NHTF Articles

Memo to Members and Partners Articles

NLIHC’s Model NHTF Allocation Plan and Developer Advisory Group

NLIHC has produced a Model NHTF Allocation Plan for advocates to consider when engaging their state NHTF entity. NLIHC has also established an advisory group of affordable housing developers who have volunteered to help organizations applying for NHTF money understand how best to overcome the…

Senator Shelby Requests GAO and CBO Reports on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, last week sent letters to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting that the agencies provide reports to Congress on issues relating to the…

HUD Posts NHTF and HOME Homeownership Value Limits

HUD has posted the 2016 homeownership value limits (the “95% limits”) for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs. According to the NHTF statute, a state may devote no more than 10% of its annual NHTF allocation for homeowner activities, which…

HUD Announces $174 million For First Year of NHTF

At the NLIHC 2016 Policy Forum (see related article in this Memo to Members), HUD Secretary Julián Castro officially announced that nearly $174 million will soon be available for the inaugural allocation of dedicated resources for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF). Secretary Castro said that…