Reading the Election Tsunami: GOP Rise Clouds Landscape for Housing

By Caitlin Jones
December 13, 2010 1 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, December 2010: The Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-term elections creates more questions than answers regarding what Congress might do regarding affordable housing and community development issues going forward.

Industry officials expressed hope for passage of key housing-related legislation either in the lame-duck session or in the new, 112th Congress that convenes in January. Congress returned to Washington on November 15 for the start of the lame-duck session; will break for Thanksgiving; and will reconvene on November 29 to wrap up business.

Republicans will have a substantial majority control in the House next year, while Democrats retain a narrowed edge in the Senate. The GOP also picked up a number of gubernatorial seats and made big gains in state legislatures. A party switch in the governor’s mansion can lead to change in the leadership of the state housing finance agency. Read More…

Breaking Ground

Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Minnesota Housing Commissioner and Incoming Chair of National Council of State Housing Agencies

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 10 min read

Earlier this fall, Jennifer Leimaile Ho was elected chair of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) 2025 Board of Directors. Ho is the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing, having been appointed by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019 and reappointed in 2023.

“Business as Usual”

Leaders in Equity Express Optimism Despite an Uncertain Future

Abram Mamet • December 1, 2024 9 min read

Any outside observer may assume some unease amongst the low-income housing industry. Buffeted on the one hand by residual stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic and on the other by the uncertain prospects of an incoming federal administration keen on cutting spending and shrinking government programs, the affordable housing landscape is experiencing an inflection point.

NCSHA Recognizes Stand-Out Affordable Housing Programs and Initiatives

Pamela Martineau • December 1, 2024 7 min read

This fall, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recognized 17 programs offered by state housing finance agencies across the nation that creatively developed tools to tackle their communities’ affordable housing challenges.