Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | April 24, 2020
It now seems clear the federal government intends to let significant harm come to the housing market, rather than take the proactive and preventative steps so many of us in the industry and...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 17, 2020
Nobody in affordable housing has time to be a historian these days. So, it’s helpful to hear from leaders who were around during the last national crisis who have advice for responding to the...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 10, 2020
Federal economic policymakers are focused for good reason on the families, businesses, and industries already crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The urgent question is whether they’ll apply the...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 3, 2020
The high-level task force Treasury Secretary Mnuchin assembled to craft a federal response to the financial crisis facing the mortgage servicing industry in this new era of mass...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 27, 2020
Congress’ historic, admirable, and necessary work this week to inject $6.5 trillion or more into the U.S. economy is widely labeled “economic stimulus,” but a few Politico...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 20, 2020
The unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic that has become an unprecedented national emergency may ultimately affect affordable housing needs and systems in more profound ways than the financial...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 6, 2020
Groundbreakings for new affordable housing are all about optimism and future possibilities. One in Northwest Washington, DC, today triggered a wider range of emotions, because the development of...
NCSHA Washington Report | February 28, 2020
Economists of all ideological stripes have tended to favor policies aimed at people over those that target places. This may be changing, as the geography of prosperity in...
NCSHA Washington Report | February 21, 2020
An important, if underappreciated, function of Congress is using its committees as venues for exploring emerging issues on which federal action may, or may not, be warranted. A good example...
