HUD offers foreclosure relief to Texans saddled by floods
The 90-day moratorium bars foreclosures on FHA-insured mortgages in Kerr County’s federally declared disaster area.
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HUD announces three senior leadership additions
Friday’s staff appointments followed the swearing-in of Andrew Hughes, the former HUD chief of staff, as deputy secretary.
FHA rescinds 12 policies as Trump administration pushes to cut red tape
Scott Turner, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which oversees the FHA, said in a statement that the rescissions are “bold, necessary and long overdue.”
HUD secretary defends repeal of fair housing rule
The rule required local governments to analyze housing patterns for racial and economic disparities and submit corrective plans to HUD.
HUD secretary open to withholding federal funding from cities over homelessness
Turner said that withholding federal funds from cities failing to show progress on homelessness “may be a good idea.”
HUD, DHS seek to stop undocumented immigrants from using federal housing programs
HUD and DHS will seek to end what they call “wasteful misappropriation” of taxpayer funds to housing programs that “benefit illegal aliens.”
HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase is returning to DC in 2025
This year, the showcase is tied to the 250th anniversary of the U.S. and an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on plans for a “grand celebration” of the milestone.
Trump administration ends Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule
During a media conference on Wednesday, HUD officials announced that the agency was ending the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. They claim that the rule amounted to the federal government “annexing” the suburbs, a claim that was echoed by President Donald Trump in 2020.
DOGE says it has recovered $1.9B in ‘misplaced’ HUD funds
DOGE announced in a post on X Friday that it had recovered $1.9 billion in HUD funds that were misplaced by the Biden administration.
These are the functions of the HUD offices targeted for mass firings
The White House and key leaders aimed at cost-cutting inside the federal government have reportedly trained their eyes on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and that reporting suggests it is culminating in a series of cuts that could include as much as 50% of the department’s workforce of roughly 9,600 people. […]