Housing Credit Turns 40! The Housing Credit turns 40 in October! The Housing Credit was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 22, 1986, as part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Since then, the Housing Credit has become the number one tool for financing the construction […]
September 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
CRA Update New CRA Proposed Rule Formally Published in Federal Register On August 12, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), two of the three federal banking regulators, formally published in the Federal Register the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) that […]
August 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Becomes Law! At 12:00 a.m. on July 11, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law! The President opted not to sign the bill in protest of Congress not passing unrelated election reform legislation; however, the Constitution establishes that legislation passed […]
July 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Congress Overwhelmingly Passes 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act In late June, Congress overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act! On June 22, the Senate passed this major housing legislation by a significant 85-5 vote, followed by the House passage with a similarly powerful 358-32 vote […]
June 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play House Overwhelmingly Passes Amended 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act On May 20, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 396-13. ACTION’s top priority in the bill, increasing the Public Welfare Investment (PWI) […]
House Passes Housing Affordability Legislation During National Affordable Housing Month
May is National Affordable Housing Month, a time to recognize both the importance of affordable housing and the scale of the nation’s housing shortage. Recent estimates vary, but all point to the same conclusion: the United States needs significantly more housing. Some data suggests that America is short 7.2 million […]
May 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play House Weighs Path Forward on 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act As the House and Senate continue to hash out possible next steps for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), concerns remain around the institutional investor ban for single-family homes, found in Section 901. The […]
April 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State of Play Housing Authorization Package Passes Senate; House Wants Changes On March 12, the Senate passed an amended version of the housing authorization and reform package that combines provisions of the earlier Senate’s ROAD to Housing Act and the House’s Housing for the 21st Century Act. The amended […]
March 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
Legislative State-of-Play Congress Passes FY 2026 HUD Funding Bill On February 3, Congress passed appropriations legislation funding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and most other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26), after a brief shutdown that began January 31. HUD programs largely fared well, with […]
February 2026 Monthly Newsletter: AHCIA Advocacy Strategies & Other Housing Credit News
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 […]