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Respect State Housing Laws Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
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NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC via NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
NMHC strongly supports maintaining current law with respect to tax rates and the Section 199A 20-percent qualified business income deduction. NMHC strongly supports maintaining current law with respect to estate tax rules. Tax depreciation rules applicable to multifamily structures, including proposal to shorten depreciation period to 20 years for affordable and workforce housing. Draft legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 20-year recovery period for certain affordable multifamily rental property, all provisions. H.R. 8996, Rental Housing Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 4080, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 3904, the American Homeownership Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for certain taxpayers, and for other purposes, all provisions. Workforce Housing Tax Credit: NMHC supports the establishment of a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to spur production of multifamily housing for households earning up to 100 percent of area median income. H.R. 8626, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4773, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, to provide rental vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, provisions impacting multifamily rental housing and in particular middle-income housing tax credit. Issues pertaining to and potential for additional policies necessary for successful implementation of changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit enacted in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as well as policies to improve the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 and S. 1515) when it is reintroduced in the 120th Congress. H.R. 9012, Affordable Housing Credit Carryback Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 5-year carrybacks for the low-income housing tax credit, all provisions. S. 5366, Affordable Housing Credit Carryback Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 5-year carrybacks for the low-income housing tax credit, all provisions. H.R. 2410, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions and potential proposals for modifying the legislation. H.R. 9870, Affordable Housing Incentives Act, amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for nonrecognition of gain on real property sold for use as affordable housing, all provisions. Proposal to allow investors to reduce their tax liability below the Internal Revenue Code 38(c)(1)(B) threshold if their investments in housing and community development credits, including the Housing Credit, would take them below that threshold. Proposal to allow transferability of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Studied ways to reduce the cost of producing housing under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Legislative proposal to modify the tax treatment of demolished buildings and demolition costs, allowing any remaining tax basis in a demolished building to be immediately deductible as a loss and demolition costs to be immediately expensed. H.R. 7468, First-Time Home Buyer Empowerment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified tuition programs for first home purchases, and for other purposes, proposal to expand legislation to cover rental payments. S. 5227, First-Time Home Buyer Empowerment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified tuition programs for first home purchases, and for other purposes, proposal to expand legislation to cover rental payments. H.R. 2854, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1686, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. To promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones nationwide (not only Opportunity Zones located in rural areas), Congress should reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes to no higher than 50 percent. NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year.
Source: Senate LDA
Respect State Housing Laws Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
AI PLAN Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
AI PLAN Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
GUARD Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
GUARD Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Save Local Business Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Save Local Business Act, all provisions (H.R. 4366) Project Labor Agreements, expansion of use. Davis-Bacon, split wages, residential construction issues and wage determination timing.
Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program, deregulation and impacts on housing affordability. DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards, deregulatory efforts on proposed or final rules on essential home appliances and equipment. ENERGY STAR Program, preservation and funding Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act or Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act, all provisions (H.R. 4626)
Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program, deregulation and impacts on housing affordability. DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards, deregulatory efforts on proposed or final rules on essential home appliances and equipment. ENERGY STAR Program, preservation and funding Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act or Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act, all provisions (H.R. 4626)
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Faster Labor Contracts Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Draft legislation, Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding Act, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities, all provisions. H.Res. 1140 and H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Act, to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act, all provisions. S. 4427, Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026, to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes, all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 CFR Parts 500, 780, 791, and 825, Docket No. WHD-2026-0067, RIN 1235-AA48.
HOME Reform Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
HOME Reform Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
HOME Reform Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Eviction Helpline Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Housing Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Housing Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Unlocking Affordable Housing Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Unlocking Affordable Housing Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062)
Unlocking Affordable Housing Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
To establish a Biotechnology Management Office in the Department of Defense and to provide support for the research and development of bioindustrial manufacturing processes, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
American Affordability Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Families First Housing Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Families First Housing Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062)
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. Terrorism Risk Insurance, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, all provisions (H.R. 7128); Treasury Request for Comment on TRIA Effectiveness. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Guidelines for Use, Access, and Responsible Disclosure of Financial Data Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Guidelines for Use, Access, and Responsible Disclosure of Financial Data Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
SECURE Data Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
SECURE Data Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800/S. 4784).
BUILD America 250 Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
BUILD America 250 Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Build Housing Affordably Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Build Housing Affordably Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Home Internet Accessibility Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Home Internet Accessibility Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Freedom to Build Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Draft legislation, Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding Act, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities, all provisions. H.Res. 1140 and H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Act, to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act, all provisions. S. 4427, Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026, to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes, all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 CFR Parts 500, 780, 791, and 825, Docket No. WHD-2026-0067, RIN 1235-AA48.
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Housing Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Housing Affordability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Community Investment and Prosperity Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Build HUBS Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062)
American Homeownership Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Housing Tariff Exclusion Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Impact of tariffs on multifamily housing Housing Tariff Exclusion Act, all provisions. (S. 3943)
Rental Housing Investment Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Freedom to Build Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Freedom to Build Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Freedom to Build Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Ending the Carried Interest Loophole Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
H.R. 8415, Small Business Tax Cut Act, amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for qualified business income, and for other purposes, all provisions. Tax depreciation rules applicable to multifamily structures, including proposal to shorten depreciation period to 20 years for workforce housing. H.R. 8996, Rental Housing Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 4080, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 3904, the American Homeownership Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for certain taxpayers, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8626, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4773, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, to provide rental vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, provisions impacting multifamily rental housing and in particular middle-income housing tax credit. Issues pertaining to and potential for additional policies necessary for successful implementation of changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit enacted in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as well as policies to improve the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 and S. 1515) when it is reintroduced in the 120th Congress. Draft legislative proposal, Boosting Urban Infill for Lasting Development (BUILD) of Affordable Housing Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the low-income housing credit for qualified low-income infill buildings, and for other purposes, all provisions. Studied ways to reduce the cost of producing housing under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Proposal to broaden like-kind exchange completion period to 3 years for investors selling single-family rental properties and reinvesting gain into new residential units or repurposed commercial housing units. To promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones nationwide (not only Opportunity Zones located in rural areas), Congress should reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes to no higher than 50 percent. S. 4330, Ending the Carried Interest Loophole Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the treatment of partnership interests received in connection with the performance of services, and for other purposes, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction and the New Energy Efficient Home Credit. Tax incentive to expense environmental remediation costs (brownfields). Request to Treasury and the IRS that the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan include guidance pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to: (1) Implement Violence Against Women Act protections for Housing Credit tenants; (2) Provide greater flexibility for properties suffering casualty loss; (3) Include relocation expenses in rehabilitation expenditures; and (4) Better restrict planned foreclosure.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Draft legislation, Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding Act, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities, all provisions. H.Res. 1140 and H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Act, to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act, all provisions. S. 4427, Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026, to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes, all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 CFR Parts 500, 780, 791, and 825, Docket No. WHD-2026-0067, RIN 1235-AA48.
Respect State Housing Laws Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Respect State Housing Laws Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development.
GSE Reform: Any action-legislative or regulatory-to release the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) from conservatorship must not harm the existing multifamily GSE infrastructure Federal Housing Administration Financing: HUD should modernize and strengthen FHAs multifamily loan programs to ensure they remain a competitive and reliable source of capital for apartment development and refinancing. Proposals to increase Federal Housing Administration per unit rehabilitation limits on 223(f) loans either through legislation or regulation. Federal Reserve System, Regulatory Capital Rule: Risk-Based Capital Surcharges for Globally Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15), Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 12 CFR Part 217. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Regulatory Capital Rule: Category I and II Banking Organizations, Banking Organizations with Significant Trading Activity, and Optional Adoption for Other Banking Organizations, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, OCC RIN 1557-AF52, Federal Reserve RIN 7100-AH20, FDIC RIN 3064-AF29. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital and Standardized Approach for Risk-weighted Assets, OCC RIN 1557-AF49, Federal Reserve RIN 7100-AH21, FDIC RIN 3064-AG23. Community Reinvestment Act regulations as they pertain to the multifamily industry and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Community Reinvestment Act Regulations, Notice of proposed Rulemaking, OCC RIN 1557-AF57 and FDIC RIN 3064-AG31. Federal Housing Finance Agency, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Enterprise Duty to Serve Markets, 12 CFR Parts 1282 and 1283, RIN 2590-AB64.
Data Security and Privacy, including breach notification, artificial intelligence in housing. Risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, reauthorization
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800/S. 4784).
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5889, Eviction Helpline Act, to create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance, all provisions. Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265 / H.R. 9625). Fiscal Year 2027 T-HUD appropriations request to fully fund HUDs programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and HOME. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Draft legislative proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2026) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of the recovery of the rental housing market after presidentially declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 and 2024. Issues pertaining to Government Accountability Office review of HUD Section 221(d)(4) program. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Issues pertaining to the role institutional investment plays in financing development and preservation of multifamily housing. Implementation of provisions included in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), including Sec. 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act and Sec. 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Potential legislation to establish a pilot program converting Housing Choice Vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer program without HUD lease and inspection requirements to make HCV recipients indistinguishable from other renters while better combatting waste, fraud, and abuse. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. HUDs Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUDs Title VI Regulations, Docket No. FR-6540-P-02 (91 FR 51416, August 10, 2026) Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements. Reform land use and permitting. Nomination of Matt Jones to be Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration Commissioner.
Immigration Reform, impacts on rental housing. DOL H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs, reform.
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing and Urban Development - Dept of (HUD) Specific lobbying issues: Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program, deregulation and impacts on housing affordability. DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards, deregulatory efforts on proposed or final rules on essential home appliances and equipment. ENERGY STAR Program, preservation and funding Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Lead in Housing
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing, including products like security deposit alternatives and flexible rent payment tools Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Filing targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2026 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 8415, Small Business Tax Cut Act, amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for qualified business income, and for other purposes, all provisions. Tax depreciation rules applicable to multifamily structures, including proposal to shorten depreciation period to 20 years for workforce housing. H.R. 8996, Rental Housing Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 4080, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide bonus depreciation for long-term residential rental housing, all provisions. S. 3904, the American Homeownership Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for certain taxpayers, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8626, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4773, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act, to provide rental vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, provisions impacting multifamily rental housing and in particular middle-income housing tax credit. Issues pertaining to and potential for additional policies necessary for successful implementation of changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit enacted in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as well as policies to improve the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 and S. 1515) when it is reintroduced in the 120th Congress. Draft legislative proposal, Boosting Urban Infill for Lasting Development (BUILD) of Affordable Housing Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the low-income housing credit for qualified low-income infill buildings, and for other purposes, all provisions. Studied ways to reduce the cost of producing housing under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Proposal to broaden like-kind exchange completion period to 3 years for investors selling single-family rental properties and reinvesting gain into new residential units or repurposed commercial housing units. To promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones nationwide (not only Opportunity Zones located in rural areas), Congress should reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes to no higher than 50 percent. S. 4330, Ending the Carried Interest Loophole Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the treatment of partnership interests received in connection with the performance of services, and for other purposes, all provisions. Issues pertaining to the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction and the New Energy Efficient Home Credit. Tax incentive to expense environmental remediation costs (brownfields). Request to Treasury and the IRS that the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan include guidance pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to: (1) Implement Violence Against Women Act protections for Housing Credit tenants; (2) Provide greater flexibility for properties suffering casualty loss; (3) Include relocation expenses in rehabilitation expenditures; and (4) Better restrict planned foreclosure.
