Tag Archives: HUD

Are the guidelines for the buyers of agency non-performing loans too strict or not strict enough? There are risks attached to both, which makes it necessary to find a balance between the two.

HUD Secretary Julián Castro is expected to soon unveil changes to HUD's Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, which has drawn criticism over the last year for its sales of deeply delinquent mortgage loans to Wall Street investors and private firms.

The reason many members of the younger generation are slow to become homeowners is not because they don't want to, according to the HUD Secretary.

In a hearing in the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, the subcommittee will assess affordable and rental housing programs 50 years after the creating of HUD.

HUD made its first allocations through the National Housing Trust Fund this week. How much was allocated and where will the money be going?

In an effort to address fair housing activities, HUD has announced that it is making a multi-million dollar grant available to organizations that advocate against discriminatory acts in the housing market.

Why has an advocacy group asked HUD to impose a moratorium on reverse mortgage foreclosures?

One housing advocacy group has defended the HUD Secretary against recent criticisms that he is not qualified to be vice president of the United States. At the same time, however, the group said HUD could stand to make some changes.

The HUD Secretary criticized the likely Republican presidential nominee for suggesting policy that Castro called "laughable" and "wrong-headed."

Both HUD and FHFA have recently made changes to their distressed loan sales aimed at improving borrower outcomes. But for some housing advocates, it hasn't been enough.