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Policy Memo
The Supply-Side Tax Credit: A National Incentive to Reduce the Cost of Affordable Housing

A supply-side tax credit (STC) could offer a tax incentive to material suppliers and professional service consultants that provide goods or services to affordable housing projects.

02.23.24 | 4 min read
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Policy Memo
Develop a Housing Production Dashboard to Aid Policymaking and Research

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Commerce, and Department of Transportation should jointly develop and manage a data resource—a Housing Production Dashboard—to track housing production within and across states.

02.23.24 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Exempt Affordable Housing from Private Activity Bond Volume Cap

Exempting affordable housing from volume caps would address the underlying issue and have the greatest impact in this housing emergency.

02.23.24 | 7 min read
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Policy Memo
America Needs a National Housing Loss Rate

The U.S. should establish a national housing loss rate to stand alongside the national unemployment rate as a key indicator of social and economic well-being.

02.22.24 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Increase Dedicated Resources for the National Housing Trust Fund

To increase the supply of affordable homes, Congress should make greater investments in the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF).

02.22.24 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Why Creating an FHA/VA Mortgage Program for Developers Is a Good Idea

Creating a federally guaranteed investor mortgage combined with an optional construction loan will assemble a larger base of qualified borrowers financially positioned to purchase and build more housing inventory. 

02.22.24 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Accelerating Affordable Housing Through Market-Based Incentives

Deeper affordability milestones would garner exponentially more credits to steer resources toward greatest needs. Additional credits would be awarded for proposals in regions facing urgent supply shortages.

02.22.24 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Aligning Reconstruction and Zoning to Invest in Housing

Instead of limiting reconstruction projects to a one-for-one replacement, HUD should allow communities to rebuild homes to a number of units allowed by their locally adopted zoning and development codes. 

02.22.24 | 2 min read
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Policy Memo
Increase Occupancy of Existing Affordable Housing by Simplifying the Qualification Process

These policy proposals will simplify the affordable housing qualification process for all federal housing programs, primarily focusing on PBV and LIHTC, to move eligible households into vacant units more quickly.

02.21.24 | 5 min read
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Policy Memo
Harnessing Federal Programs to Improve Local Housing Permit Data

A uniform software tool for inputting building permit data would make the U.S. Census Bureau’s Building Permit Survey (BPS) more reliable, and it would also facilitate more fine-grained geographical analysis of new housing development.

02.21.24 | 4 min read
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Policy Memo
Eliminating the Chassis Requirement to Free Manufactured Homes from Local Discrimination and Regulatory Dead Weight

Congress needs to amend the definition of a manufactured home to remove the phrase “on a permanent chassis.” By doing this, Congress can eliminate wasted construction materials, allow new multifamily design options under the HUD Code, and unleash competition from factory-built manufactured housing. 

02.21.24 | 4 min read
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Policy Memo
Prioritize Western Water Grants that Support New Housing

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) should prioritize funding water projects for local governments that would expand the production of new housing in their service areas if given the water resources to do so. 

02.21.24 | 3 min read
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