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On Friday morning, President Trump signed the sweeping tax reform bill recently passed by Congress into law.

The Trump administration has yet to fill many gaps in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other positions that affect the mortgage industry. See which positions are vacant and who is planned to fulfill the roles.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson is preparing for a big June as he kicks off the newly proclaimed National Homeownership Month with a forum at his own agency today. He’ll also go before Congress next week to discuss potential HUD budget cuts via Trump’s recent 2018 budget blueprint, which slashes the agency’ funding by more than $6 billion. The cuts will also significantly reduce HUD’s rental assistance program, which Carson recently discussed in a Sirius XM radio interview.

According to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, with “the right mindset,” many of the low-income citizens using his department’s services could cease to need them. Carson said as much in a recent radio interview, when he talked poverty, housing, and the role the government should play in both. The interview comes on the back of President Trump’s recent 2018 budget blueprint, which includes more than $6 billion in cuts to the HUD budget.

The highly anticipated hearing for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and PHH Corporation took place Wednesday in front of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Court of Appeals agreed to revisit their October decision ...

The executive order, signed on Friday, calls for each federal agency to create a task force to review existing regulations and make recommendations about which should be repealed or modified, according to CNBC.

It's clear that President Trump's first 30 days have been impactful—see just what he has accomplished during this time in the areas of finance, housing, and mortgage.

The 30-day mark for President Trump Administration has come and gone, so DS News decided to take stock of what has been accomplished in the areas that affect our readers the most—housing and mortgage.