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How Housing and Community Development Advocates Are Preparing for Trump

By Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce

As the new presidential administration takes power, leaders at national affordable housing and community development organizations seem torn between treating this as a normal presidential transition and acknowledging that things might be headed in unprecedented directions.

How Housing and Community Development Advocates Are Preparing for Trump2025-01-20T18:49:45-05:00

How Fast Could Financial Regulations, Treasury Programs Change Once Trump Takes Office?

By Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce

Affordable housing and neighborhood investment are not just affected by what happens at HUD—they’re also intimately tied in with financial regulation, and with programs that operate out of the Department of Treasury, or independent agencies related to banking.

How Fast Could Financial Regulations, Treasury Programs Change Once Trump Takes Office?2025-01-15T12:27:18-05:00

The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act Surpasses 100 Cosponsors

The Neighborhood Homes Coalition, December 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC (December 9, 2024) – The Neighborhood Homes Coalition applauds the more than 100 Members of Congress who have now cosponsored the bipartisan Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (H.R. 3940 and S. 657). The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act would create a new tax incentive that would produce and preserve more than 500,000 affordable, single-family homes for homeownership over ten years in under-resourced communities.

The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act Surpasses 100 Cosponsors2024-12-09T11:11:49-05:00

The Future of Housing Policy Under a New Administration

Podcast featuring Sarah Brundage and Gisele Roget, Beyond Four Walls: Conversations on Affordable Housing – National Housing Conference

In this week’s episode, NHC President and CEO David Dworkin talks with Sarah Brundage, President and CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, and Gisele Roget, Founding Principal of Overbrook Square Group, to discuss the future of housing policy in President Trump’s administration and beyond.

The Future of Housing Policy Under a New Administration2024-11-24T18:37:09-05:00

Housing Affordability Policy to Change Post Trump Win

By Monica Hogan, Inside Mortgage Finance

The mortgage finance and housing communities are hopeful of strong housing affordability policies from a second Trump term, but they expect the approach to differ from efforts under the Biden administration.

Housing Affordability Policy to Change Post Trump Win2024-11-24T18:31:59-05:00

What to Expect From a Second Trump Term

By Donna Kimura, Affordable Housing Finance

With affordable housing becoming a growing issue across the country, Donald Trump and a new Congress will take office next year. Trump returns to the White House four years after losing his bid for reelection in 2020.

What to Expect From a Second Trump Term2024-11-24T18:24:09-05:00

A Conversation with Benson (Buzz) Roberts

Buzz (Benson) Roberts, October 15, 2024

In this week’s episode, we welcome Benson (Buzz) Roberts, who has spent over 45 years serving affordable housing and community development, before retiring as President and CEO from the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders last December.

A Conversation with Benson (Buzz) Roberts2024-10-28T13:47:50-04:00

Regardless of the Election Outcomes, There Could Be Big Housing Wins in 2025

By Sarah Brundage, National Housing Conference

As with any election year, there is tremendous uncertainty around the 2025 political landscape and what opportunities or challenges there will be for housing policy. The range of scenarios when it comes to appropriations, the treatment of federal agencies, fair housing and civil rights, and regulatory agendas can feel overwhelming to prepare for.

Regardless of the Election Outcomes, There Could Be Big Housing Wins in 20252024-08-13T16:08:20-04:00

What a Harris Presidency Would Look Like for Housing

By Monica Hogan, Inside Mortgage Finance

Now that President Joe Biden has announced that he won’t seek re-election and has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee, the housing-finance market is pondering what a Harris White House would look like.

What a Harris Presidency Would Look Like for Housing2024-08-13T15:35:21-04:00

Former Trump Housing Official Sees Potential for Building Homes on Public Land in a Second Term

By Victor Reklaitis, MarketWatch

Meanwhile, former Biden administration official sees Trump scaling down agencies that oversee housing funds, along with an effect on civil rights. Two experts on housing from different sides of the aisle clashed Tuesday over what a second Trump administration could mean for Americans dealing with the tough market for home buyers.

Former Trump Housing Official Sees Potential for Building Homes on Public Land in a Second Term2024-07-01T16:37:37-04:00
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