Washington Report
NCSHA Washington Report | February 7, 2025
A few days before the Senate confirmed Scott Turner as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this week, Greg Abbott, governor of Turner’s home state of Texas, said...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 31, 2025
On Monday evening, the White House Office of Management and Budget directed federal agencies to “pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 24, 2025
President Trump’s trip to the natural disaster zones in western North Carolina and Los Angeles today and the follow-ups from it should have a heavy housing focus. In North Carolina, the...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 10, 2025
Campaigning for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter proposed significant new federal investments in home building both “to solve the physical problems confronting our cities” and “put back to...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 20, 2024
In the weeks since the election, this space has highlighted opportunities for federal housing policy under the incoming administration of President-elect Trump and a Republican-controlled 119th...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 13, 2024
President-Elect Trump’s campaign pledge to “open limited portions of Federal Lands to allow for new home construction” deserves more serious consideration than the media’s mostly facile...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 6, 2024
Three of President-Elect Trump’s recent high-profile appointments suggest the Opportunity Zone tax incentive will be a top priority for the incoming administration in next year’s huge tax...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 22, 2024
Congress began work in earnest this week on legislation to provide federal relief to states that have experienced major disasters over the past few years. On Monday, President Biden sent House...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 15, 2024
Every presidential administration since Ronald Reagan’s has variously decried the role of regulations in impeding housing construction and increasing housing costs for lower-income...
