Federal / Agency News

The Trump administration announced a major shift in $3.9 billion in homelessness funding with the release of the FY 2025 Continuum of Care (C0C) Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) last week. By the Numbers: What They’re Saying: “People all over this nation have overcome homelessness and stabilized in […]

The National Council of Housing Market Analysts (NCHMA) released updated model content standards for market studies. By the Numbers: 24 states require either model content standards or NCHMA membership for their market analysts. Nine states require both model content standards and NCHMA membership. Updates include:

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted a webinar, Making Every Voucher Count: Strengthening the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Speakers discussed potential legislative and administrative reforms, local initiatives, and innovative solutions to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program including:

On November 10, HUD published an extended compliance deadline to May 28, 2026 for the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing in the Federal Register. The chart below shares which programs are impacted by new deadlines: In Context: On March 10, 2025, HUD published [90 FR 11622], extending […]

Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) introduced the Community Investment and Prosperity Act (H.R. 5913) to lift the public welfare investment (PWI) cap from 15 to 20 percent. Why This Matters: The proposal to lift the PWI cap, which passed the Senate in October as part of the ROAD to […]

Late Monday night, the Senate passed a federal funding measure to reopen the government by a vote of 60 to 40. The measure includes: Seven democrats and one independent voted with Republicans in exchange for a Senate vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits by the second week of December. This informal deal is […]

In a new report, Affordable Abundance, authors Daniel Hornung (Urban Institute) and Aaron Shroyer (Brookings Institution) discuss why an “abundance-plus-affordability strategy” is necessary to build and preserve affordable rental housing in a financially viable way. In Context: Abundance took liberal politics by storm earlier this year with authors Ezra Klein (The New York Times) and Derek […]

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at 10 a.m. for the nominations of: In Context: Information on their backgrounds can be found here. While many of the housing questions focused on increasing costs associated with single-family homeownership, a few multifamily conversations took place: What’s Next: […]

Reps. Mike Flood (R-NE) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) introduced a new draft for the Home Reform Act, H.R. 5798. NH&RA is listed as supporting the legislation. What’s Next: A markup for the bill will be scheduled when the government reopens. The bill could also be combined with the ROAD to Housing Act, which is attached […]

Members of the ACTION Steering Committee (including NH&RA) sent a letter to the leadership of the House Financial Services Committee and its Housing and Insurance Subcommittee urging them to include the Community Investment and Prosperity Act (CIPA) in housing legislation. The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) released a new fact sheet outlining how raising the PWI cap […]

22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary Scott Turner, urging HUD to renew all existing Continuum of Care (CoC) grants expiring in 2026 for one additional year “to provide a stable bridge as the Department transitions to its next strategic phase.” In the letter, reported by Politico, members:

Mr. Francis Cassidy nominated to be Assistant Secretary, FHA Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development  Mr. Joseph Gormley nominated to be President, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Department of Housing and Urban Development