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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), 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Order to clarify that the 30-day notice to vacate requirement contained in the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058(c)) is no longer in effect and does not impose an ongoing federal pre-filing notice requirement.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.
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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), 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.
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), 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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), 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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), 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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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 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, 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.
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), 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 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.
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.
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), 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.
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), 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.
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.
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
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), 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.
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), 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.
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.
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.
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.
Workforce Housing Tax Credit 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
Workforce Housing Tax Credit 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
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.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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;
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.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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;
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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;
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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;
Respect State Housing Laws Act
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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.
Respect State Housing Laws Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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)
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Legislative Accountability Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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)
Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
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.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
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.
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Faith in Housing Act of 2025
Client: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC · Firm: NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
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.
Patent enforcement and litigation in rental housing. Music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.
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
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.
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.
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.
Data Security and Privacy, including breach notification, artificial intelligence in housing. Risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, reauthorization
Patent enforcement and litigation in rental housing. Music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.
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
Patent enforcement and litigation in rental housing. Music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.
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.
Data Security and Privacy, including breach notification, artificial intelligence in housing. Risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, pandemic. Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, reauthorization
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.
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.
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
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the rental housing industry. Federal policies surrounding music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.
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
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.
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;
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the rental housing industry. Federal policies surrounding music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), 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
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2025 · second_quarter · Q2
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)
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;
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