Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | November 9, 2023
A day earlier than usual in light of tomorrow’s Veterans Day holiday. One challenge in getting a handle on what 'artificial intelligence’ may mean for affordable housing is distinguishing...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 3, 2023
Economists will untangle the various causes of the runup in home mortgage interest rates — inflation and its causes, the Fed’s rate-hiking response, the pullback from mortgage-backed...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 27, 2023
We’re releasing today a new edition of NCSHA’s Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration, comprehensive voluntary standards that guide each state’s administration of the...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 13, 2023
The underlying theme of NCSHA’s Annual Conference & Showplace long has been “the best of HFAs.” The phrase alludes to the awards for HFA program excellence presented and the panel...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 6, 2023
Anyone else on the short list of elected officials who have delivered affordable housing results like Maine Governor Jane Mills (D) has recently might have basked a little longer in the warm...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 29, 2023
Hundreds of state and local agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations are scrambling to finish applications due in two weeks to the Environmental Protection Agency for a combined...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 22, 2023
With more strikes underway today than at any time in the past 20 years and union approval ratings higher than their long-term polling average, the “uneasy relationship” between organized labor...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 15, 2023
The fact that last summer’s debt ceiling deal averted the worst possible outcome of a U.S. government default and passed Congress with bipartisan support in the House and Senate led some to...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 8, 2023
With apologies to the Harper’s Index, a set of numbers that shed some light on the state of housing affordability heading into the fall: Years since the average 30-year home mortgage...
