Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | November 6, 2020
In a polarized political environment with a gridlocked federal government, how can the country meet national challenges that play out differently from state to state? In housing, it can work...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 23, 2020
90 seconds for our closing argument: You can’t afford to miss NCSHA’s first virtual Annual Conference & Showcase next week because it offers more programming than any NCSHA conference...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 16, 2020
This week saw new evidence of the intense geographic concentration of disadvantage in the country and the risks it may worsen, especially for people of color, as the recession grinds on. The...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 9, 2020
In other news this past week: JPMorgan Chase announced a commitment of $30 billion over five years to “address key drivers of the racial wealth divide, reduce systemic racism against Black...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 2, 2020
Evictions as actual events are lagging indicators of housing hardship, the tragic endgame, more often than not, after a renter’s struggles and sacrifices and, more often than you might think, a...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 25, 2020
In This Issue WHEDA’s Altoro Named to CFPB Advisory Council Boatman Patterson, Salazar Discuss HFAs’ Innovative Programs and Coronavirus Response in Industry News Features ...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 18, 2020
The West Coast wildfires have already burned nearly five million acres, an area almost the size of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined, and forced tens of thousands from their...
NCSHA Washington Report | September 11, 2020
There’s plenty of evidence the housing market is healing, if not healthy already. Yet on the other side of just about every positive sign is a worrisome signal. Home mortgage forbearances...
NCSHA Washington Report | August 28, 2020
Back in 2016, Freddie Mac economist David Beckitt warned, “The economic losses and social disruption [of rising sea levels] may happen gradually, but they are likely to be greater in total than...
