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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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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). […]