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), Rules Committee amendment 136 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) pertaining to eviction 30-Day notice to vacate requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Requested that Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Request for Executive Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions, including Sec. 101: Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing, and Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. H.R. 6664, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Sec. 503: Rural Housing Service Reform Act and Sec. 901: Homes are for people, not corporations. H. Res. 1299, Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, with amendment, all provisions, and in particular Sec 1001: Homes are for people, not corporations. Senate Amendment 5823 to House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, an act to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9311, Build Housing Affordably Act, to exempt certain covered projects from the requirements of chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, or any regulation or guidance issued for such chapter, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reallocate unobligated funding for tenant-based assistance to public housing agencies which are in need of more funding for tenant-based assistance, all provisions. Draft legislation, Tenants' Right to Organize Act, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions. Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture housing programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Project Based Rental Assistance, Rental Assistance Demonstration, Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants, and Rural Housing programs. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2026, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Draft legislative proposal, to prohibit Community Development Block Grant funding and Federal mortgage support in municipalities that allow squatting, all provisions. Request the Trump Administration direct the Office of Management and Budget to apportion the more than $500 million in Capital Magnet Fund program resources currently awaiting release by the Department of the Treasury. Issues pertaining to Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation. Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Issues pertaining to HUD Restore-Rebuild Initiative. Proposed Rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 FR 32198, docket OMB-2026-0034. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2026, Notice -- request for comments, Docket No. FR-6495-N-02, 91 FR 4934. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Part 5, Docket No. FR-6524-P-01, RIN 2501-AE16. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Interim Final Rule, 24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 882, 884, 886, 891, and 966, Docket No. FR-6529-I-01, RIN 2501-AE14. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; re-opening of comment period, 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92, Docket No. FR-6144-P-09, RIN 2506-AC50. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits, Proposed Rule, 24 CFR Parts 5, 960, 982, and 983, Docket No. FR-6520-P-01, RIN 2501-AE15. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds, 24 CFR Part 50, Docket No. FR-6598-I-01, RIN 2502-AJ82. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information Regarding Products and Categories of Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act, Docket No. FR-6616-N-01. Federal Trade Commission, Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices, Proposed Rule, 16 CFR Chapter I, RIN 3084-AB88. Issues pertaining to streamlining the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. H.R. 9170, Transportation-HUD-Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2027 Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Issues pertaining to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fostering multifamily construction lending. Issues pertaining to the feasibility for a government-sponsored secondary market for acquisition, development, and construction (AD&C) loans. Federal Reserve System, Regulatory Capital Rule: Risk-Based Capital Surcharges for Globally Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15), Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 12 CFR Part 217. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Regulatory Capital Rule: Category I and II Banking Organizations, Banking Organizations with Significant Trading Activity, and Optional Adoption for Other Banking Organizations, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital and Standardized Approach for Risk-weighted Assets. Request the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice support an expeditious review of the Corporate Transparency Act by the Supreme Court in two cases: National Small Business United v. Bessent and Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Blanche.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. H.R. 7128, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 4395, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, a bill to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes, all provisions. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Lead in Housing
Data Security and Privacy, including breach notification, artificial intelligence in housing. Risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, reauthorization
Draft legislation, Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding Act, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities, all provisions. H.Res. 1140 and H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Act, to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act, all provisions. S. 4427, Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026, to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes, all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 CFR Parts 500, 780, 791, and 825, Docket No. WHD-2026-0067, RIN 1235-AA48.
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program, deregulation and impacts on housing affordability. DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards, deregulatory efforts on proposed or final rules on essential home appliances and equipment. ENERGY STAR Program, preservation and funding Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act or Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act, all provisions (H.R. 4626)
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. H.R. 3548, Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025, to preclude absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure and transportation development, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (Build America 250 Act), to authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 2001: Infrastructure Finance. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062) Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Notice of Availability of Proposed Guidance for Preferred Loan Sizing for Transit-Oriented Development Projects Under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1487, 91 FR 21871, 2026-07981, RIN 2105-ZA51.
Immigration Reform, impacts in rental housing. DOL H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs, reform.
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 2152, Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (AI PLAN) Act, to require a strategy to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the commission of financial crimes, including fraud and the dissemination of misinformation, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2978, Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8278, Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act, to require certain supervisory agencies to assess their technological capabilities, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8671, Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026, require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies in fraud detection and prevention, with particular attention to community financial institutions, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9493, Home Internet Accessibility Act, to require the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the capacity of federally assisted housing to support broadband service, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 8398, the GUARD Financial Data Act, to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and establish a comprehensive, nationwide data privacy framework for the financial services sector. H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act, establishing a national standard for data protection.
Filing targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2026 · first_quarter · Q1
Insurance Affordability and Availability, impacts on housing costs. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), impact on housing and extension. Terrorism Risk Insurance, TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, all provisions (H.R. 7128); Treasury Request for Comment on TRIA Effectiveness. Disaster Mitigation and Climate Resiliency Risk management for cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk and workers compensation insurance.
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Lead in Housing
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), Housing Amendments incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
Broadband and voice, video and data services, including deployment, maintenance, reliability, affordability and adoption in multifamily housing. issues at multifamily communities; Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Artificial intelligence, data use and emerging technologies in housing. Financial Technology (FinTech), use in rental housing. Use of technology and consumer protections. Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act, reintroduction. Universal Service Program (USF), reform and funding including the Lifeline Program and similar broadband programs. FCC Proposed Rule on Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking; Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant
Housing Supply and Affordability CARES Act 30-day Notice to Vacate and Evictions, including Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions (S. 470 / H.R. 1078), FHFA Interpretative Review and Eviction Crisis Act, reintroduction. Housing for the 21st Century Act / 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), all provisions, including Title I-Building Smarter for the 21st Century, Sec. 101 Housing Supply Frameworks, Sec. 102: Accelerating home building grant program, Sec. 106: Multifamily loan limits; Title II-Modernizing Local Development and Rural Housing Programs, Sec. 201: HOME Reform, Sec. 202: Community Development Fund Amendments, Sec. 205: Choice in Affordable Housing; and Title III-Expanding Manufactured and Affordable Housing Finance Opportunities, Sec. 303: Community investment and prosperity. Title IX-Homeownership for Main Street America, Sec. 901: Homes Are For People, Not Corporations (S. Amdt 4308 in Nature of a Substitute)(S. Amdt. 4372 to S. Amdt. 4308, to strike Title 9). Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, all provisions (H.R. 4659 / S. 2416). Permitting Reform and National Environmental Policy Act changes. HOME Reform Act of 2025, all provisions (H.R. 5878). Community Investment and Prosperity Act, all provisions (H.R. 5913, S. 2464). Public Welfare Investment (PWI) Cap, related to Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other community development activities. Housing Affordability Act, all provisions (S. 1527 / H.R. 6132). Families First Housing Act, all provisions (H.R. 6962). Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, all provisions (S. 2361). Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 (ROAD), all provisions, including Title II-Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV-Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V-Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (S.2651); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I-Road to Housing Act, all provisions (S. 2296). Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions (H.R. 2840, S. 1299). Freedom to Build Act, all provisions (S. 4265). FY2026 Appropraitions, related to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households, Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, Project-Based Rental Assistance and Rural Housing. Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025 proposal to reform HOME Program and create property tax abatements. TIFIA Reform, proposal on commercial and residential development. Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), related to rental housing using HUD financial assistance. Executive Orders: Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers, as it impacts build-to-rent housing; Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction; Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit. Institutional Investment in Housing / Build-to-Rent Housing Preservation Consumer Protection, Unfair and Deceptive Practices, including FTC Proposed Rule on Fees in rental housing, Fair Housing - HUD Proposed and Final Rules on Disparate Impact, Resident Screening, Emotional Support Animals Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Building Codes / Fire Safety Deregulatory efforts to reduce barriers to housing and improve affordability. Housing Choice Voucher Program, including reform and electronic benefits transfer pilot program. Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs), HUD Request for Information. HUD Proposed Rules: Mixed-Status Households; Verification of U.S. Citizenship; Work Requirements and Term Limits Business Collaboration, DOJ and FTC guidance. FHA Multifamily Loan Programs. Fraud in rental housing. Rent control. HUD NSPIRE Requirements.
Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Reform, multifamily. Multifamily Construction Lending Federal Reserve System Proposed Regulatory Capital Rule on Risk-Based Capital Surcharges and Systemic Risk Report Treasury, Federal Reserve System, FDIC Proposed Regulatory Capital Rule on Category I and II Banking Organizations / Basel III; and Proposed Rule on Regulatory Capital and Standardized Approach for Risk-weighted Assets.
Impact of tariffs on multifamily housing Housing Tariff Exclusion Act, all provisions. (S. 3943)
Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program. Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, (H.R. 6228) Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), all provisions. (S. 3636 / H.R. 7062)
Data Security and Privacy, including breach notification, artificial intelligence in housing. Risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, reauthorization
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program, deregulation and impacts on housing affordability. DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards, deregulatory efforts on proposed or final rules on essential home appliances and equipment. ENERGY STAR Program, preservation and funding Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act or Don't Mess With My Home Appliances Act, all provisions (H.R. 4626)
Immigration Reform, impacts in rental housing. DOL H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs, reform.
Save Local Business Act, all provisions (H.R. 4366) Project Labor Agreements, expansion of use. Davis-Bacon, split wages, residential construction issues and wage determination timing.
Tax depreciation and interest deductibility rules applicable to multifamily and rental housing; including, Rental Housing Investment Act, all provisions (S.4080) and American Homeownership Act, all provisions (S. 3904). Low-Income Housing and Workforce Housing Tax Credit (including efforts to improve utilization and outcomes), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal, Workforce Housing Tax Credit / (Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act (S. 3436 / H.R. 6686) (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (H.R. 2725 / S. 1515). American Affordability Act, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions (H.R. 6900). Incentives for development of affordable housing. Like-Kind Exchanges (Sec. 1031) Adaptive Reuse, including Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act (H.R. 2410) Opportunity Zone reform, to promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones. Treasury / IRS Proposed Rule on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations Treasury / IRS Rules on Income of Foreign Governments and of International Organizations
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Revenue-Raising Provisions Retaining current law with regard to like-kind exchanges. Retaliatory Tax Measures and Proposed Section 899 H.R. 5336, Equal Tax Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize treatment of capital gains and earned income, all provisions. Depreciation Tax depreciation rules applicable to multifamily structures. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Workforce Housing Tax Credit & Community Development Workforce Housing Tax Credit: Establishment of a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to spur production of multifamily housing for households earning up to 100 percent of area median income. S. 3436 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1515, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6900, American Affordability Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to address the nation's cost-of-living-crisis, Title I -- Housing and Municipal Infrastructure, all provisions. H.R. 2854, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1686, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income grants supporting the development of affordable housing, all provisions. Issues pertaining to and potential for additional policies necessary for successful implementation of changes to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit enacted in One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Studied ways to reduce the cost of producing housing under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 2410, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. Opportunity Zones To promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones nationwide (not only Opportunity Zones located in rural areas), Congress should reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes to no higher than 50 percent.
