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HUD said its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity has reduced a Biden administration case backlog by 27% and accelerated investigations.

Under the proposed rule, the definition of a manufactured home would allow upper floor sections to be transported and constructed without a permanent chassis.

The larger opportunity, worth $10 million, focuses on tests that use robotics and AI to improve the manufacturing of factory-built housing.

While disparate impact has never been under greater legal pressure, its influence on the future of housing policy and even employment continues to grow, showing that reducing discriminatory effects is good for business.

The FHA published a request for information in the Federal Register Friday, looking for stakeholder comment on how to improve and modernize property standards.

Mordor Intelligence expects the manufactured homes market size to expand from $28.5 billion in 2025 to $30.5 billion this year, its latest report found.

President Biden had issued a rule in 2024 requiring newly constructed homes to abide by an energy mandate to be eligible for FHA- or USDA-backed mortgages.

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor encouraged the real estate industry to reconsider advice received from DEI experts.

The regulator, in an audit with the Department of Homeland Security, found almost 6,000 ineligible non-American tenants in the units it supports.

A pair of fair housing attorneys fired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development testified the agency has stopped enforcement of those laws.

House Democrats argue that HUD's cut to the Continuum of Care Program could push 170,000 people to homelessness.

The latest sale consists of close to 1,200 HECMs secured by vacant residential units found in 46 states, according to data provided by the government agency.

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.