FHA/VA/HUD

To further the Biden Administration’s commitment to addressing the nation’s homelessness crisis, HUD has issued $2.8 billion in Continuum of Care Competition Awards for thousands of local homeless service and housing programs across the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an available $30.3 billion for the Housing Choice Voucher Program that will help Public Housing Authorities address recent rent inflation and enable more low-income families to utilize housing vouchers.

The Senate Banking Committee will conduct a Nomination Hearing for two key roles within HUD, as both Solomon Jeffrey Greene and David Uejio take the stand before the Committee.

“The implementation of this rule strengthens our commitment to promoting affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing in underserved and rural communities,” said FHFA Director Sandra L. Thompson.

The Department’s Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants will assist in the redevelopment of severely distressed HUD-assisted properties into mixed-income communities nationwide.

A new publication from HUD focuses on land usage and zoning to spotlight reforms that state and local governments can adopt to increase the nation’s housing inventory.

The Annual Five Star Government Forum is set for April 11 in Washington, D.C., bringing together mortgage servicing leadership and government agency reps to discuss the industry’s most pressing issues.

Approximately 358,000 homes may have sustained damage from hail and/or tornadoes on March 31, according to the latest findings from CoreLogic.

It's been 55 years since the Fair Housing Act was signed into law, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development kicked off Fair Housing Month 2023 with the theme, “Choices for All Voices: Building an Equitable Future.”

Julia R. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner of HUD, speaks to MortgagePoint about recent changes such as FHA’s mortgage insurance premium reductions, an ongoing commitment to improving IT infrastructure, and how the arc of her career brought her to her current role.