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Representative Jordan Introduces Bill to Eliminate Means-Tested Housing Programs
On May 26, Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, introduced H.R. 5360, the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act, which would prohibit Congress from funding means-tested housing programs and in their place create...
Senate Passes FY 2017 Housing Appropriations Bill
Yesterday, the Senate voted 89 to 8 in favor of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill, H.R. 2577. Despite an overall allocation that is $827 million below last year’s funding level, the Senate...
The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016
The National Council of State Housing Agencies Commends Senators Cantwell and Hatch for Introducing The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), on behalf of its state Housing Finance...
Public backlash hinders affordable housing effort
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Only those age 62 and older will be allowed to live at the Retreat at Westlock, now under construction. Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Nearby residents opposed the...
NCSHA Urges HUD to Recast State Fair Housing Tool
Posted: 5/16/2016 On May 10, NCSHA submitted comments to HUD on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Tool for States and Insular Areas, which HUD will require states to use to complete the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) under AFFH. The AFH...
Fair Housing Fact: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule
On August 17, 2015, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) adopted the Final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (“AFFH” or “the rule”). The AFFH rule requires Government entities that are HUD program participants* to take...
HUD Issues Fair Housing Assessment Tool for Local Governments, Data Mapping Tool, and Other Fair Housing Resources
On December 31, HUD published the final Assessment Tool that local governments will use to prepare their Assessments of Fair Housing (AFH) under HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. As NCSHA has reported previously, HUD will develop separate...
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