Source: The Real Deal, “Austin apartment loan flagged for special servicing in fallout from HB 21” by Jess Hardin (September 24, 2025) Read the full article here. A recent report from The Real Deal highlights one of the first major financial ripple effects of...
A new national study by the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) and the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) estimates that preserving the nation’s 899,000 public housing units will require $169.1 billion over the next...
A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), “Colliding Crises: The Dangers of Extreme Heat in Affordable Housing,” finds that Texas has the highest number of affordable homes exposed to repeated extreme heat events in the nation—more than 600,000...
More than 100 Republican lawmakers are urging the Trump Administration to maintain the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, following reports that officials have proposed phasing out the program as part of broader federal workforce...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued a final rule postponing implementation of select provisions of its January 2025 HOME Program Final Rule until April 30, 2026. While most elements of the updated HOME regulations took effect in...
The IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2025-32 to reflect the 12 percent Housing Credit allocation boost enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, after an earlier notice did not account for the change. For the Housing Credit, the IRS confirmed a per-capita...
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Compliance division has updated its Inflation Adjustment Chart to reflect the new inflationary and cost of living adjustments (COLA) amounts for 2026 announced by the Department of Housing and Urban...
This week, Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) of the House Financial Services Committee's Housing and Insurance Subcommittee introduced the HOME Reform Act of 2025 (H.R. 5798), which proposes numerous modifications to the...
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a rule action relating to 10 TAC Chapter 12, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bond Rules, and approved by the TDHCA Governing Board on October 9, 2025. The rule will be open for public comment...
The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA), one of FLAG’s longstanding federal priorities, has reached a major milestone with more than 200 bipartisan cosponsors in Congress. Support remains evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, reflecting...
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