Fact Sheets and Policy Briefs

Moody's: The Obama administration last Wednesday authorized five state housing finance agencies (HFAs) to distribute $1.5 billion in funding as part of the first round of the government’s “Hardest Hit Fund” (HHF) program, which aims to assist struggling homeowners.

An excerpt of the Government Accountability Office report on state and locality spending of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This report contains the results of a GAO survey to state HFAs covering Section 1602 and TCAP spending. These findings are found on pages 137 through 162 of the report.

In response to the “Guidelines for HFA Proposal Submission” published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on March 29, 2010 (“Guidelines”), Rhode Island Housing is pleased to provide the U.S. Treasury with its proposal on the suggested use of funds allocated to Rhode Island from the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund’s second allocation for the Hardest Hit-Housing Markets.

NCSHA arranged a special conference call for Wednesday, May 19th at 1:30 p.m. Eastern to discuss state implementation of HUD's new income limits.

On April 15, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) released the results of a survey it conducted on the single-family New Issue Bond Program (NIBP) for Treasury.

On April 6, Fannie Mae released results of the Fannie Mae National Housing Survey, a comprehensive research project that surveyed more than 3,000 consumers to assess their confidence in homeownership as an investment, the current state of their household finances, their views on the U.S. housing finance system, and their overall confidence in the economy.