Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act

Cranston–Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
Long title	An Act to expand the supply of affordable housing, strengthen Federal, State, and local housing partnerships, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	NAHA
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Effective	November 28, 1990
Citations
Public law	101-625
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 4079
Codification
Acts amended	United States Housing Act of 1937; National Housing Act; related housing statutes
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 566 by Alan Cranston (D‑CA) on March 15, 1989; Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs; Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 28, 1990;

The Cranston–Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) is a United States federal law (Pub. L. 101–625) enacted on November 28, 1990, which established the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and authorized the Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) programs, among other major reforms to federal housing policy. Signed by President George H. W. Bush, the Act affirmed a national objective that every American family should be able to afford a decent home and strengthened a nationwide partnership among public and private institutions to carry out housing policy.