Legislation/Guidance/Housing Issues Issues pertaining to addressing the nations housing affordability crisis and undersupply of housing. CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement H.R. 1981, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. S. 890, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 2031, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act, to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 948, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act, to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4659, Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track overly burdensome land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2416, Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track overly burdensome land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 1078, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 470, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4957, Rural Housing Reform Act of 2025, to reform rural housing programs, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1260, Rural Housing Reform Act of 2025, to reform rural housing programs, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4660, Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Review Act, to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reclassify the application of certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for housing-related activities, all provisions. H.R. 5085, to exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5798, HOME Reform Act of 2025, to amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to encourage expansion of the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, with primary attention to rental housing, and for other purposes, all provisions and in particular those pertaining to; (1) allowing HOME funds to be used for tax abatements or to study ways to remove barriers to development and preservation; and (2) Davis-Bacon rules. H.R. 5913, Community Investment and Prosperity Act, to allow the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to increase the aggregate amount of investments that a national banking association and a State member bank may make to promote the public welfare, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2464, Community Investment and Prosperity Act, to allow the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to increase the aggregate amount of investments that a national banking association and a State member bank may make to promote the public welfare, and for other purposes, all provisions. Request that Congress lift the public welfare investment (PWI) cap to which banks must adhere for purposes of their investments in Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments and other community development activities. H.R. 6132, Housing Affordability Act, to modify the multifamily loan limits under title II of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century Act, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1527, Housing Affordability Act, to modify the multifamily loan limits under title II of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2361, Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, to provide grants to units of general local government related to pre-reviewed designs for mixed-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2390, Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Review Act, to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reclassify the application of certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for housing-related activities, all provisions. S. 2391, State and Federal Capacity Sharing for Environmental Reviews of Housing Projects Act, to designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, all provisions. S.2441, Build Now Act of 2025, to provide for adjustments to community development block grant allocations based on improvements in housing growth rates, all provisions. S. 2651, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025, to increase the supply of affordable housing in America, Title II--Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV--Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V--Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act; Passed as National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296). S.1299/ H.R. 2840 the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions. S. 3207/H.R. 6124, the End Rent Fixing Act of 2025 S.232 - Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025 S. 3207, a bill to prohibit the manipulation of rent prices in the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 3464, Housing BOOM (Building Occupancy Opportunities for Millions) Act, a bill to increase the housing supply in the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Division I -- Road to Housing Act, all provisions. S. Amdt. 3901 to S. 2296, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025 or the "ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, all provisions. Request that FY2026 appropriations: (1) Fully fund Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) renewals; (2) Increase HCV shortfall set-aside funding from $200 million to $400 million; (3) Provide sufficient funding to transition remaining Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) households to other voucher programs; (4) Allow Tenant Protection Vouchers to be used for EHV households; (5) Protect Continuum of Care (CoC) funding; and (6) Require HUD to renew all existing CoC grants expiring during calendar year 2026 for one 12-month period. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Legislative proposal to amend the TIFIA program to include activities related to commercial and residential development. Legislative proposal to establish a pilot program to deliver Housing Choice Voucher by electronic benefits transfer without federal inspection and lease requirements. Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations, related to funding: Housing Choice Voucher program (including renewals of special purpose vouchers), Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Fee Account, Emergency Housing Voucher households, Project-Based Rental Assistance. We also asked that FY2026 appropriations address the housing needs of rural communities. Federal Housing Finance Agency interpretation of 15 U.S.C. 9058, which requires that the lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate. Emergency Rental Assistance Program efforts. HOME Investments Partnership Program reforms Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting) Fair Housing Rules as they pertain to Emotional Support Animals. Possible legislation related to federal building code requirements, exemptions or studies. Possible legislation on Fire Safety Requirements related to Single Stair Entry Impact of regulations on the development of multifamily housing. Review and Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) Application of Build America, Buy America rules to HUD-financed multifamily projects. Issues pertaining to fraud in the rental of multifamily units. 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent (Docket # 89 FR 101270) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 884, 886, 891, and 966) Reinstatement of HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard (Docket #88 FR 19450) Final Rule (88 FR 19450) Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing (Docket # FR-6362-P-01) Proposed Rule (24 CFR Parts 5, 245, 882, 960, 966, and 982) Withdrawn on January 16, 2025 Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (Docket # 89 FR 30850) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 50, 55, 58, and 200) HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining (Docket # 90 FR 746) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 91, 92, 570, and 982) Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of HUD Compliance Dates (Docket # 90 FR 11622) Final Determination and Reconsideration Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information, Direct Rental Assistance, Docket No. FR-6466-N-01. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey Data, Docket No. FR-6555-N-01. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information on the Uses of Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Apartments (SOMA) Data, Docket No. FR-6556-N-01. Disparate Impact: Letter to HUD asking that the Trump Administrations 2020 disparate impact rule be reinstated and that guidance and memoranda relying on HUDs 2013 disparate impact rule be rescinded and revised. Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases (Drafting Table) Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Advertising of Housing, Credit, and Other Real Estate-Related Transactions through Digital Platforms Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Screening of Applicants for Rental Housing Build America, Buy America Act (BABA): Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act (Docket # 88 FR 24690) Request for Information (FR-6331-N-01) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Docket # 90 FR 4686) Proposed Rule, withdrawn by HUD (24 CFR Parts 5, 91, 92, 93, 570, 574, 576, 903 and 983) National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate: Inspection Standards (Docket # 88 FR 40832) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Docket # 89 FR 1583) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Docket No. FR-6522-N-01, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD, Proposed Changes in Mortgage Insurance Premiums Applicable to FHA Multifamily Insurance Programs (FR Doc. 2025-11814). Review Current Rules, Notices and Guidance pertaining to Criminal Screening, Digital Advertisements, and Discriminatory Standards Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV) Issues pertaining to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's processing of multifamily loans. Opposition to rent control. Nomination Nomination of Frank Cassidy for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and FHFA Commissioner.
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing Housing Amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296), incorporating S. 2651 (ROAD to Housing Act of 2025).
Deregulatory efforts on Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program and impacts on housing affordability. Deregulatory efforts on Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards / DOE Appliance Efficiency Program and impacts on housing affordability. 86 FR 73947 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters 89 FR 37778 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters 89 FR 11434 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products 89 FR 19026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers 89 FR 3026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers 89 FR 24340 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment Preservation of the EnergyStar Program Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Building Health and Performance Requirements (Indoor Air Quality; HVAC) Lead in Housing - 89 FR 89416 Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels EPA Refrigerant Transition Issues - 88 FR 88825 Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Technology Transitions Program Residential and Light Commercial Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Sector Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0631; FRL-12687-01-OCSPP, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards Disclosure Requirements
Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Specifically, we requested Congress approve legislation that: (1) Directs DOT to underwrite financing for multifamily development using creditworthiness standards that apply to HUD housing projects; and (2) Applies regulatory requirements, such as those under NEPA, in manner that facilitates housing development. H.R. 6228, Unlocking Affordable Housing Act, to amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish creditworthiness standards for residential and mix-use development projects to be eligible for TIFIA funds and RRIF funds, and for other purposes, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish creditworthiness standards required for transit-oriented development projects that include commercial and residential development activities to be eligible to receive TIFIA funds, and for other purposes, all provisions. Draft legislation, Build Housing, Unlock Benefits and Services Act (Build HUBS Act), to amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to modify the rules relating to eligible projects under the TIFIA program and the railroad rehabilitation and financing program, to establish a transit-oriented development financing program for projects of a certain size, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Impact of tariffs on multifamily housing
Request that the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to determine prevailing wages for HUD projects when prevailing wages are required by the Davis-Bacon Act. Davis-Bacon application to split wages, the limitations of residential construction to four stories, and wage determination timing. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, RIN 1218-AD39, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
Multifamily access to capital and issues pertaining to potential reforms to Government Sponsored Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) Federal Housing Finance Agency, 12 CFR Parts 1209, 1281, and 1282, RIN 2590-AB59, 2026-2028 Enterprise Housing Finance Goals, Proposed Rule. U.S. Federal Housing (Federal Housing Finance Agency), Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2026-2030. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Small Business Lending Data Collection under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B), Docket No. CFBP-2025-0040, RIN 3170-AB40.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre-disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Extension of National Flood Insurance Program. Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Program. H.R., 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Division A--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, Sec 101. as it pertains to an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. H.R. 5577, NFIP Extension Act of 2026, to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, all provisions.
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. Reauthorization of the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance. Federal policies and guidance impacting the operation of rental housing communities related to the use of technology and consumer protection. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-133, Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-165, Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs.
Filing targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Tax Reconciliation & Tax Law Permanency H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Title VII--Finance, Subtitle A--Tax, Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, Sec. 70101: Extension and Enhancement of Reduced Rates, Sec. 70105: Extension and Enhancement of Deduction for Qualified Business Income, Sec. 70106: Extension and Enhancement of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts, and Sec. 70111: Limitation on Tax Benefits of Itemized Deductions; Chapter 3-Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators, Subchapter A--Permanent U.S. Business Tax Reform and Boosting Domestic Investment, Sec. 70301: Full Expensing for Certain Business Property, Sec 70303: Modification of Limitation on Business Interest, and Sec. 70306: Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Business Assets; Chapter 4--Investing in American Families, Communities, and Small Businesses, Subchapter C--Permanent Investments in Community Development, Sec. 70421: Permanent Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones and Sec 70422: Permanent Enhancement of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Chapter 5:--Ending Green New Deal Spending, Promoting America-First Energy, and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies, Sec 70507: Termination of Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction; Sec. 70508: Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; Sec. 70512: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit; and Sec. 70513: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit; Chapter 6--Enhancing Deduction and Income Tax Credit Guardrails, and Other Reforms, Sec. 70601: Modification and Extension of Limitation on Excess Business Losses by Noncorporate Taxpayers. S. Amdt. 2630 to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Title IV--Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sec. 40012: Support for Artificial Intelligence Under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; Title VII--Finance, Subtitle A--Tax, Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, Sec. 70101: Extension and Enhancement of Reduced Rates, Sec. 70105: Extension and Enhancement of Deduction for Qualified Business Income, Sec. 70106: Extension and Enhancement of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts, and Sec. 70111: Limitation on Tax Benefits of Itemized Deductions; Chapter 3-Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators, Subchapter A--Permanent U.S. Business Tax Reform and Boosting Domestic Investment, Sec. 70301: Full Expensing for Certain Business Property, Sec 70303: Modification of Limitation on Business Interest, and Sec. 70306: Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Business Assets; Chapter 4--Investing in American Families, Communities, and Small Businesses, Subchapter C--Permanent Investments in Community Development, Sec. 70421: Permanent Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones and Sec 70422: Permanent Enhancement of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Chapter 5:--Ending Green New Deal Spending, Promoting America-First Energy, and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies, Sec 70507: Termination of Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction; Sec. 70508: Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; Sec. 70512: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit; and Sec. 70513: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit; Chapter 6--Enhancing Deduction and Income Tax Credit Guardrails, and Other Reforms, Sec. 70601: Modification and Extension of Limitation on Excess Business Losses by Noncorporate Taxpayers. S. Amdt. 2848 to S. Admt. 2630 to H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Title VII--Finance, Subtitle A--Tax, Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, Sec. 70101: Extension and Enhancement of Reduced Rates, Sec. 70105: Extension and Enhancement of Deduction for Qualified Business Income, Sec. 70106: Extension and Enhancement of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts, and Sec. 70111: Limitation on Tax Benefits of Itemized Deductions; Chapter 3-Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators, Subchapter A--Permanent U.S. Business Tax Reform and Boosting Domestic Investment, Sec. 70301: Full Expensing for Certain Business Property, Sec 70303: Modification of Limitation on Business Interest, and Sec. 70306: Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Business Assets; Chapter 4--Investing in American Families, Communities, and Small Businesses, Subchapter C--Permanent Investments in Community Development, Sec. 70421: Permanent Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones and Sec 70422: Permanent Enhancement of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Chapter 5:--Ending Green New Deal Spending, Promoting America-First Energy, and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies, Sec 70507: Termination of Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction; Sec. 70508: Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; Sec. 70512: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit; and Sec. 70513: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit; Chapter 6--Enhancing Deduction and Income Tax Credit Guardrails, and Other Reforms, Sec. 70601: Modification and Extension of Limitation on Excess Business Losses by Noncorporate Taxpayers. Maintaining current-law ordinary income tax rates, the Section 199A 20-percent qualified business income deduction, and estate tax rules. Revenue-Raising Provisions Retaining current law with regard to like-kind exchanges. Carried interest treatment with regard to long-term capital gains. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Workforce Housing Tax Credit & Community Development Workforce Housing Tax Credit: Establishment of a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to spur production of multifamily housing for households earning up to 100 percent of area median income. S. 3436 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1515, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2854, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1686, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, and for other purposes, all provisions. Possible cost reductions in producing housing under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 2410, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. Opportunity Zones To promote the rehabilitation and preservation of multifamily housing in all Opportunity Zones nationwide (not only Opportunity Zones located in rural areas).
