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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Driving the HFA and Housing Message

Why do some messages and media resonate with policymakers and others do not? What are the most effective ways to drive positive coverage — and respond to negative attention? What are the most compelling affordable housing stories and the best ways to tell them? Get tips and techniques from top communications pros.

ACTION Statement for Ways and Means Hearing on Infrastructure

For the Ways and Means' Infrastructure Hearing, the ACTION Campaign submitted a statement for the record arguing that the Housing Credit plays an important role in combating the affordable housing infrastructure deficit our nation faces.

Housing Finance Reform Letter to Acting FHFA Director Otting

Below is a letter regarding housing finance reform to Acting Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Otting, signed by twenty-eight housing stakeholders, emphasizing the vital role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), play in the housing finance and mortgage market.

IRS Publishes Final Housing Credit Utility Allowance Submetering Rule

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations amending the Housing Credit utility allowance rules to make permanent the previously existing submetering rules, which had been in place on a temporary basis since March of 2016.

IRS Publishes Amendments to the Low Income Housing Credit Compliance Monitoring Regulations

The Internal Revenue Service published in the Federal Register final regulations that amend the compliance monitoring regulations for the Low Income Housing Credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.

HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Programs Mortgagee Letter

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs published a Housing Notice and related Mortgagee Letter today that expand the use of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) pilot program into New Construction and Substantial Rehabilitation loan products under Sections 221(d)(4) and 220.

HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Programs Housing Notice

NCSHA Public Hearing Statement to IRS on Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations

On February 14, 2019, during an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) public hearing on proposed Opportunity Zone regulations, Executive Director Stockton Williams urged IRS to implement regulations that strengthen the ability of Opportunity Zone tax incentives to expand and preserve affordable housing. In his testimony, Williams highlighted the importance of ensuring Opportunity Zone incentives can be put to work redeveloping vacant land in distressed communities, which represents a huge, largely untapped potential resource for affordable housing in many cities across the United States.

HUD Published a Notice Soliciting Public Comment on Tenant Data Collection for Housing Credit Properties

On February 11, HUD published a Notice solicitating public comment on the tenant data collection process that Housing Credit agencies undertake to collect information on households living in Housing Credit properties

NABL Letter to IRS to Clarify Multifamily Bond Properties May Allow Preferences for Veterans, Other Groups

On December 20, 2018, the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) sent a letter to senior White House, Treasury, and IRS officials asking for guidance clarifying that preferences for special populations, such as veterans, do not violate the public use requirements in regulations governing multifamily Housing Bonds.