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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Homeowner Sustainability: Educating the Mortgage Customer from Day 1 (HFAi21)

Loan servicing professionals have opportunities to share critical knowledge with borrowers during routine interactions. Learn how to use every conversation to ask questions and educate your...

Straight from the Top: Updates from Federal Housing Leaders (HFAi21)

Senior officials with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) discuss recent guidance and their 2021 plans. Hear...

Homeownership Financing 102: TBA and Mortgage-Backed Securities and the Cash Window (HFAi21)

Explore how HFAs use securitization, including the to-be-announced (TBA) market and cash window, to finance affordable homeownership loans. Learn about the roles of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and...

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.