Tag Archives: Affordable Housing

Update: This story has been updated to note FEMA's extension of the TSA program for Puerto Rico evacuees. Over three months after Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico, half of the island’s 3.4 million citizens are ...

Fannie Mae is offering $10 million dollars for solutions to the country’s affordable housing issues. The government-sponsored enterprise issued its Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge earlier this week.

Five expert witnesses were invited to testify The United States Senate Committee on Finance to help brainstorm ways in which the industry could increase supply, a key challenge to the housing market, as well as find ways to incentivize home starts near schools, public transit, parks, and retail establishments.

The NHP Foundation polls 1000 Americans to gauge their feelings about housing and job security.

New tool shows how financing affordable housing without subsidies is almost impossible for developers to build homes that are affordable for low- or extremely low-income families.

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.

Wells Fargo unveiled new corporate social responsibility goals that are intended to address global social, economic, and environmental challenges, including a multibillion-dollar mortgage pledge to minority and low-income communities.

Presidential candidates have been largely silent about housing policy during their campaigns, with the exception of Hillary Clinton. Now, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has laid out his own comprehensive plan to reform affordable housing.

The HUD Secretary told Congress on Tuesday that 85 percent of the Department's budget would go solely toward renewing rental assistance for nearly 5.5 million households.

According to a press release from the committee, this action will make $55.65 billion in funds available for consideration by the Senate, a $1.88 billion increase from FY2015 and $7 billion below the amount the President Obama requested. The legislation provides $37.56 billion for HUD specifically, an increase of nearly $2 billion above the FY2015 enacted level and $3 billion below the President’s request.