HUD

More than 4,000 federal workers received notices Friday that their last day will be Dec. 9.

The regulator recently nixed Obama and Biden-era guidance for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and apparently reduced staff.

As the government shutdown stalls key housing programs, lenders are shifting tactics to keep loans moving and preparing for bigger challenges ahead.

Department officials pushed back on criticism that a banner on its homepage violated a statute meant to curb partisanship in government operations.

One loan sale is planned for Wednesday, while the other is tentatively happening in September. All-in-all, the two offerings are worth close to $1 billion.

Rolling back PAVE signals a return to evidence-based housing policy and a rejection of flawed claims of systemic appraisal bias, say co-directors of the AEI Housing Center.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development reiterated it has withdrawn a number of FHA mortgagee letters related to appraisals.

Lenders and other businesses active in the state also stepped up with large donations and charitable campaigns in the days following the flooding disaster.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner issued five mortgagee letters pulling back on 12 Federal Housing Administration policies that drive up the cost for homebuyers.

The former management and program analyst, working three jobs, submitted time sheets showing over 24 hours of work per day, prosecutors said.