Legislation/Guidance/Housing Issues Issues pertaining to addressing the nations housing affordability crisis and undersupply of housing. CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement H.R. 1981, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. S. 890, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 2031, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act, to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 948, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act, to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4659, Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track overly burdensome land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2416, Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track overly burdensome land use policies, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 1078, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 470, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4576, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2363, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4957, Rural Housing Reform Act of 2025, to reform rural housing programs, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1260, Rural Housing Reform Act of 2025, to reform rural housing programs, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4660, Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Review Act, to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reclassify the application of certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for housing-related activities, all provisions. H.R. 5085, to exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 5601, Faith in Housing Act, to preempt State and local laws that prevent the construction of affordable housing on faith lands, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1527, Housing Affordability Act, to modify the multifamily loan limits under title II of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2361, Accelerating Home Building Act of 2025, to provide grants to units of general local government related to pre-reviewed designs for mixed-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2390, Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Review Act, to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reclassify the application of certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for housing-related activities, all provisions. S. 2391, State and Federal Capacity Sharing for Environmental Reviews of Housing Projects Act, to designate an environmental review procedure for certain assistance administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, all provisions. S.2441, Build Now Act of 2025, to provide for adjustments to community development block grant allocations based on improvements in housing growth rates, all provisions. S. 2651, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025, to increase the supply of affordable housing in America, Title II--Building More in America, Section 203: Housing Supply Frameworks Act, Section 210: Accelerating Home Building Act, Section 211: Build More Housing Near Transit Act, and Section 213: Housing Affordability Act; Title IV--Accessing the American Dream, Section 405: Choice in Affordable Housing Act; and Title V--Program Reform, Section 502: HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act; Passed as National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (S. 2296). S.1299/ H.R. 2840 the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions. Draft legislation, Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants (DEPOSIT) Act, to authorize security deposits and moving costs. Draft legislative proposals on HOME, particularly HOME Reform Act of 2025, to amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to encourage expansion of the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, with primary attention to rental housing, and for other purposes, all provisions and, in particular, requested provisions relative to allowing HOME funds to be used for tax abatements and to study ways to reduce barriers to housing production and preservation to be added to the bill. Request that FY2026 appropriations legislation fully fund Housing Support & Affordability Programs (the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV), Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Homelessness Programs, HOME, Community Development Block Grants (CDGB) and Rural Housing programs). Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, to enable two new eligible activities within Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program: (1) Authorization for HOME funds to be used for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program; and (2) Authorization for HOME funds to be used to fund studies regarding ways state and local jurisdictions could overcome barriers to housing production and preservation. Legislative proposal to amend the TIFIA program to include activities related to commercial and residential development. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2025, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill, related to subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058) concerning notice to vacate. Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations, related to funding: Housing Choice Voucher program (including renewals of special purpose vouchers), Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Fee Account, Emergency Housing Voucher households, Project-Based Rental Assistance. We also asked that FY2026 appropriations address the housing needs of rural communities. Federal Housing Finance Agency interpretation of 15 U.S.C. 9058, which requires that the lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate. Emergency Rental Assistance Program efforts. HOME Investments Partnership Program reforms S.1527 - Housing Affordability Act A bill to modify the multifamily loan limits under title II of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting) Fair Housing Rules as they pertain to Emotional Support Animals. Possible legislation related to federal building code requirements, exemptions or studies. Possible legislation on Fire Safety Requirements related to Single Stair Entry Regulatory Impact of regulations on the development of multifamily housing. Review and Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent (Docket # 89 FR 101270) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 884, 886, 891, and 966) Reinstatement of HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard (Docket #88 FR 19450) Final Rule (88 FR 19450) Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing (Docket # FR-6362-P-01) Proposed Rule (24 CFR Parts 5, 245, 882, 960, 966, and 982) Withdrawn on January 16, 2025 Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (Docket # 89 FR 30850) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 50, 55, 58, and 200) HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining (Docket # 90 FR 746) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 91, 92, 570, and 982) Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of HUD Compliance Dates (Docket # 90 FR 11622) Final Determination and Reconsideration Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information, Direct Rental Assistance, Docket No. FR-6466-N-01. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information on the Uses of Rental Housing Finance Survey Data, Docket No. FR-6555-N-01. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Request for Information on the Uses of Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Apartments (SOMA) Data, Docket No. FR-6556-N-01. Disparate Impact: Letter to HUD asking that the Trump Administrations 2020 disparate impact rule be reinstated and that guidance and memoranda relying on HUDs 2013 disparate impact rule be rescinded and revised. Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases (Drafting Table) Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Advertising of Housing, Credit, and Other Real Estate-Related Transactions through Digital Platforms Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Screening of Applicants for Rental Housing Build America, Buy America Act (BABA): Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act (Docket # 88 FR 24690) Request for Information (FR-6331-N-01) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Docket # 90 FR 4686) Proposed Rule, withdrawn by HUD (24 CFR Parts 5, 91, 92, 93, 570, 574, 576, 903 and 983) National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate: Inspection Standards (Docket # 88 FR 40832) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Docket # 89 FR 1583) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Docket No. FR-6522-N-01, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD, Proposed Changes in Mortgage Insurance Premiums Applicable to FHA Multifamily Insurance Programs (FR Doc. 2025-11814). Review Current Rules, Notices and Guidance pertaining to Criminal Screening, Digital Advertisements, and Discriminatory Standards Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV) Issues pertaining to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's processing of multifamily loans.
Deregulatory efforts on Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program and impacts on housing affordability. Deregulatory efforts on Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards / DOE Appliance Efficiency Program and impacts on housing affordability. 86 FR 73947 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters 89 FR 37778 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters 89 FR 11434 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products 89 FR 19026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers 89 FR 3026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers 89 FR 24340 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment Preservation of the EnergyStar Program Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Building Health and Performance Requirements (Indoor Air Quality; HVAC) Lead in Housing - 89 FR 89416 Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels EPA Refrigerant Transition Issues - 88 FR 88825 Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Technology Transitions Program Residential and Light Commercial Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Sector
H.R. 4442, Catalyzing Housing and American Ready Growth and Expansion Investments Act or the CHARGE Investments Act, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, and for other purposes, all provisions. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Legislative proposal to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish creditworthiness standards required for transit-oriented development projects that include commercial and residential development activities to be eligible to receive TIFIA funds, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4442, the Catalyzing Housing and American Ready Growth and Expansion Investments Act or the CHARGE Investments Act, amends eligibility radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) waiver from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) to determine prevailing wages for HUD projects when prevailing wages are required by the Davis-Bacon Act. Davis-Bacon application to split wages, the limitations of residential construction to four stories, and wage determination timing. U.S. Department of Labor, final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations. Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status 88 FR 73946 Oct. 27, 2023 29 CFR Part 103 Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees 89 FR 32842 Apr. 26, 2024 29 CFR Part 541 Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations 88 FR 57526 Aug. 23, 2023 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (Docket No. OSHA-2021- 0009)
Reforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including initial public offering of stock. FHFA announcement on each GSE being permitted to purchase up to $2 billion in LIHTC equity, an increase from $1 billion per GSE. Community Reinvestment Act Regulations, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Parts 24, 25, and 35 [Docket ID OCC-2025-0005] RIN 1557-AF30, Federal Reserve Systemc12 CFR Parts 207 and 228 Regulation BB [Docket No. R-1869] RIN 7100-AG95, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 12 CFR Parts 345 and 346 RIN 3064-AG13. Letter sent to Secretary Bessent, Secretary Lutnick, Director Pulte and Assistant Director Calabria on the importance of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as critical providers of debt capital to the multifamily business community. The letter stressed that any action to end or transition out of conservatorship must include multifamily.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre-disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Extension of National Flood Insurance Program. Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Program. H.R., 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Division A--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, Sec 101. as it pertains to an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program.
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010 Reauthorization of the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance. Federal policies and guidance impacting the operation of rental housing communities related to the use of technology and consumer protection. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-133, Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-165, Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Title IV--Energy and Commerce, Subtitle C--Communications, Part 2--Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization, Sec. 43201. Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative S. Amdt. 2630 to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Title IV--Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sec. 40012: Support for Artificial Intelligence Under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program;
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs.
