Housing Access Improvement Act

Housing Affordability Biden Housing Supply Action Plan Administration: Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and a Resident-Centered Housing Challenge. Administration Two-part plan. Part One: protect renters and promote rental affordability. Part Two: federal actions to pursue a Renters Bill of Rights. Balanced Housing Policy Issues Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing. Rent Control Barriers to Housing Development, Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Issues: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by eliminating barriers to development, reducing the cost of regulations and incentivizing apartment construction. General Rural Housing/U.S. Department of Agriculture Public policies affecting consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history) and consumer debt collection. Public policies surrounding the use of rent payment history in consumer reporting. COVID-19-Related Housing Issues (Rental Assistance, Housing Development/Construction/Materials, Displacement and Eviction Moratoriums, Liability, Fair Housing, Debt Collection, Resident Screening and Reporting) Housing Stability and Eviction Policies Fair Housing (Fair Housing Act, Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing) United States Treasury Implementation/Reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs created in: PL 117-2/H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. I. PL 116-260/''Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security Act'' or the ''CARES Act'' Regulatory barriers to multifamily development Legislation/Comments S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 3198 and S. 1614 (117th Congress), Yes In My Backyard Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, amends the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate. All provisions. Draft legislation, to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide for the transfer of Federal surplus real property for use in qualified low-income residential projects, and for other purposes, all provisions. Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Implementation 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Implementation Review draft legislation (H.R. 8539--117th Congress), The Housing Access Improvement Act, to increase the Project Based Voucher (PBV) statutory cap of 20 percent to 50 percent, among other provisions. Draft legislation, regarding FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing, all provisions. Draft legislation, the DEPOSIT Act to allow HUD to provide security deposit assistance to voucher holders. Submitted a letter to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee February 9, for the hearing entitled The State of Housing 2023. Submitted a letter to the House and Senate leadership on March 29, urging them to work together to take action to raise the statutory debt limit as soon as possible to avoid roiling financial markets and other significant sectors of the American economy unnecessarily. Administration Housing Supply Action Plan/Housing Affordability/Resident Protections/General Housing Issues Submitted a letter to the Administration, on March 23, express our concerns regarding the likely impact of revised guidance on the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on affordable housing development and the cost of housing in America. FY 2023/FY 2024 Budget/Appropriations March 9, 2024 - Administration Budget - HUD Housing Program Funding, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, LIHTC, Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), Fair Housing, HOME, USDA Rural/Housing Program Funding, State and Local Eviction Mitigation Reform, Marginal Income Tax Rates, Capital Gains Tax Rates and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death, Carried Interest, Application of Net Investment Income Tax on Active Income and Increase in Rate, Like-Kind Exchanges, Limitation on Non-Corporate Business Losses, Depreciation Recapture, Basis Shifting. FHFA FHFA oversight over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) HOME Project-Based Voucher Programs Section 8 Source of Income Section 8 Voucher Program Fair Market Rent (FMRs) and Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) Davis Bacon and Related Acts Review VAWA - Notice to Public Regarding FHEO Enforcement Authority and Procedures: Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA)

Client expense: $2,333,138 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Housing Affordability Biden Housing Supply Action Plan Administration: Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and a Resident-Centered Housing Challenge. Administration Two-part plan. Part One: protect renters and promote rental affordability. Part Two: federal actions to pursue a Renters Bill of Rights. Balanced Housing Policy Issues Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing. Rent Control Barriers to Housing Development, Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Issues: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by eliminating barriers to development, reducing the cost of regulations and incentivizing apartment construction. General Rural Housing/U.S. Department of Agriculture Public policies affecting consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history) and consumer debt collection. Public policies surrounding the use of rent payment history in consumer reporting. COVID-19-Related Housing Issues (Rental Assistance, Housing Development/Construction/Materials, Displacement and Eviction Moratoriums, Liability, Fair Housing, Debt Collection, Resident Screening and Reporting) Housing Stability and Eviction Policies Fair Housing (Fair Housing Act, Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing) United States Treasury Implementation/Reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs created in: PL 117-2/H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. I. PL 116-260/''Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security Act'' or the ''CARES Act'' Regulatory barriers to multifamily development Legislation/Comments S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 3198 and S. 1614 (117th Congress), Yes In My Backyard Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, amends the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate. All provisions. Draft legislation, to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide for the transfer of Federal surplus real property for use in qualified low-income residential projects, and for other purposes, all provisions. Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Implementation 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Implementation Review draft legislation (H.R. 8539--117th Congress), The Housing Access Improvement Act, to increase the Project Based Voucher (PBV) statutory cap of 20 percent to 50 percent, among other provisions. Draft legislation, regarding FHA Multifamily Risk Sharing, all provisions. Draft legislation, the DEPOSIT Act to allow HUD to provide security deposit assistance to voucher holders. Submitted a letter to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee February 9, for the hearing entitled The State of Housing 2023. Submitted a letter to the House and Senate leadership on March 29, urging them to work together to take action to raise the statutory debt limit as soon as possible to avoid roiling financial markets and other significant sectors of the American economy unnecessarily. Administration Housing Supply Action Plan/Housing Affordability/Resident Protections/General Housing Issues Submitted a letter to the Administration, on March 23, express our concerns regarding the likely impact of revised guidance on the implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on affordable housing development and the cost of housing in America. FY 2023/FY 2024 Budget/Appropriations March 9, 2024 - Administration Budget - HUD Housing Program Funding, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, LIHTC, Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), Fair Housing, HOME, USDA Rural/Housing Program Funding, State and Local Eviction Mitigation Reform, Marginal Income Tax Rates, Capital Gains Tax Rates and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death, Carried Interest, Application of Net Investment Income Tax on Active Income and Increase in Rate, Like-Kind Exchanges, Limitation on Non-Corporate Business Losses, Depreciation Recapture, Basis Shifting. FHFA FHFA oversight over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) HOME Project-Based Voucher Programs Section 8 Source of Income Section 8 Voucher Program Fair Market Rent (FMRs) and Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) Davis Bacon and Related Acts Review VAWA - Notice to Public Regarding FHEO Enforcement Authority and Procedures: Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA)

Client expense: $233,138 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 8539, Housing Access Improvement Act, all provisions

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE