public policy

On Monday, February 9, the House of Representatives passed comprehensive housing legislation—the Housing for the 21st Century Act—by an overwhelming and bipartisan 390-9 vote.

On July 17th, the House Appropriations Committee advanced the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026. On July 24th, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their version of the THUD bill.

On Thursday, July 3rd Congress passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that includes important priorities from the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) and provides the largest boost to the federal Housing Tax Credit in 25 years.

This week the Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Mike Crapo, released the proposed text of the budget reconciliation bill that contains several priorities of the Trump Administration’s agenda.

Following the 2025 legislative session, Governor Jared Polis signed two pieces of legislation into law that expand homeownership opportunities for Coloradans—SB25-006: Investment Authority of State Treasurer for Affordable Housing and SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities.

This week the House of Representatives passed a large tax package that contains several priorities of the Trump Administration’s agenda. CHFA is glad to see that important provisions from the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) that expands and strengthens the federal Housing Tax Credit and Private Activity Bond programs are included in the package.

This week the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA) was introduced in the Senate.

On Tuesday, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA) was introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 2725.

The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 (AHCIA) is expected to be introduced in the House of Representatives this week and in the Senate later this month.

Representatives Darin LaHood, Suzan DelBene, Claudia Tenney, Don Beyer, Randy Feenstra, and Jimmy Panetta will soon be re-introducing the federal Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA).

On Friday, March 14th, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order which directs elimination of non-statutory functions of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, among other federal government entities.

The General Election held on November 5 decided several measures related to housing and economic development.

The Senate is preparing to vote on a critical tax bill that would expand and enhance affordable housing tax credits and bonds.

The Rent Reporting for Credit Pilot Program, which CHFA has administered since October 2021, concluded on April 1, 2024. This program, created by the Colorado General Assembly, aimed to help renters build credit by reporting timely rent payments to consumer reporting agencies.

This week the Colorado General Assembly passed two key bills that will strengthen affordable housing investment in Colorado starting in 2024 and continuing through 2031.

CHFA is glad to report that HB24-1434 and HB24-1316, which propose increased and new tax credit resources for affordable and middle-income housing, advanced in the legislature this week.

CHFA is asking our community to reach out to members of Colorado’s House Appropriations Committee today to urge their support for HB24-1434 that expands and strengthens the state Affordable Housing Tax Credit (AHTC).

CHFA joined by a broad-based coalition of housing, community, and business advocates support HB24-1434 to expand the state Affordable Housing Tax Credit (AHTC) and requests your help to ensure this important bill advances in the legislature.

CHFA is pleased to report that HB24-1434, which proposes to expand and strengthen the state affordable housing tax credit (AHTC), passed out of the House Finance Committee on Thursday unanimously with bipartisan support!

On March 11th, President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2025 budget requests, which included the following resources for affordable housing and economic development.