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2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Tax Cuts and Job Act Permanency & Tax Reconciliation NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). In TCJA, Congress, doubled the estate tax exclusion through 2025 while retaining a top tax rate of 40 percent and stepped-up basis rules. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Title IV--Energy and Commerce, Subtitle C--Communications, Part 2--Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization, Sec. 43201. Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative; Title XI--Committee on Ways and Means, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill, Subtitle A--Make American Workers and Families Thrive Again: Sec. 110001. Extension of Modification of Rates, Sec. 110005. Extension of Deduction for Qualified Business Income and Permanent Enhancement, Sec. 110006. Extension of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts and Permanent Enhancement, and Sec. 110011. Limitation on Tax Benefit of Itemized Deductions; Subtitle B--Make Rural America and Main Street Grow Again, Part 1--Extension of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Reforms for Rural America and Main Street, Sec. 111001. Extension of Special Depreciation Allowance for Certain Property and Sec. 111003. Modified Calculation of Adjusted Taxable Income for Purposes of Business Interest Deduction, Part 2--Additional Tax Relief for Rural America and Main Street, Sec. 111002. Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones, Sec. 111003. Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Assets, and Sec. 111109. Modifications to Low-Income Housing Credit, Subtitle C--Make America Win Again, Part 1--Working Families Over Elites, Sec. 112007. Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit, Sec. 112008. Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit, Sec. 112009. Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit, Sec. 112018. Limitation on Individual Deductions for Certain State and Local Taxes, Etc., Sec. 112026. Limitation on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers, and Sec. 112028 Enforcement of Remedies Against Unfair Foreign Taxes. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to Committee Print Providing for Reconciliation, Title XI--Committee on Ways and Means, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill, Subtitle A--Make American Workers and Families Thrive Again: Sec. 110001. Extension of Modification of Rates, Sec. 110005. Extension of Deduction for Qualified Business Income and Permanent Enhancement, Sec. 110006. Extension of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts and Permanent Enhancement, and Sec. 110011. Limitation on Tax Benefit of Itemized Deductions; Subtitle B--Make Rural America and Main Street Grow Again, Part 1--Extension of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Reforms for Rural America and Main Street, Sec. 111001. Extension of Special Depreciation Allowance for Certain Property and Sec. 111003. Modified Calculation of Adjusted Taxable Income for Purposes of Business Interest Deduction, Part 2--Additional Tax Relief for Rural America and Main Street, Sec. 111002. Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones, Sec. 111003. Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Assets, and Sec. 111109. Modifications to Low-Income Housing Credit, Subtitle C--Make America Win Again, Part 1--Working Families Over Elites, Sec. 112007. Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit, Sec. 112008. Phase-Out and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit, Sec. 112009. Phase-Out and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit, Sec. 112018. Limitation on Individual Deductions for Certain State and Local Taxes, Etc., and Sec. 112027. Limitation on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers. S. Amdt. 2630 to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Title IV--Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sec. 40012: Support for Artificial Intelligence Under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; Title VII--Finance, Subtitle A--Tax, Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, Sec. 70101: Extension and Enhancement of Reduced Rates, Sec. 70105: Extension and Enhancement of Deduction for Qualified Business Income, Sec. 70106: Extension and Enhancement of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts, and Sec. 70111: Limitation on Tax Benefits of Itemized Deductions; Chapter 3-Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators, Subchapter A--Permanent U.S. Business Tax Reform and Boosting Domestic Investment, Sec. 70301: Full Expensing for Certain Business Property, Sec 70303: Modification of Limitation on Business Interest, and Sec. 70306: Increased Dollar Limitations for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Business Assets; Chapter 4--Investing in American Families, Communities, and Small Businesses, Subchapter C--Permanent Investments in Community Development, Sec. 70421: Permanent Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones and Sec 70422: Permanent Enhancement of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Chapter 5:--Ending Green New Deal Spending, Promoting America-First Energy, and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies, Sec 70507: Termination of Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction; Sec. 70508: Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; Sec. 70512: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit; and Sec. 70513: Termination and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit; Chapter 6--Enhancing Deduction and Income Tax Credit Guardrails, and Other Reforms, Sec. 70601: Modification and Extension of Limitation on Excess Business Losses by Noncorporate Taxpayers. Senate Finance Committee Reconciliation Legislation: Title VII--Finance, Subtitle A--Tax, Chapter 1--Providing Permanent Tax Relief for Middle-Class Families and Workers, Sec. 70101: Extension and Enhancement of Reduced Rates, Sec. 70105: Extension and Enhancement of Deduction for Qualified Business Income, Sec. 70106: Extension and Enhancement of Increased Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts, and Sec. 70111: Limitation on Tax Benefit of Itemized Deductions; Chapter 3--Establishing Certainty and Competitiveness for American Job Creators, Subchapter A--Permanent U.S. Business Tax Reforms and Boosting Domestic Investment, Sec. 70301: Full Expensing for Certain Business Property, Sec. 70303: Modification of Limitation on Business Interest, and Sec. 70306: Increased Dollar Limitation for Expensing of Certain Depreciable Assets; Chapter 4--Investing in American Families, Communities, and Small Businesses, Subchapter C--Permanent Investments in Community Development, Sec. 70421: Permanent Renewal and Enhancement of Opportunity Zones and Sec. 70422: Permanent Enhancement of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Chapter 5--Ending Green New Deal Spending, Promoting America-First Energy and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Termination of Green New Deal Subsidies, Sec. 70507: Termination of Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction, Sec. 70508: Termination of New Energy Efficient Home Credit, Sec. 70513: Phase-Out and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Production Credit, and Sec. 70512: Phase-Out and Restrictions on Clean Electricity Investment Credit; and Chapter 6--Enhancing Deduction and Income Tax Guardrails, and Other Reforms, Subchapter A--Enhancing Deduction Guardrails and Other Reforms, Sec 70601: Limitation on Individual Deductions for Certain State and Local Taxes, etc. (SALT) and Addressing SALT Workarounds and Sec. 70602: Extension and Modification of Limitation on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers H.R. 703, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. S. 213, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.Con.Res. 14, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034, provisions impacting tax policy Revenue-Raising Provisions NMHC opposes imposing the net investment income tax (NIIT) on active income while also potentially increasing the NIIT rate. NMHC opposes requiring 100-percent recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for real estate. NMHC opposes restricting the deductibility of state and local taxes (e.g., income, property, and industry-related taxes) by pass-through entities and REITs. NMHC supports retaining current law with regard to like-kind exchanges. NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Workforce Housing Tax Credit: NMHC supports the establishment of a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to spur production of multifamily housing for households earning up to 100 percent of area median income. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: We support increasing credit authority and reducing the bond financing test. We also support increasing the private-activity bond volume cap to increase the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits S. 3436 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1515, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 2410, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: (1) Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respect to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. H.R. 5761 (118th Congress), Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes, all provisions Tax Depreciation NMHC believes Congress should consider proposals to shorten the depreciation recovery period of multifamily structures while opposing measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales. Also studied proposals to shorten depreciation recovery period of affordable multifamily housing units. Litigation and Tax Impact S. 1821, Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax on income from litigation which is received by third-party entities that provided financing for such litigation, all provisions. H.R. 3512, Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax on income from litigation which is received by third-party entities that provided financing for such litigation, all provisions. Tax Regulations Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 9992, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Definition of Domestically Controlled Investment Entities. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 10028, RIN 1545-BR07, Certain Partnership Related-Party Basis Adjustment Transactions as Transactions of Interest. Internal Revenue Service, Notice 2025-23, Notice of Intent to Remove 26 CFR 1.6011-18; Waiver of Penalties under Sections 6707A(a), 6707(a), and 6708; Withdrawal of Notice 2024-54.
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2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Tax Cuts and Job Act Permanency NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). In TCJA, Congress, doubled the estate tax exclusion through 2025 while retaining a top tax rate of 40 percent and stepped-up basis rules. H.R. 703, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. S. 213, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721 (118th Congress), Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. S. 1706 (118th Congress), Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 1301, Death Tax Repeal Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, all provisions. S. 587, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.Con.Res. 14, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034, provisions impacting tax policy Revenue-Raising Provisions NMHC opposes imposing the net investment income tax (NIIT) on active income while also potentially increasing the NIIT rate. NMHC opposes requiring 100-percent recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for real estate. NMHC opposes restricting the deductibility of state and local taxes (e.g., income, property, and industry-related taxes) by pass-through entities and REITs. NMHC supports retaining current law with regard to like-kind exchanges. NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. H.R. 1091, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions S. 445, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Workforce Housing Tax Credit: NMHC supports the establishment of a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to spur production of multifamily housing for households earning up to 100 percent of area median income. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: We support increasing credit authority and reducing the bond financing test. We also support increasing the private-activity bond volume cap to increase the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits S. 3436 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686 (118th Congress), Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238 (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular provisions relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1557 (118th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular provisions relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 2410, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. H.R. 9002 (118th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. S. 4693 (118th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respect to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. H.R. 5761 (118th Congress), Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes, all provisions Housing Preservation Draft legislative proposal, Housing Opportunities and Preservation Enhancement Act of 2025, to preserve aging affordable rental housing properties by creating tax incentives for individual investors that fund rehabilitation and preservation of existing affordable rental housing, all provisions. Brownfields H.R. 815, Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2025, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend expensing of environmental remediation costs, all provisions. Role of Partnerships Promotion of partnerships as business entity. Tax Regulations Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 9992, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Definition of Domestically Controlled Investment Entities. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 10028, RIN 1545-BR07, Certain Partnership Related-Party Basis Adjustment Transactions as Transactions of Interest. Potential Congressional Review Act legislation to nullify Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 10028, RIN 1545-BR07, Certain Partnership Related-Party Basis Adjustment Transactions as Transactions of Interest. Income and rent limits under Internal Revenue Code Sections 42 and 142: Considered signing letter to request that Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issue guidance clarifying that: (1) the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) income rules related to hold harmless start no later than allocation or low-income housing tax credit determination; (2) hold harmless and HERA Special incomes do not reset upon resyndication; and (3) hold harmless treatment would apply at the national non-metro amount for rural projects.
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs. S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs. H.R. 6944, INSURE Act, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a catastrophic property loss reinsurance program, and for other purposes. Draft legislation to prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage for affordable housing, and for other purposes.
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2024 · third_quarter · Q3
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. In addition, Administration White House Fact Sheets on Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs, "The Price Isnt Right: How Junk Fees Cost Consumers and Undermine Competition, and President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs, Administration rent caps/ rent control proposals and changes to annual income determination changes for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities. Biden Administration proposal to cap rent nationwide. House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape testimony Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S. 1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802 and S. 3755, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. S.3216 - Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023 S.3684/H.R. 7132 - Housing Supply and Affordability Act Draft legislation to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes. S.4460/H.R. 8604 - Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes S.4146 - Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act of 2024 provisions S. 5027, ROAD to Housing Act, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act H.R.1605 - Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023 Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions. Draft legislation to assist in streamlining the process for households to identify appropriate available rental dwelling units, and for other purposes Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Implementation Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice PDR-2024-02, Transmittal of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Income Limits for the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule on Reducing Barriers to HUD Assisted Housing - Docket No. FR-6362-P-1 (the Proposed Rule). Department of Housing and Urban Development. FR-6387-P-01 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining proposed rule - Docket No. FR-6144-P-01 Department of Housing and Urban Development Docket No. FR-6466-N-01 Request for Information; Direct Rental Assistance Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy and Reporting) S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Eviction Crisis Act - Unintroduced Draft Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization Government Funding Proposals Request for Extension of Build America, Buy America Act Public Interest Phased Implementation Waiver for HOME Investment Partnerships Program U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY 2024 and 2025 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) PRO Housing Grant Program Homelessness Programs Rural Rental Assistance (RA) Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022 Opposition to rent control Regulatory burden making it more costly to develop and operate multifamily housing Draft policy proposal for appropriation to Department of Housing and Urban Development for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement programs S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9662 / S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. Issues pertaining to housing affordability FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, 2025 funding Develop propose HUD competitive grant to state/local government to incentivize tax incentives for housing development.
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2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs. S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs.
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2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs. S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs.
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2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Extension of TCJA Business Tax Provisions & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. NMHC supports extension of 100 bonus depreciation and restoring EBITDA for purposes of calculating the limitation on the deductibility of business interest. H.R. 3938, Build It In America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic growth, Title I -- Investment in America: Section 102: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest and Section 103: Extension of 100 bonus depreciation. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Reform the taxation of capital income; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. Forthcoming House legislation: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2024, the forthcoming House version of S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, all provisions. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. S. 3317, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the treatment of partnership interests received in connection with the performance of services, and for other purposes, all provisions. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority, tax-exempt bond financing requirements, and the Violence Against Women Act. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority, tax-exempt bond financing requirements, and the Violence Against Women Act. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Draft legislation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for the reallocation of unused volume cap for private activity bonds for qualified residential rental projects, all provisions. Draft legislation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase low-income housing credit allocations and private activity bond caps for States experiencing a shortage of work-force housing, all provisions. H.R. 6721, Rent Relief Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for rent paid on the personal residence of the taxpayer, all provisions. Adaptive Reuse Draft Proposal: Federal tax policies to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable housing finance agencies to issue private activity bonds to help facilitate adaptive reuse of underutilized properties, particularly in areas that have a plan to track discriminatory land use policies. Draft legislation, Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing and to allow the issuance of private activity bonds for affordable housing conversions, all provisions. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions.
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2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program S. 2142, the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023 (all provisions) H.R. 1392, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023 (all provisions)
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.
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2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program S. 2142, the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023 (all provisions) H.R. 1392, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023 (all provisions)
Extension of TCJA Business Tax Provisions & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. Forthcoming House version of the Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. NMHC supports extension of 100 bonus depreciation and restoring EBITDA for purposes of calculating the limitation on the deductibility of business interest. H.R. 3938, Build It In America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic growth, Title I -- Investment in America: Section 102: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest and Section 103: Extension of 100 bonus depreciation; Title III -- Repeal of Special Interest Tax Provisions: Section 301: Repeal of clean electricity production credit and Section 302: Repeal of clean electricity investment credit. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; Strengthen limitation on losses for non-corporate taxpayers; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property.Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, all provisions. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. H.R. 2866, Ending Wall Street Tax Giveaway Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. NMHC opposed curtailing like-kind exchanges as part of legislation to increase debt ceiling Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. Draft legislation, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act of 2022, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2573 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. S. 1136 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. S. 1377, Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing credit, all provisions. Adaptive Reuse Draft Proposal: Federal tax policies impacting the conversion of property (e.g., conversion of office buildings into housing) to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable jurisdictions that have a plan to track discriminatory land-use policies to use tax-exempt bonds to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property. Draft legislation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing and to allow the issuance of private activity bonds for affordable housing conversions, all provisions. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. H.R. 3937, Small Business Jobs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the establishment and growth of small businesses, Section 6: Establishment of special rules for capital gains invested in rural opportunity zones and Section 7: Reporting on qualified opportunity funds and qualified rural opportunity funds. Rehabilitation Tax Credit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) H.R. 3123 (117th Congress), Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-100442-22, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exception and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities, portion of proposed regulation pertaining to the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities. Energy Tax Issues Proposals to modify the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit (IRC 30C) H.R. 2346 (117th Congress), Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2021, or the E-QUIP Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 10-year straight line depreciation for energy efficient qualified improvement property, and for other purposes, all provisions. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Chapter I, REG-110412-23, RIN 1545-BQ81, Additional Guidance on Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program, considered submitting comments (but did not do so) on portion of proposed regulation pertaining to financial benefits for qualified low-income residential building projects.
