Washington Report
The Washington Report offers NCSHA members a weekly update on the latest affordable housing developments in Washington, as well as NCSHA activities and HFA initiatives and innovations. To learn more about NCSHA, membership, or upcoming events, please contact us. We welcome media inquiries; please contact Lisa Bowman, Director, Marketing and Communications.
NCSHA Washington Report | May 29, 2026
Several years of advocacy, across two presidential administrations, may be starting to move HUD to fix its dysfunctional implementation of “domestic sourcing” requirements imposed on...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 15, 2026
Each time the House or Senate passes a version of the “21st Century ROAD to Housing” bill, the wide-ranging legislation seems to take two steps forward and one step back on the path, one hopes,...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 8, 2026
It’s more difficult than usual to gauge levels of economic stress among lower-income homeowners and assess what they may signal for the broader housing market. Data from the fourth quarter...
NCSHA Washington Report | May 1, 2026
The “pro-housing” policy movement, which took hold in state legislatures several years ago and arrived in full on Capitol Hill in 2025, is noteworthy for its bipartisan political character...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 17, 2026
While analysts disagree about whether federal Opportunity Zone tax breaks have induced investment in housing construction that would not otherwise have happened, nobody argues OZs have stimulated...
NCSHA Washington Report | April 10, 2026
American homeowners, many of whom don’t think they live in subsidized housing, will receive $730 billion in housing tax breaks over the next five years. Most of the benefits — the subsidy,...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 27, 2026
The “AI legislative framework” the White House released last Friday is an outline of the president’s priorities in a new law he wants Congress to craft. It also represents the latest step...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 20, 2026
The wide-ranging executive orders on housing the White House issued last week represent the strongest statement ever of federal intent to lower the cost of buying and building homes through...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 13, 2026
The country’s housing shortage, once an arcane interest of academics and advocates, has broken through as a priority concern for many Americans and spurred a wave of efforts by state and local...
NCSHA Washington Report | March 6, 2026
No domestic issue over the past few weeks has dominated Congress’ attention or generated substantive congressional action more than housing affordability. With the most significant bill to...
