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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Senate Dear Colleague on FY 2020 HOME Funding

This letter was sent to Chairwoman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Jack Reed of the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) in support of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME).

Senators Rubio and Scott Introduce Legislation to Create Special Disaster Opportunity Zones

On April 3, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Disaster Opportunity Zone Act, which would allow governors to nominate areas affected by 2018 hurricanes and California...

Meadows Introduces Two Bills to Expand Opportunity Zones

Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) introduced two bills that would expand the Opportunity Zone (OZ) tax incentive. H.R. 1851 would allow states and territories to designate new OZs, with the Treasury Department’s approval, every 10 years.

IRS Publishes Revenue Procedure 2019-17 Regarding General Public Use Requirements for Multifamily Housing Bonds

On April 3, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2019-17, which provides guidance regarding the general public use requirements for qualified residential rental projects financed with tax-exempt bonds.

Fiscal Year 2020 Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance Support Letter

The letter below, from Senators Merkley (D-OR) and Menendez (D-NJ), requests support from the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies to provide $12.8 billion for Project-Based Rental Assistance in FY 2020, in order to fund the renewal of existing contracts for a full twelve-month term.

Dear Colleague Letter for HOME FY 2020 Budget

The letter below, from Representative Marcia Fudge, requests support from the House Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies to restore the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) with at least $1.5 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2020.

Senate HOME Dear Colleague Letter for FY 2020 Budget

The HOME Dear Colleague Letter from Senators Christopher Coons (D-DE) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) expresses support for the HOME Investment Partnerships program in which its funding is eliminated in President Trump's Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposal. The letter is addressed to the leadership of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Chairwoman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Jack Reed.

Senators Ask IRS to Clarify Eligibility of Veterans’ Housing for Private Activity Bonds

On March 15, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Retting pressing IRS to issue guidance clarifying that multifamily bond-financed affordable rental housing developments do not violate the general public use requirements of the bond program so long as they are consistent with the general public use requirements of the Housing Credit program.

NCSHA’s Preliminary Analysis of the Administration’s FY 2020 Budget Request

Below is NCSHA's preliminary analysis of President Trump's Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposal titled, “A Budget for a Better America; Promises Kept. Taxpayers First.” The Administration released the budget request earlier this week in two parts: the budget overview last week and then this week the budget appendix and related documents detailing program level funding and policy proposals.

Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies | Improving America’s Housing 2019

In its March 12 report, “Improving America’s Housing 2019,” Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) found that, with new construction recovering slowly from historic lows, almost 80 percent of the nation’s 137 million homes are now at least 20 years old and 40 percent are at least 50 years old.