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2023 · first_quarter · 1A
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program Submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, for the March 10, hearing entitled How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance Coverage in America?
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages Reauthorization of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
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2023 · first_quarter · 1A
H.R. 20, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions.
TCJA Permanency & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; Strengthen limitation on losses for non-corporate taxpayers; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, all provisions. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. S. 2820 (117th Congress), Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-214 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Section 215 establishing a renter's tax credit, and Section 216 establishing a middle-income housing tax credit. Draft legislation, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act of 2022, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2573 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. S. 1136 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. Draft legislation (117th Congress), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing tax credit, Section 6: Increase in credit for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities and Section 7: Requirement for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities. NMHC supports increasing the private-activity bond volume cap to increase the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies impacting the conversion of property (e.g., conversion of office buildings into housing) to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable jurisdictions that reduce zoning barriers to use tax-exempt bonds to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Rehabilitation Tax Credit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) H.R. 3123 (117th Congress), Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-100442-22, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exception and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities, portion of proposed regulation pertaining to the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities.
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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)
Nominations Supported the nomination of Andrew Hughes to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Legislation/Guidance/Housing Issues CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement H.R. 1981, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. S. 890, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 3507 (118h Congress), Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions S. 1688 (118h Congress), Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. __ the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, DRAFT legislation, 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. S. _the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, DRAFT legislation, 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. 1078, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 470, Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. ___,Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes. H.R.__, the Housing for Americas Middle Class Act, reviewed draft legislation. S.1299/ H.R. 2840 the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, all provisions. H.R. 6199 (118th Congress), Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 3216 (118th Congress), Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME program Draft legislation, to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish creditworthiness standards required for transit-oriented development projects that include commercial and residential development activities to be eligible to receive TIFIA funds, and for other purposes, all provisions. Draft legislative proposal, Investing in Housing Affordability Act of 2025, to create a new program based off the Small Business Investment Company model, operated at zero subsidy cost to taxpayers, and housed at the Treasury Department to provide low-cost capital to funds that invest equity or debt in affordable rental housing and homeownership projects. Requested that Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill include language striking subsection (c) from Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058), making clear that the requirement that a lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate has ended. Lessons learned from COVID-era Emergency Rental Assistance Program that could inform future efforts. Request that FY2026 appropriations legislation fully fund: Housing Choice Voucher program (including renewals of special purpose vouchers), Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Fee Account, Emergency Housing Voucher households, Project-Based Rental Assistance. We also asked that FY2026 appropriations address the housing needs of rural communities. Federal Housing Finance Agency interpretation of 15 U.S.C. 9058, which requires that the lessor of a covered property provide a tenant 30-days notice before requiring the tenant to vacate. Study regarding the impact of state and local tenant protection laws on the cost of rent. HOME Investments Partnership Program reforms Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation-HUD Appropriations S.1527 - Housing Affordability Act A bill to modify the multifamily loan limits under title II of the National Housing Act, and for other purposes. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting) Fair Housing Rules as they pertain to Emotional Support Animals. Possible legislation related to federal building code requirements, exemptions or studies. Possible legislation on Fire Safety Requirements related to Single Stair Entry Regulatory Review and Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent (Docket # 89 FR 101270) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 884, 886, 891, and 966) Reinstatement of HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard (Docket #88 FR 19450) Final Rule (88 FR 19450) Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing (Docket # FR-6362-P-01) Proposed Rule (24 CFR Parts 5, 245, 882, 960, 966, and 982) Withdrawn on January 16, 2025 Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (Docket # 89 FR 30850) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 50, 55, 58, and 200) HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining (Docket # 90 FR 746) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 91, 92, 570, and 982) Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of HUD Compliance Dates (Docket # 90 FR 11622) Final Determination and Reconsideration Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases (Drafting Table) Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Advertising of Housing, Credit, and Other Real Estate-Related Transactions through Digital Platforms Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Screening of Applicants for Rental Housing Build America, Buy America Act (BABA): Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act (Docket # 88 FR 24690) Request for Information (FR-6331-N-01) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Docket # 90 FR 4686) Proposed Rule, withdrawn by HUD (24 CFR Parts 5, 91, 92, 93, 570, 574, 576, 903 and 983) National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate: Inspection Standards (Docket # 88 FR 40832) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Docket # 89 FR 1583) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Docket No. FR-6522-N-01, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD, Proposed Changes in Mortgage Insurance Premiums Applicable to FHA Multifamily Insurance Programs (FR Doc. 2025-11814). Review Current Rules, Notices and Guidance pertaining to Criminal Screening, Digital Advertisements, and Discriminatory Standards Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV)
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-133, Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-165, Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant Federal policies and guidance impacting the operation of rental housing communities related to the use of technology and consumer protection. S.232- Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024 S.2164 - Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Title IV--Energy and Commerce, Subtitle C--Communications, Part 2--Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization, Sec. 43201. Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative S. Amdt. 2630 to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Title IV--Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sec. 40012: Support for Artificial Intelligence Under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program;
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards / DOE Appliance Efficiency Program 86 FR 73947 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters 89 FR 37778 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters 89 FR 11434 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products 89 FR 19026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers 89 FR 3026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers 89 FR 24340 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment Preservation of the EnergyStar Program Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Green Building Impacts on Housing Affordability Electric Vehicle Charging Initiatives
Building Codes / Resiliency Climate Change Building Health and Performance Requirements (Indoor Air Quality; HVAC) Lead in Housing - 89 FR 89416 Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels EPA Refrigerant Transition Issues - 88 FR 88825 Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Technology Transitions Program Residential and Light Commercial Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Sector
Reform of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program Draft legislation, to amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish creditworthiness standards required for transit-oriented development projects that include commercial and residential development activities to be eligible to receive TIFIA funds, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs.
Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status 88 FR 73946 Oct. 27, 2023 29 CFR Part 103 Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees 89 FR 32842 Apr. 26, 2024 29 CFR Part 541 Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations 88 FR 57526 Aug. 23, 2023 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (Docket No. OSHA-2021- 0009)
Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Notice of Interim Final Rule and Request for Comments Titled "Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline Extension," Docket No. FINCEN-2025-0001, OMB Control No. 1506-0076, and RIN 1506-AB49, 90 Fed. Reg. 13688. Multifamily issues pertaining to releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship Considered the potential for developing legislative proposals that would enhance the Federal Housing Administration's multifamily loan programs. Sent letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency requesting the withdrawal of the CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement. Submitted formal request and executive directive language for withdrawing the eviction notice requirement. Climate Disclosure The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors 89 FR 21668 Mar. 28, 2024 17 CFR 210, 229, 230, 232, 239, and 249
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre-disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
Filing targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Administration: Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction. Issues pertaining to addressing the nations housing affordability crisis and undersupply of housing. Nominations Supported the nomination of William (Bill) Pulte to serve as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). LEB, BF Supported the nomination of Scott Turner to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). LEB BF Supported the nomination of Andrew Hughes to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). LEB BF Supported the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to serve as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) LEB Legislation/Guidance/Housing Issues Sought clarification that the federal CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement ended in 2020. House Financial Services Committee, hearing entitled Building Our Future: Increasing Housing Supply in America Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, hearing entitled Housing Roadblocks: Paving a New Way to Address Affordability H.R. 1981, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. S. 890, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. S. 32 (118th Congress), Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 4606 (118th Congress), Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, to increase the number of landlords participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, all provisions. H.R. 3507 (118h Congress, Yes In My Backyard, all provisions S. 1688 (118h Congress), Yes In My Backyard, all provisions. H.R. __ the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, DRAFT legislation, 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. MB LEB BF S. _the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, , DRAFT legislation, 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 (118th Congress), Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 3755 (118th Congress), Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 1078 , Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 470 , Respect State Housing Laws Act, to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes, all provisions. S.4460/H.R. 8604 (118th Congress) - Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes. H.R.__, the Housing for Americas Middle Class Act, reviewed draft legislation. S.1299/ H.R. 2840 the Housing Supply and Innovation Frameworks Act, reviewed draft legislation. H.R. 6199 (118th Congress), Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 3216 (118th Congress), Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023, to amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 10351 (118th Congress), Housing Supply and Innovation Frameworks Act, to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 10465, the Know Who Owns Your Home Act H.R.1777, the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act Draft legislative proposal, Housing Production Partnership Program Act of 2025, for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatement matching program to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Additional proposals to address the housing affordability crisis: Appoint a White House Housing Czar & Require the Council of Economic Advisors to Create a Housing Production Goal; Enable GSEs to Use Below-Market Interest Rates to Promote Production and Preservation; Remove Regulatory Barriers to Housing Construction, Including Permitting Use of Project Labor Agreements to Meet Davis-Bacon Wage Rule Requirements for Multifamily Projects; Incentivize Localities to Modify Building Code Requirements to Reduce Cost of Building; Allow FHA Programs to Use Below-Market Interest Rate Debt for Development and Preservation; Modify TIFIA to Promote Transit-Oriented Development; Exempt Infill Housing Development from the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA); Reform HUD Programs to Promote Housing Production: Establish Commission to Address Elevated Property Insurance Premiums; Authorize the Free Disposition of Federal Land and Buildings to Spur Affordable Housing; and Reform the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting) Fair Housing Rules as they pertain to Emotional Support Animals. Regulatory Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Not on the March 3 or March 28 letter. Review and Reform Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent (Docket # 89 FR 101270) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 247, 880, 884, 886, 891, and 966) Reinstatement of HUD's Discriminatory Effects Standard (Docket #88 FR 19450) Final Rule (88 FR 19450) Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing (Docket # FR-6362-P-01) Proposed Rule (24 CFR Parts 5, 245, 882, 960, 966, and 982) Withdrawn on January 16, 2025 Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (Docket # 89 FR 30850) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 50, 55, 58, and 200) HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining (Docket # 90 FR 746) Final Rule (24 CFR Parts 91, 92, 570, and 982) Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of HUD Compliance Dates (Docket # 90 FR 11622) Final Determination Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases (Drafting Table) * Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Advertising of Housing, Credit, and Other Real Estate-Related Transactions through Digital Platforms Guidance on Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Screening of Applicants for Rental Housing Build America, Buy America Act (BABA): Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act (Docket # 88 FR 24690) Request for Information (FR-6331-N-01) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (Docket # 90 FR 4686) Proposed Rule, withdrawn by HUD (24 CFR Parts 5, 91, 92, 93, 570, 574, 576, 903 and 983) National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate: Inspection Standards (Docket # 88 FR 40832) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Docket # 89 FR 1583) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Review Current Rules, Notices and Guidance pertaining to Criminal Screening
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards / DOE Building Codes Program Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards / DOE Appliance Efficiency Program 86 FR 73947 Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters 89 FR 37778 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters 89 FR 11434 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products 89 FR 19026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers 89 FR 3026 Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Green Building Impacts on Housing Affordability Electric Vehicle Charging Initiatives
Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status 88 FR 73946 Oct. 27, 2023 29 CFR Part 103 Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees 89 FR 32842 Apr. 26, 2024 29 CFR Part 541 Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations 88 FR 57526 Aug. 23, 2023 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (Docket No. OSHA-2021- 0009) Supported the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor
Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act and potential of delay of deadline of reporting requirements or repeal or reporting requirements. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 31 CFR Part 1010.380, RIN 1506-AB49, Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline Extension. Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement 87 FR 59498 Sept. 30, 2022 31 CFR Part 1010 H.R. 425, to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, all provisions. S. 100, a bill to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, all provisions. Issues pertaining to GSE reform and multifamily lending. Regulatory proposal to allow Federal Housing Administration financing to be used for Department of Defense Enhanced Use Leases Proposed Rule: Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations with Significant Trading Activity 88 FR 64028 Sept. 18, 2023 Federal Housing Finance Agency Commented on the CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement. Sought clarification that the federal CARES Act 30-day notice of eviction requirement ended in 2020. Retract FHFA s directive imposing three new federally mandated landlord and tenant requirements on covered multifamily properties financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). Withdraw Directive to the Enterprises to Consider Additional Federally Mandated landlord tenant requirements Withdraw the 2025 Scorecard Requirements for the Enterprises to impose federally-mandated landlord-tenant requirements and enforce CARES Act: Thirty Days Notice to Vacate. Climate Disclosure The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors 89 FR 21668 Mar. 28, 2024 17 CFR 210, 229, 230, 232, 239, and 249
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. H.R. 8818 (118th Congress), the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program Federal Communications Commission, draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restrict bulk billing arrangements for broadband, cable, and satellite communications services. Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 16, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination, Final Rule. Federal Communications Commission, GN Docket No. 25-133, Delete, Delete, Delete Proposed Rulemaking Federal policies and guidance impacting the operation of rental housing communities related to the use of technology and consumer protection. Repeal/removal of FTC Blogs/Guidance on Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing, and Becoming a gold star property manager: Lessons from the FTCs case against Greystar. S.3692/HR 8622 (118th Congress) - Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act of 2024 S.232- Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
Building Codes / Building Performance Standards Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards Electrification / Fuel Switching Climate Change / Sustainability Green Building Impacts on Housing Affordability Electric Vehicle Charging Initiatives
Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act and potential of delay of deadline of reporting requirements. Draft Legislation, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, Title V -- Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act of 2024, Subtitle B -- Prohibition and Notification on Investments Relating to Covered National Security Transactions, Sec. 122: Extension of filing deadline for certain pre-existing reporting companies. Request that Department of Housing and Urban Development revert Federal Housing Administration multifamily insured loan provisions pertaining to loan to cost and debt service coverage ratio thresholds to their January 2010 standards. GSE multifamily loan improvements that would allow loan take outs at certificate of occupancy GSE loan issues related to multifamily housing Comment RE: Request for Input: Federal Home Loan Bank Core Mission Activities and Mission Achievement
TCJA Permanency, Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and Other Proposals Impacting Pass-Through Entities NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Title II -- American Innovation and Growth, Section 202: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest, Section 203: Extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation, and Section 204: Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets; Title V -- More Affordable Housing, Section 501: State housing credit allowance ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and Section 502: Tax-exempt bond financing requirement. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals: Provide a neighborhood homes credit; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income (tax capital income for high-income earners at ordinary rates and treat transfers of appreciated property by gift or on death as realization events); Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Senator Wyden Pass-Through Reform Discussion Draft (2021), all provisions. Promotion of partnerships as business entity Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). In TCJA, Congress, doubled the estate tax exclusion through 2025 while retaining a top tax rate of 40 percent and stepped-up basis rules. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. NMHC opposes taxing unrealized gains at death. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Depreciation Biden Administration legislative proposal to cap rent increases at 5 percent by denying faster depreciation write offs to available to owners of rental housing. Congress should oppose measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. H.R. 10195, No Discrimination in Housing Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the low-income housing tax credit to taxpayers that have diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, all provisions. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Analyzed proposals to potentially modify Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in 119th Congress, including those pertaining to: Increasing state allocations; modifying student occupancy rules; clarifying Violence Against Women Act provisions; eliminating the 10-year rule and reducing the related party prohibition period to two years; revising and clarifying the treatment of refunding issues; increasing LIHTC program transparency; easing the Section 38(c)(1)(B) cap on the ability to use LIHTCs; extending the carryback period for Housing Credits; exempting multifamily bond authority used for recapitalization and rehabilitation of Housing Credit developments from state private activity bond cap; repealing the qualified contract rule prospectively; providing a purchase option as an alternative to the right of first refusal for limited partnership agreements entered into by nonprofits after the date of enactment; allowing states to extend the placed in service deadline by up to 12 months; requiring owners to provide notice of expiring affordability to local governments and tenants; excluding the value of certain energy benefits, such as grants and rebates, from gross income for tax purposes; and facilitating GSE investment in rural Housing Credit properties. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 9002, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. S. 4693, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. H.R.419 - Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: (1) Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respected to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. H.R. 5761, Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes, all provisions.
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. In addition, Administration White House Fact Sheets on Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs, "The Price Isnt Right: How Junk Fees Cost Consumers and Undermine Competition, and President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs, and Economic Report of the President, March 2024. Administration rent caps/ rent control proposals and changes to annual income determination changes for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities. Biden Administration proposal to cap rent nationwide. House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape testimony House Financial Services Committee, hearing entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S. 1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802 and S. 3755, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 7673 - Liberty in Laundry Act S.3216, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023 S.3684, H.R. 7132, Housing Supply and Affordability Act H.R. 6785, The Rural Housing Service Reform Act Housing Supply and Innovation Frameworks Act draft bill/legislation H.R.10351 - To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes. Draft legislation and Legislation. Draft legislation to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes. S.4460/H.R. 8604 - Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes S.4146 - Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act of 2024 provisions S. 5027, H.R. 9990, ROAD to Housing Act, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act H.R.1605 - Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023 S. 3793, H.R. 7075, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2024 * S. 3216, H.R. 6199, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023* H.R. 10465, the Know Who Owns Your Home Act Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions. Draft legislation to assist in streamlining the process for households to identify appropriate available rental dwelling units, and for other purposes Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Implementation Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice PDR-2024-02, Transmittal of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Income Limits for the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule on Reducing Barriers to HUD Assisted Housing - Docket No. FR-6362-P-1 (the Proposed Rule). Department of Housing and Urban Development. FR-6387-P-01 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining proposed rule - Docket No. FR-6144-P-01 Department of Housing and Urban Development Docket No. FR-6466-N-01 Request for Information; Direct Rental Assistance Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule, on Adoption of 2020 Core Based Statistical Area Standards, Docket No. FR-6464-P-01. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases, November 8, 2024 Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Final Rule, 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Docket No. FR-6387-F-02 Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting) S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Eviction Crisis Act - Unintroduced Draft Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization Government Funding Proposals Request for Extension of Build America, Buy America Act Public Interest Phased Implementation Waiver for HOME Investment Partnerships Program U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY 2024 and 2025 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) PRO Housing Grant Program Homelessness Programs Rural Rental Assistance (RA) Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022 Opposition to rent control Regulatory burden making it more costly to develop and operate multifamily housing Draft policy proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2025) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program. Additional Proposals to address the housing affordability crisis: Appoint a White House Housing Czar & Require the Council of Economic Advisors to Create a Housing Production Goal; Enable GSEs to Use Below-Market Interest Rates to Promote Production and Preservation; Remove Regulatory Barriers to Housing Construction, Including Permitting Use of Project Labor Agreements to Meet Davis-Bacon Wage Rule Requirements for Multifamily Projects; Incentivize Localities to Modify Building Code Requirements to Reduce Cost of Building; Allow FHA Programs to Use Below-Market Interest Rate Debt for Development and Preservation; Modify TIFIA to Promote Transit-Oriented Development; Exempt Infill Housing Development from the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA); Reform HUD Programs to Promote Housing Production: Establish Commission to Address Elevated Property Insurance Premiums; Authorize the Free Disposition of Federal Land and Buildings to Spur Affordable Housing; and Reform the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Issues pertaining to addressing the nations housing affordability crisis and undersupply of housing. S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9662 / S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. Issues pertaining to housing affordability FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, 2025 funding
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. H.R. 8818, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010
H.R. 2700 and S. 1201, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2826 and S.1261, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions. H.R. 5513 and S. 3018, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.J.Res. 98 and S.J Res 49, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon, and Related Acts Regulations.
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program Federal Communications Commission, forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restrict bulk billing arrangements for broadband, cable, and satellite communications services. Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 16, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination, Final Rule. H.R.6929/S.3565 - Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 S.3692/HR 8622 - Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act of 2024 S.3686 - Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024 Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, Request for The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010
TCJA Permanency, Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and Other Proposals Impacting Pass-Through Entities NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Title II -- American Innovation and Growth, Section 202: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest, Section 203: Extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation, and Section 204: Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets; Title V -- More Affordable Housing, Section 501: State housing credit allowance ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and Section 502: Tax-exempt bond financing requirement. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals: Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income (tax capital income for high-income earners at ordinary rates and treat transfers of appreciated property by gift or on death as realization events); Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Senator Wyden Pass-Through Reform Discussion Draft (2021), all provisions. Promotion of partnerships as business entity Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). In TCJA, Congress, doubled the estate tax exclusion through 2025 while retaining a top tax rate of 40 percent and stepped-up basis rules. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. NMHC opposes taxing unrealized gains at death. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Depreciation Biden Administration legislative proposal to cap rent increases at 5 percent by denying faster depreciation write offs to available to owners of rental housing. Congress should oppose measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Law that Low Income Housing Tax Credits are not available for the acquisition of properties placed in service during the last ten years ("Ten-Year Rule"): Considered proposals to: (1) Repeal the "Ten-Year Rule"; (2) Explicitly Define Substantially assisted, financed and Federally Assisted Building for the Purposes of the Ten-Year Rule ; and (3) Expand the Definition of Federally Assisted Building to include properties financed with LIHTCs in conjunction with financing from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Adaptive Reuse H.R. 9002, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. S. 4693, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respected to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. H.R. 5761, Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 9203, Economic Opportunity for Distressed Communities Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish special rules for capital gains invested in brownfield and superfund sites, all provisions.
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development and property operations. Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, algorithms and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development or finance. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Extension and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Federal Communications Commission, forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restrict bulk billing arrangements for broadband, cable, and satellite communications services. Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 16, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination, Final Rule. H.R.6929/S.3565 - Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 S.3692/HR 8622 - Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act of 2024 S.3686 - Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024 Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, Request for The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs. H.R. 6944, INSURE Act, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a catastrophic property loss reinsurance program, and for other purposes. Draft legislation to prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage for affordable housing, and for other purposes.
Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry. Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs. S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) , U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Depart of Housing and Urban Development Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act and beneficial ownership H.R. 9278, to amend section 5336 of title 31, United States Code, to provide existing small businesses with an additional year to file beneficial ownership information, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. Amdt. 2169 to S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Deadlines for Small Businesses. S. Amdt. 2831 to S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting. Request that Department of Housing and Urban Development revert Federal Housing Administration multifamily insured loan provisions pertaining to loan to cost and debt service coverage ratio thresholds to their January 2010 standards. GSE multifamily loan improvements that would allow loan take outs at certificate of occupancy Comment RE: Request for Input: Federal Home Loan Bank Core Mission Activities and Mission Achievement
H.R. 2700 and S. 1201, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2826 and S.1261, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions. H.R. 5513 and S. 3018, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.J.Res. 98 and S.J Res 49, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 2700 and S. 1201, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2826 and S.1261, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions. H.R. 5513 and S. 3018, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.J.Res. 98 and S.J Res 49, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.
