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HOME Coalition Letter Supporting Inclusion of HOME Program Reforms in ROAD to Housing Act, Related Legislation
On March 23, 2026, the HOME Coalition and its partners sent this sign-on letter to House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committee leaders urging them to include key provisions from the HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Reform Act in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and the Housing for the 21st Century Act.
Tax-Exempt Housing Bonds FAQs
What are Housing Bonds? | Are Housing Bonds one of the original uses of PAB authority? | How do HFAs use Housing Bonds? | What are Mortgage Credit Certificates? | How much bond authority do states have? | What restrictions exist on the use of Housing Bonds? | Why should Congress protect Housing Bonds? | Could other tax incentives replace the need for Housing Bonds? | What does this program cost? | How could Congress maximize Housing Bonds to build more rental housing and help more first-time home buyers? | What reforms can be made to MRBs to allow HFAs to assist more home buyers?
Housing Trust Fund FAQs
What is the Housing Trust Fund? | Whom does HTF serve? | Who administers HTF? |How much funding is provided through HTF annually? | What should Congress do to improve HTF?
HOME Investment Partnerships Program FAQs
The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) provides grants to state and local governments to produce affordable housing for low‐income families. States and localities target flexible HOME funds to the particular needs of their communities.
Housing Credit Program FAQs
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) is a federal tax credit created by President Reagan and Congress in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 designed to encourage private sector investment in the new construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of rental housing affordable to low-income households. Over the last three decades, the Housing Credit has become the most successful affordable rental housing production program in history.
HOME Letter to Appropriators for FY27 Funding
On March 17, 2026, the NCSHA-led HOME Coalition sent this letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders to express strong support for at least $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2027 funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
Sign-On Letter on Institutional Investor Purchase Prohibition and the Housing Credit
This NCSHA-spearheaded sign-on letter urges Senate Banking Committee leaders to amend Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act which, with exceptions, bars institutional investor purchases of single-family homes, to clarify that Housing Credit-financed housing is exempt from these requirements.
White Paper: Building Financial Assets for Residents in LIHTC Communities
Reflecting extensive input from housing finance agency staff and key partners and released in March 2026, this white paper presents a scalable framework for helping low-income renters living in Housing Credit properties accumulate modest savings using existing infrastructure.
NCSHA Letter to Treasury on Proposed Data Collection System
On March 6, 2026, NCSHA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury expressing concerns about a proposed new system of records that would require extensive retroactive data and document collection for several pandemic-era federal programs. NCSHA warned the proposal would impose duplicative, burdensome, and costly requirements on state housing finance agencies.
