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NCSHA Washington Report | September 6, 2019

Agencies all over Washington are in advanced stages of revising some of the most important federal rules for affordable housing and community development. The results, starting as soon as next...

NCSHA Washington Report | August 30, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, tragically, will almost certainly inflict a multibillion-dollar toll when it reaches landfall in the next few days, continuing a worsening trend. More...

NCSHA Washington Report | August 23, 2019

The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University, led by Mark Joseph, is producing a series of essays sponsored by the Kresge Foundation...

NCSHA Washington Report | August 16, 2019

In an otherwise thoughtful overview of the housing crisis and the various proposals to address it from Democrats running for president, Voxโ€™s Matthew Iglesias concludes, โ€œThereโ€™s...

NCSHA Washington Report | August 9, 2019

Fannie Maeโ€™s recent decision to slash the lender and borrower advantages available through its Home Ready and HFA Preferred products for low- and moderate-income (LMI) buyers reflects the...

NCSHA Washington Report | August 2, 2019

โ€œForthcoming removal of LIHTC restrictions upon completion of Qualified Contract execution. Attractive spread from current asking rents to market rate rents of approximately...

NCSHA Washington Report | July 26, 2019

Back by popular demand (really!) are the annual summer reading recommendations. You donโ€™t turn to us for staff favorites in the more mainstream genres, but we like to think we can intelligently...

NCSHA Washington Report | July 12, 2019

When architect Dan Parolek coined the term โ€œmissing middle housingโ€ in 2010, he was referring to types of buildings whose form falls between that of the typical detached...

NCSHA Washington Report | June 28, 2019

โ€œEscalation of land prices adds an ever-bigger increment in the price of housing, and further explains the squeeze on low-income families seeking decent housing. Zoning was intended to...