NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. for NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC
What was lobbied
14 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Energy/Nuclear ENG
Building Codes / Building Efficiency Standards Building performance disclosure H.R. 1512-To build a clean and prosperous future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health and welfare of all Americans, and putting the Nation on the path to net-zero greenhouse has economy by 2050, and for other purposes. Title III- Efficiency
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Building Codes / Resiliency Lead hazards in housing H.R. 8713 (116th) Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide additional procedures for families with children under the age of 6. and for other purposes. S. 2746, Keep Children and Families Safe from Lead Hazard Act HUD radon testing protocols
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
Housing HOU
Housing Affordability Balanced Housing Policy Issues Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing Rent Control Barriers to Housing Development, Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Issues: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by eliminating barriers to development, reducing the cost of regulations and incentivizing apartment construction. General Rural Housing/U.S. Department of Agriculture Public policies affecting consumer reporting, resident screening and consumer debt collection. COVID-19-Related Housing Issues (Rental Assistance, Housing Development/Construction/Materials, Displacement and Eviction Moratoriums, Liability, Fair Housing, Debt Collection, Resident Screening and Reporting) Housing Stability and Eviction Fair Housing (Fair Housing Act, Disparate Impact Rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule, Screening and Reporting) United States Treasury Implementation/Reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs created in: PL 117-2/H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. I. PL 116-260/''Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security Act'' or the ''CARES Act'' Legislation Section 8 voucher program updates/improvements H.R 6880, Choice in Affordable Housing Act 2022- all provisions S. 1820, Choice in Affordable Housing Act -all provisions Signed an industry letter in support of both H.R. 6880 and S. 1820, to the full Congress. H.R. _The Housing Inspections Accountability Act of 2022 - Reviewed DRAFT legislation H.R. 3198 and S. 1614 Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act Housing Supply and Affordability Act Housing Development and Construction (Zoning and Land Use Practices, Affordability) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 - Publ. L. 117-103 S. 3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 - Violence Against Women Act, incorporated into the Omnibus, all housing provisions, Title VI - Safe Homes for Victims, Sections: 601, Sec. 602/Sec. 41412, 603, 604, 605, 606, Title IX, Office on Violence Against Women. Signed an industry letter in support of these provisions to the full Congress. Authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through September 30, 2022. S. 3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 - all housing provisions, Title VI - Safe Homes for Victims, Sections: 601, Sec. 602/Sec. 41412, 603, 604, 605, 606, Title IX, Office on Violence Against Women. H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, Title Safe Homes for Victims, Sections 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) HOME Project-Based Voucher Programs Section 8 Source of Income Issues HUD Regulatory Reform Issues Fair Market Rents (FMRs) & Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) Signed an industry letter to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on the on the Real Estate Assessment Centr (REAC) physical inspections - regarding the challenges facing the apartment industry related to REAC inspections as we continue the recovery process related to the pandemic. Singed an industry letter to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding HUDs November 15, 2021, Clarification Memo on Valuation of Non-Shelter Services related to the valuation of non-shelter services in conjunction with preparing a rent comparability study (RCS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) FY 22 Funding - Initiatives Related to Housing Continuing Resolution ( February 18) Bureau of Labor Statistics funding Census Bureau Funding HUD Housing Program Funding - Section 8 Programs FY 2023 Funding Bureau of Labor Statistics Funding Census Bureau Funding HUD Housing Program Funding - Section 8 Programs Treasury Department, U.S. Department of Housing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture Emergency Rental Assistance Implementation/Reallocation and federal eviction moratorium issues
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| DAVID BORSOS | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Parts 25 and 195 [Docket ID OCC-2021-0014] RIN 1557-AF12 Community Reinvestment Act Regulations- Proposal to Rescind and Replace Community Reinvestment Act Rule Issued in 2020 Access to capital related to FHFA conservatorship of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Biden Administration steps to increase affordable housing supply announced September 1, 2021, provisions impacting multifamily housing (i.e., Relaunching the Federal Financing Bank and HUD Risk Sharing Program, Increasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Investment Cap, and Making Funding Available for Affordable Housing Production Under the Capital Magnet Fund). 2022-2024 Enterprise Housing Goals Proposed Rule FHFA Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework ENTERPRISE EQUITABLE HOUSING FINANCE PLANS REQUEST FOR INPUT Change to radon testing protocols by FHFA Implementation of the beneficial ownership and corporate transparency provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 12 CFR Part 1002, Docket No. CFPB-2021-0015, RIN 3170-AA09, Small Business Lending Data Collection Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B). Securities and Exchange Commission, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, Proposed Rule, 17 CFR 210, 229, 232, 239, and 249, RIN 3235-AM87.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| DAVID BORSOS | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW
Safe drinking water including revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule S. 914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, and for other purposes. Navigable Water Protection Rule-issues related to rescinding and replacing rule
