Legislative State-of-Play Government Partially Shuts Down After Funding Deal Hits Speedbump Due to Democrats’ objections to the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill in light of recent events in Minnesota, the Senate did not pass the full minibus spending package that the House had passed […]
January 2026 Monthly Newsletter and 2025 Year in Review
Legislative Update & Current Advocacy Strategy Congress Returns from Winter Break; Next Big Test: January 30 Funding Deadline The second session of the 119th Congress began this week with a busy agenda for the year ahead. In November, Congress passed a stopgap funding measure that provided long-term funding for a […]
December 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
New Date for January 2026 Monthly Call The ACTION Campaign is moving the monthly call typically held the first Friday of the month from January 2 to Friday, January 9 at 2:00 PM ET. Legislative State-of-Play Government Shutdown Ends On November 12, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended after […]
November 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Federal Government Shut Down—Week Six May Offer Glimmers of Hope The federal government remains mired in the longest shutdown in history. As covered in the October newsletter, the government shut down on October 1 after Congress failed to reach a spending deal for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) before […]
October 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Federal Government Shuts Down On October 1, the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a spending deal for Fiscal Year 2026, which started that day. As with all government shutdowns, the impact on affordable housing depends on the length of the shutdown: the longer the […]
September 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play All Eyes on Housing Affordability, From the Administration to Congress On September 1, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Trump Administration is considering declaring a national housing emergency, which could allow the administration to take actions that would help ease the crisis by facilitating increased housing production. […]
August 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Senate Banking Committee to Mark Up Housing Package Following the largest expansion of the Housing Credit in two decades, enacted just a few weeks ago in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released sweeping bipartisan housing legislation called the Renewing […]
July 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Largest Expansion of Housing Credit in Decades Enacted! On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, H.R. 1), enacting two Housing Credit provisions estimated to finance 1.22 million additional affordable rental homes nationwide over the next decade. The bill provides a permanent 12 […]
June 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
July 2025 Call Rescheduled ACTION’s July 2025 monthly call will be rescheduled from Friday, July 4, to Friday, July 11, because of the Independence Day holiday. The call will remain at 2:00PM ET. ACTION will send out a reminder email before the July 4 holiday. Legislative State-of-Play House Passes Reconciliation […]
May 2025 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play AHCIA Reintroduced in the House; Senate Reintroduction Expected Tomorrow! On April 8, House Housing Credit champions Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Don Beyer (D-VA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) reintroduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA, H.R. 2725). […]