September marks the fifteenth anniversary of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being placed into conservatorship by the FHFA at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, and continues to show no signs of ending, according to a new Q&A from industry veteran Don Layton.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Two Top HUD Nominees to Face Senate Banking Panel
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.
Read More »Treasury: Nearly 11 Million Payments Made to Help Prevent Evictions
At the Low Income Housing Forum, Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Adeyemo reports that nearly 10.8 million Emergency Rental Assistance payments have been made to keep families in their homes.
Read More »GSEs Make Major Investment in Affordable Housing Programs
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have made a $545 million investment in two major funds to facilitate affordable housing and initiatives.
Read More »Waters’ Plea to Congress for Emergency Rental Assistance Reform
Rep. Maxine Waters outlines her plan to bring emergency rental assistance to those impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision last week to block the extension of the eviction moratoria.
Read More »Real Estate, Rental Sector Received $15B in PPP Funds
Information released by the Treasury Department found banks and fintechs loaned nearly $500 billion.
Read More »130M Americans Receive Coronavirus Relief Payments
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it has sent out more than $218 billion in less than five weeks, while the Department of Housing and Urban Development committed another $1 billion to assist homeowners.
Read More »What’s Missing from GSE Reform
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are preparing to exit conservatorship. However, a new paper from the Urban Institute states that the Treasury’s plan is “based on a misconception.”
Read More »Mark Calabria on Affordability: ‘A National Problem’
The heads of both the FHFA and the U.S. Department of the Treasury spoke on how GSE reform could impact the quest for homeownership.
Read More »HUD’s Carson: Proud to “Move Others up the Ladder”
The 2018 Five Star Government Forum launched at the Newseum in Washington D.C. Tuesday morning with a discussion between United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Benjamin Carson and Five Star President and CEO Ed Delgado. Carson told ...
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