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Reconciliation Legislation Senate Finance Committee, Draft Text of Build Back Better Act, Title XII -- Committee on Finance, Subtitle E -- Infrastructure Financing and Community Development, Part 1 -- Low-Income Housing Credit, Section 125101: Increases in State Allocations, Section 125102: Tax-Exempt Bond Financing Requirement; and Section 125103: Buildings Designated to Serve Extremely Low-Income Households; Subtitle F -- Green Energy, Part 3 -- Green Energy and Efficiency Incentives for Individuals, Section 126303: Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction and Section 126304: Extension, Increase, and Modifications of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; Subtitle H -- Responsibly Funding Our Priorities, Part 1 -- Corporate and International Tax Reforms, Subpart A -- Corporate Tax Rate, Section 128101: Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax; Part 2: Tax Increases for High-Income Individuals, Section 128201: Application of Net Investment Income Tax to Trade or Business Income of Certain High Income Individuals, Section 128202: Limitations on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers, and Section 128203: Surcharge on High Income Individuals, Estates, and Trusts. H.R. 5376 (as amended by House Rules Committee Print 117-18, the version of the bill that passed the House of Representatives November 19, 2021), Build Back Better Act, Title XIII -- Committee on Ways and Means, Subtitle E -- Infrastructure Financing and Community Development, Part 1 -- Low Income Housing Credit, Section 135101: Increase in State Allocations, Section 135102: Tax-Exempt Bond Financing Requirement, and Section 135103 Buildings Designated to Serve Extremely Low-Income Households; Subtitle F -- Green Energy, Part 3 -- Green Energy and Efficiency Incentives for Individuals, Section 136303: Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction and Section 136304: Extension, Increase, and Modifications of New Energy Efficient Home Credit. Subtitle H -- Responsibly Funding Our Priorities, Part 1 -- Corporate and International Tax Reforms, Subpart A -- Corporate Tax Rate, Section 138101: Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax; Part 2: Tax Increases for High-Income Individuals, Section 138201: Application of Net Investment Income Tax to Trade or Business Income of Certain High Income Individuals, Section 138202: Limitations on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers, and Section 138203: Surcharge on High Income Individuals, Estates, and Trusts. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Support making permanent and augmenting by an additional 50 percent the increased Low-Income Housing Tax Credit authority enacted in March 2018 to enable the production of new units. H.R. 2573 / S. 1136, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 2820, Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All Act (DASH Act), to provide rental housing vouchers for the homeless, and for other purposes, Title I -- Housing Assistance, Subtitle A -- General Housing Assistance, Section 111: Rental Vouchers for the Homeless, portion of section pertaining to source of income rules; Title II -- Revenue Provisions: Sections 201-214 pertaining to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Section 215 establishing a renter's tax credit, and Section 216 establishing a middle-income housing tax credit. H.R. 7078, LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood Excellence (LIFELINE) Act, to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to allow coronavirus State and local fiscal recovery funds to be used for low-income housing credit projects, all provisions. Signed letter of trade associations (sent April 5, 2022) to Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen requesting that the Treasury Department preserve the value of community development tax incentives, including the Low-Income Tax Credit, as the OECD moves forward on Pillar 2 rules establishing a global minimum tax. Biden Administration Tax Proposals General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2023 Revenue Proposals: Prevent basis shifting by related parties through partnerships; allow selective basis boosts for bond-financed low-income housing tax credit projects; increase the top marginal income tax rate for high earners; reform the taxation of capital income; impose a minimum tax on the wealthiest taxpayers, tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable property. Like-kind exchanges: Support retaining current law. Capital Gains - Oppose doubling the long-term capital gains tax rate and support significant differential between ordinary income and capital gains tax rates. Carried interest: NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. Stepped-Up Basis at Death and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death: Support retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. Estate Tax: Support making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Opportunity Zones Support reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Real Estate Investment Trusts H.R. 3123, Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions. Supported House bill and also requested introduction of companion legislation in the Senate. Adaptive Reuse Federal tax policies impacting the conversion of property (e.g, conversion of office buildings into housing)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| DAVID BORSOS | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Immigration IMM
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages Reauthorization of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Telecommunications TEC
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services. FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Declaratory Ruling: Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments (GN Docket No. 17-142) PL 117-58/H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provisions related to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) FCC Notice of Inquiry on Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination (GN Docket No. 22-69)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the multifamily industry. Federal policies surrounding music copyright law and licensing.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY New | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
Postal POS
Federal policies affecting mail and parcel delivery service to multifamily housing communities. HR 3076 The Postal Service Reform Act S 1720 The Postal Service Reform Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
Homeland Security HOM
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification and privacy policies affecting owners, developers, managers and suppliers of the multifamily industry. Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms. S.2499 Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act S.1494 - Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions. S. 3941, Housing Supply Expansion Act, to amend subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, regarding prevalent wage determinations in order to expand access to affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. Potential Department of Labor Notice of Proposed Rulemaking impacting the exemption of bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Acts minimum wage and overtime requirements. Signed letter of trade associations to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting the U.S. Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the exemption of bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Acts minimum wage and overtime requirements. Also, participated in subsequent stakeholder meeting with Department of Labor staff. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, 29 CFR 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, WHD-2022-0001
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| DAVID BORSOS | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Insurance INS
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and other lines of insurance utilized by multifamily firms. National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties. Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMAs Risk Rating 2.0 program Cost of insurance for the multifamily industry. H.R. 5823, the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021 H.R.2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW BERGER | — |
| LISA BLACKWELL | — |
| DAVID BORSOS | — |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| JULIANNE GOODFELLOW New | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
| KIMBLE RATLIFF | — |
Defense DEF
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (Personnel, Housing) Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | — |
| PAULA CINO | — |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | — |
| EILEEN LEE | — |
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