Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | July 26, 2024
The emergence of high housing costs as a central issue in a presidential election, arguably for the first time ever, led both campaigns to make comments recently that perplexed many economists and...
NCSHA Washington Report | July 12, 2024
Housing analysts tend to cite sweeping themes and broad trends to make their arguments. People who do housing for a living typically talk in more concrete terms. Here’s what some of the smartest...
Washington Report | June 28, 2024
About five years ago — before Covid — encampments of unhoused people began appearing around the country “in numbers not seen in almost a century.” Cities characterized as “liberal” as...
Washington Report | June 21, 2024
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week held a daylong symposium to explore how Federal Home Loan Banks can — and why they should — work more with Community Development Financial...
NCSHA Washington Report | June 7, 2024
Facing a housing deficit in the millions and growing, it’s self-evident that America needs to “build, build, build,” especially at sales prices and rents lower-income people can reasonably...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 31, 2024
The range of responses, from breathless to blistering, to Freddie Mac’s request for permission from its regulator to start purchasing and guaranteeing closed-end home equity loans for borrowers...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 17, 2024
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 70 years ago today, is widely seen as one of the most important in the court’s history, even as many also consider...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 10, 2024
State housing finance agencies in recent years have taken extraordinary steps in response to unprecedented cost increases in affordable apartment construction. They have helped secure billions in...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 3, 2024
Treasury Secretary Yellen recently expressed optimism that “the single largest contributor to inflation is going to be moving down over this year.” She was referring to housing costs, or...
