The Housing and Urban Development in a notice on the Federal Register announced an extension for local jurisdictions to submit an Assessment of Fair Housing in furtherance of HUD’s final rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH).AFFH seeks to promote fair housing in local communities Read more
HUD Makes Available $2 Billion in Grants to End Homelessness
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making available $2 billion to end homelessness. The funding is accessible through the Continuum of Care (Coc) Homeless Assistance Program that will fund community-based homeless assistance programs via a competitive selection process.“We Read more
POTUS Suspends FHA Insurance Cut, Now What?
The new President’s first order of the day was to repeal new regulations made during the Obama administration pending review. This rolls back the reduction of FHA’s annual mortgage insurance premiums and its annual potential savings of $500 to households. With the FHA insurance cut suspended Read more
Castro Cuts FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums, Carson to Examine the Cut
Outgoing secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro announced earlier that FHA’s annual mortgage insurance premiums have been lowered. This move, according to Sec. Castro, will generate annual savings of $500 to households. But some members of the Republican party were not too Read more