Letters to Congress: Repeal Taxation of Pell Grants
AFR joined a letter to Congress in support of repealing taxation of Pell Grants.
Government Category: Advocacy Documents
Letters to Regulators: Comments to the SEC on Climate Disclosure Proposal
AFREF submitted and joined coalition comment letters in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s proposed rule on climate disclosure. The coalition letters focused on Environmental Justice, Community Impacts, and Indigenous rights.
Letters to Regulators: Follow Up Comment to the SEC on Private Funds
AFREF sent a Follow Up Comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing support for its proposals that would require private fund advisers to provide their investors with greater and more detailed information around the fees, expenses, returns, and bilateral investment relations (via side letters). We echo many of the comments the SEC has since received since its initial comment period and reflect how current market conditions make the Commission’s proposals especially a priority given the variation in the reporting and valuation of private market assets.
Letters to Regulators: Comment to the SEC on SPACs
AFREF sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing its support for its many proposals that would amend the definition of a “blank check company” to include the current and any future iterations of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Such proposals would impose greater liability on many involved in the creation and distribution of SPACs and provide investors with greater transparency into the forward looking projections that the issuers of SPACs have been misleadingly overly optimistic with.
Letters to Congress: Letter Calling for Housing Investments in Revised Reconciliation Bill
AFR joined a letter calling on Congress to include historic, equity-minded housing investments in a revised budget reconciliation bill to narrow the racial wealth gap and increase fair and sustainable homeownership opportunities for communities of color.
Letters to Congress: Letter in Support of Housing Fairness Act and Downpayment Toward Equity Act
AFR joined a letter in support of the Housing Fairness Act and the Downpayment Toward Equity Act.