by C. Scott Canady | Mar 3, 2022 | Home Act, Housing Finance, Other
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 created the $9.6 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) to help homeowners who lost jobs and income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic catch up on housing payments such as community association assessments, mortgages, and...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Jan 25, 2022 | Federal Advocacy, Housing Finance
The number of new condominium communities and homeowners associations is expected to increase by 5,000 in 2022, according to projections by the Foundation for Community Association Research, an affiliate organization of Community Associations Institute (CAI)....
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Jan 25, 2017 | Federal Advocacy, HAM Radio
On Jan. 13, 2017, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) reintroduced the ham radio bill that failed to make it out of the Senate at the end of the 114th Congress. Cited as the Amateur Radio Parity Act, the Act was considered in 2015-2016 under H.R. 1301. That bill passed...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Jan 6, 2017 | Federal Advocacy, HAM Radio, Housing Finance
Welcome to 2017! CAI’s Government Affairs team has hit the ground running. By the end of this week, 19 state legislatures will convene and by the end of next week, nearly 40 state legislatures will be in session. Members of Congress have...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Sep 14, 2016 | HAM Radio
On the evening of Monday, September 12, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the CAI compromise version of H.R. 1301 by voice vote. The Senate must also vote to approve the legislation if H.R. 1301 is to be presented to President Obama for his signature....