Extension of TCJA Business Tax Provisions & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Title II -- American Innovation and Growth, Section 202: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest, Section 203: Extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation, and Section 204: Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets; Title V -- More Affordable Housing, Section 501: State housing credit allowance ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and Section 502: Tax-exempt bond financing requirement. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals: Provide a neighborhood homes credit; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Depreciation Recapture Congress should oppose measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Studied legislative proposals impacting the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit pertaining to encouraging the submetering of utility costs at Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable housing finance agencies to issue private activity bonds to help facilitate adaptive reuse of underutilized properties, particularly in areas that have a plan to track discriminatory land use policies. Draft Legislation, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions, including proposal to modify bill to not reduce basis of the investment credit created in the bill for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respected to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Self-Employment Taxes Issues pertaining to the Self Employment Contribution Act exception for limited partners in IRC section 1402(a)(13).
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. In addition, Administration White House Fact Sheets on Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs, "The Price Isnt Right: How Junk Fees Cost Consumers and Undermine Competition, and President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs, Administration rent caps/ rent control proposals and changes to annual income determination changes for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities. Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S. 1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802 and S. 3755, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. S.3216 - Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023 S.3684/H.R. 7132 - Housing Supply and Affordability Act S.4460/H.R. 8604 - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes S.4146 - Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act of 2024 H.R. 6785 and S. 2790, Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2023, all provisions Draft legislation, Housing Supply and Affordability Act (HR 2126, 117th Congress) Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions. Draft legislation establishing a FHFA pilot program to evaluate the best process for households to identify appropriate available rental dwelling units. Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT ACT (H.R. 1087/S.1814), 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice PDR-2024-02, Transmittal of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Income Limits for the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule on Reducing Barriers to HUD Assisted Housing - Docket No. FR-6362-P-1 (the Proposed Rule). Department of Housing and Urban Development. FR-6387-P-01 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining proposed rule - Docket No. FR-6144-P-01 Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy and Reporting) S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Eviction Crisis Act - Unintroduced Draft Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization Government Funding Proposals Build America, Buy America - Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials, and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act. FR-6433-N-01 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY 2024 and 2025 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) PRO Housing Grant Program Homelessness Programs Rural Rental Assistance (RA) Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022 Opposition to rent control Issues pertaining to housing affordability FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, 2025
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on multifamily financing, development and property operations. Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Extension and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Federal Communications Commission, forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restrict bulk billing arrangements for broadband, cable, and satellite communications services. Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 16, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination, Final Rule. H.R.6929/S.3565 - Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024 Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, Request for The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 2700 and S. 1201, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2826 and S.1261, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions. H.R. 5513 and S. 3018, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.J.Res. 98 and S.J Res 49, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.
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. In addition, Administration White House Fact Sheets on Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs, "The Price Isnt Right: How Junk Fees Cost Consumers and Undermine Competition, and President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs. Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. S.3910 - Yes in God's Backyard Act S.3216 - Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023 S.3684/H.R. 7132 - Housing Supply and Affordability Act Draft legislation, Housing Supply and Affordability Act (HR 2126, 117th Congress) Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions. Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT ACT (H.R. 1087/S.1814), 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003. Department of Housing and Urban Development. FR-6387-P-01 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent. Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development. Fees in rental housing. Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting) S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization Government Funding Proposals Build America, Buy America - Request for Information Regarding Iron, Steel, Construction Materials, and Manufactured Products Used in Housing Programs Pursuant to the Build America, Buy America Act. FR-6433-N-01 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY 2024 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) PRO Housing Grant Program Homelessness Programs Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022 Opposition to rent control Issues pertaining to housing affordability FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Development and Research, Grants Notice, FR-6700-N-29L, HUDRD -- Exploring Office to Residential Conversions (HUDRD-EORC) Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan H.R. 4820, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, 2024S. 2437, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Act, 2024" H.R 4366 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024" S.32, the Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions H.R.4606, the Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions
Extension of TCJA Business Tax Provisions & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Title II -- American Innovation and Growth, Section 202: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest, Section 203: Extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation, and Section 204: Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets; Title V -- More Affordable Housing, Section 501: State housing credit allowance ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and Section 502: Tax-exempt bond financing requirement; Title VI -- Tax Administration and Eliminating Fraud, Section 601: Increase in threshold for requiring information reporting with respect to certain payees. H.R. 3938, Build It In America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic growth, Title I -- Investment in America: Section 102: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest and Section 103: Extension of 100 bonus depreciation. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; Strengthen limitation on losses for non-corporate taxpayers; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Depreciation Congress should consider proposals to shorten recovery periods while opposing measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit, and Renters Tax Credit S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renters credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority, tax-exempt bond financing requirements, and the Violence Against Women Act. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority, tax-exempt bond financing requirements, and the Violence Against Women Act. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (RIN 1557-AE78), Federal Reserve System (RIN 7100-AG64), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (RIN 3064-AF29), Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity, Request regulators to apply a lower risk weighting of 50 percent to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties. No specific proposal but studied issues pertaining to the submetering of utility costs at Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable housing finance agencies to issue private activity bonds to help facilitate adaptive reuse of underutilized properties, particularly in areas that have a plan to track discriminatory land use policies. Draft legislation, Affordable Housing Conversion Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports: Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respected to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Housing Near Transit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), President of the U.S., SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. S. 2142, the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023 (all provisions) H.R. 1392, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023 (all provisions) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs.
H.R. 2700, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2826, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions. H.R. 5513, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.J.Res. 98, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. S.J.Res.49, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to a "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.
S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.
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. Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history),consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. Draft legislation, Housing Supply and Affordability Act (HR 2126, 117th Congress) Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions. Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT ACT (H.R. 1087/S.1814), 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 Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting) S.2182 - Eviction Crisis Act of 2021 S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization Government Funding Proposals U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Draft FY 2024 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) PRO Housing Grant Program HUDs proposed changes to Fair Market Rents Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022 Opposition to rent control Issues pertaining to housing affordability FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Development and Research, Grants Notice, FR-6700-N-29L, HUDRD -- Exploring Office to Residential Conversions (HUDRD-EORC) Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Potential legislation to make changes to the H-2B program.
Extension of TCJA Business Tax Provisions & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expire at the end of 2025. S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions. NMHC supports extension of 100 bonus depreciation and restoring EBITDA for purposes of calculating the limitation on the deductibility of business interest. H.R. 3938, Build It In America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic growth, Title I -- Investment in America: Section 102: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest and Section 103: Extension of 100 bonus depreciation. General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Reform the taxation of capital income; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. Draft legislation, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Adaptive Reuse Draft Proposal: Federal tax policies to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable housing finance agencies to issue private activity bonds to help facilitate adaptive reuse of underutilized properties, particularly in areas that have a plan to track discriminatory land use policies. Draft legislation, Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing and to allow the issuance of private activity bonds for affordable housing conversions, all provisions. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Rehabilitation Tax Credit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-100442-22, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exception and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities, portion of proposed regulation pertaining to the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities. Energy Tax Issues Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Parts 1 and 301, REG-101607-23, RIN 1545-BQ63, Section 6417 Elective Payment of Credits Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-101610-23, RIN 1545-BQ64, Section 6418 Transfer of Certain Credits Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 9975, RIN 1545-BQ76, Pre-Filing Registration Requirements for Certain Tax Credit Elections
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. Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history),consumer debt collection and eviction. H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions. Draft legislation, Housing Supply and Affordability Act (HR 2126, 117th Congress) Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry. Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT ACT (H.R. 1087/S.1814), 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 Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting) S.2182 - Eviction Crisis Act of 2021 S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Draft FY 2024 DOT and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) HUDs proposed changes to Fair Market Rents Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 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. Regulatory barriers to multifamily development Opposition to rent control Application of eviction and rent increase restrictions as a condition of receiving benefits under Federal energy incentive programs. FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Development and Research, Grants Notice, FR-6700-N-29L, HUDRD -- Exploring Office to Residential Conversions (HUDRD-EORC) Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages
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. Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history),consumer debt collection and eviction. S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, , all provisions. H.R. 3507 and S1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, , all provisions. H.R. 802, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions. Senator Tim Scotts (R-SC) Discussion Draft Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act, all provisions. Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT ACT (H.R. 1087/S.1814), 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 Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening and Reporting, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing) S.2182 - Eviction Crisis Act of 2021 S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023 Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Draft FY 2024 DOT and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include: 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 Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA) 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. Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan
Federal policies related to federally mandated overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Federal policies related to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts prevailing wage regulations.
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 20, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions.
TCJA Permanency & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; Strengthen limitation on losses for non-corporate taxpayers; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, all provisions. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. S. 2820 (117th Congress), Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-214 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Section 215 establishing a renter's tax credit, and Section 216 establishing a middle-income housing tax credit. Draft legislation, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act of 2022, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2573 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. S. 1136 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. Draft legislation (117th Congress), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing tax credit, Section 6: Increase in credit for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities and Section 7: Requirement for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities. NMHC supports increasing the private-activity bond volume cap to increase the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies impacting the conversion of property (e.g., conversion of office buildings into housing) to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable jurisdictions that reduce zoning barriers to use tax-exempt bonds to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Rehabilitation Tax Credit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) H.R. 3123 (117th Congress), Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-100442-22, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exception and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities, portion of proposed regulation pertaining to the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities.
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)
Filing targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), 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)
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program Submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, for the March 10, hearing entitled How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance Coverage in America?
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages Reauthorization of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
Filing targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), White House Office
TCJA Permanency & Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2024 Budget General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; Strengthen limitation on losses for non-corporate taxpayers; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income; Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property. NMHC supports extending individual tax rates and 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025. Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. S. 1108, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2023, all provisions. Carried Interest NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Like-Kind Exchanges NMHC supports retaining current law. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) S. 680, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; and Section 114: Supporting pro-housing development; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-210 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Section 211: Study of tax incentives for the conversion of commercial property to affordable housing; Section 212: Renter's credit; and Section 213: Middle-income housing tax credit. S. 2820 (117th Congress), Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-214 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Section 215 establishing a renter's tax credit, and Section 216 establishing a middle-income housing tax credit. Draft legislation, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act of 2022, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2573 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. S. 1136 (117th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions and recommendations for modifications to existing provisions and potential new provisions for inclusion when bills are reintroduced in 118th Congress. Draft legislation (117th Congress), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing tax credit, Section 6: Increase in credit for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities and Section 7: Requirement for projects designated to serve households with people with disabilities. NMHC supports increasing the private-activity bond volume cap to increase the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies impacting the conversion of property (e.g., conversion of office buildings into housing) to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property, including proposals to establish tax credits and to enable jurisdictions that reduce zoning barriers to use tax-exempt bonds to encourage repurposing of non-residential properties into residential rental property. H.R. 419, Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions. Opportunity Zones NMHC supports reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Rehabilitation Tax Credit H.R. 1483 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) H.R. 3123 (117th Congress), Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-100442-22, RIN 1545-BQ36, Guidance on the Foreign Government Income Exception and the Definition of Domestically Controlled Qualified Investment Entities, portion of proposed regulation pertaining to the definition of domestically controlled qualified investment entities.
H.R. 20, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program Submitted a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, for the March 10, hearing entitled How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance Coverage in America?
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages Reauthorization of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
Filing targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), White House Office