Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | April 5, 2019
Into my e-mail inbox the two reports arrived at almost exactly the same time, as if on cue. The first, from Stateline, headlined “Rural America Faces a Housing Cost Crunch,” finds...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 31, 2019
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week published the list of regulatory items it expects to work on over the next year. The GSE qualified mortgage “patch” we covered a...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 29, 2019
The work of state HFAs is all around us if you know where to look, or if you just get lucky. Driving down Catherine Street in Natchez, MS, this week, I came upon a cluster of newly built...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 22, 2019
Hundreds of legal aid attorneys, community organizers, and low-income tenant rights advocates gathered in New Orleans this week for the Housing Justice Network National Conference, convened by...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 8, 2019
Leaders in the nation’s state housing finance agency community from across the country will be in Washington, DC, next week for NCSHA’s 2019 Legislative Conference. State HFA executive...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 1, 2019
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who before his election last fall served three terms in Congress as one of its most conservative members, has proposed in his first budget to break a...
Washington Report | February 22, 2019
Housing has long been seen as a leading economic indicator. Home construction has historically led the country out of recessions, acting as “an important jump-starter [that]...
Washington Report | February 15, 2019
More HFAs are investing in research to refine business strategies, understand emerging trends, and adjust policies to address new realities in their communities. Recent work on urban housing and...
Washington Report | February 8, 2019
While the demographic shifts that continue to transform America’s suburbs are often assessed for their political implications, their housing market impacts may be even more...
