Mortgages

The revised bill removes provisions creating state-backed credit enhancement for affordable housing bonds, calling instead for a study of housing finance tools.

Law firms, think tanks and advocacy groups are digesting the ROAD to Housing bill and offering strategies to municipalities about how to maximize the public finance benefits.

A new bill would increase the capacity of state and local housing finance agencies to issue tax-free municipal housing bonds by exempting them from the PAB cap.

The effects of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are already being sized up as the impetus for maximizing their intentions may fall on local public finance and regulatory policies.

The President is pumping the brakes on signing the first major housing bill in 30 years including a provision that lifts the public welfare cap, a move that could spur bond sales.

A major multiple-amended housing bill that is expected to expand the use of private activity bonds passes the House and bounces back to the Senate, but obstacles remain over provisions regulating institutional investors.

Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton distinguishes impairment from default in unenhanced conduit multifamily credits and explains how occupancy declines, covenant breaches and reserve draws can trigger severe price discovery long before a payment miss occurs.

After Gov. JB Pritzker released his BUILD plan to lower housing costs, the Illinois Municipal League unveiled its proposal: the REAL Housing Act.

As Congress returns to Washington in the next few weeks thoughts will turn to a problematic reconciliation bill, a housing bill close to completion and a farm bill facing serious challenges.

President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 includes $1.5 trillion for the military, while cutting FEMA's budget, privatizing the TSA, and increasing transportation funding.

The Senate approved the ROAD to Housing Act which will raise the public welfare investment cap, a move that should increase bond issuance.

The initiative would create a bond-funded program to help middle-class homebuyers afford a downpayment.

Native American Tribes get a step closer to issuing more tax-exempt bonds as a bipartisan bill that would boost tax parity moves forward in the House while serving as companion legislation to a Senate version.

After Columbus, Ohio, voters gave the green light in November, Mayor Andrew Ginther this month released his plan for the affordable housing bond proceeds.

Greg Goldberg jumped over from RBC Capital Markets to help Raymond James expand its public finance housing practice.

New York City's longtime bad budgeting habits are coming back to haunt it, said Mark Levine, who was sworn in as comptroller this month.

Kutak Rock is promoting several members of their public finance and tax teams as part of a move that sees 28 attorneys move into partnership roles in eleven offices.

An election year for Congress adds a deadline clock to questions about budget reconciliation, tax policy, and politics while bond issuers ponder challenges and opportunities.

The House Finance Committee is making good on a promise to address housing affordability by advancing a bill that increases the public welfare investment cap to 20% from 15%.

Legislation to increase the affordable housing supply which often includes bond sales is getting attention in Congress as the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act hits a speed bump.