner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development with several recommendations to help streamline program administration, minimize delays, cut costs, and enable state housing finance agencies to manage HUD programs more effectively.

NCSHA Comments on FHFA Proposed Rule on FHLB Governance

On February 3, 2025, NCSHA submitted comments on a Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule to revise regulations addressing boards of directors and overall corporate governance of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs). NCSHA expressed its overall support for the proposed rule, particularly its proposal to require that the FHLBs look to include board members with experience and expertise in several emerging topics impacting the housing market. NCSHA asked that FHFA also mandate that the banks look to appoint directors with experience working with HFAs and familiarity with the federal and state housing programs they administer.

Public Finance Network Asks Congress to Maintain Private Activity Bonds

The Public Finance Network, a coalition of issuer groups — including NCSHA — and interested stakeholders campaigning to maintain and improve municipal bond programs, wrote to congressional leaders on January 31, 2025, asking them to protect and bolster the tax-exempt municipal bond market.