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Opportunity Zones | Articles and Background Materials
Access recent Opportunity Zones articles curated by NCSHA staff.
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021: Video Series
In this video series, Ayrianne Parks, Senior Director of Public Policy at Enterprise, and Jennifer Schwartz, Director of Tax and Housing Advocacy at NCSHA, provide an overview of each of the provisions in the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2021 (S. 1136 and H.R. 2573).
NCSHA Infrastructure Priorities Memo
This memorandum outlines NCSHA’s top legislative priorities for 2021 federal infrastructure legislation.
HUD FAQs on Emergency Rental Assistance for Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher Program Participants
On May 12, 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing published these Frequently Asked Questions on use of funds from the Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance program to assist participants in the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs.
Best Practices for HFA Mortgage Design: Lessons Learned from HHF and CRF Presentation
This presentation summarizes the results of NCSHA’s survey of HFAs that administered the federal Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program in the aftermath of the Great Recession or administered short-term emergency homeowner assistance programs in 2020 with federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). It focuses on those survey questions pertaining to mortgage assistance program design and delivery. The purpose of this presentation to help inform HFAs and other administrators’ efforts to develop their Homeowner Assistance Fund programs (HAF).
U.S. Department of Treasury Library: Hardest Hit Fund Program Documents
This webpage contains the most recent fact sheets, program requirements, and allocations for each state HFA’s Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program. HFAs have utilized the HHF in various ways to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and stabilize neighborhoods.
Memorandum on HFA Mortgage Assistance Programs Best Practices
This memorandum to Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) program administrators provides a question-by-question outline of the results of NCSHA’s survey of state HFAs administered the federal Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program and/or administered short-term emergency homeowner assistance programs in 2020 with federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). It is centered around questions pertaining to mortgage assistance program design and delivery.
HUD Operating Requirements on Emergency Housing Vouchers
On May 5, 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing issued these operating requirements for the $5 billion in Emergency Housing Vouchers, included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
ACTION Campaign Steering Committee Members’ Letter in Support of Todman’s HUD Nomination
On April 30, 2021, NCSHA and 17 other members of the A Call To Invest in Our Communities (ACTION) Campaign Steering Committee sent this letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) in support of Adrianne Todman’s nomination to become Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
