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HFA News
- HFA NewsJune 26, 2017
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) announced today the rollout of a new home mortgage loan program for first-time homebuyers, qualified veterans, and non-first time buyers in targeted areas.
- HFA NewsJune 26, 2017
Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg announced #OwnItIowa, a new closing cost assistance program for Iowa home buyers, Monday at the administration’s weekly press conference.
- HFA NewsJune 12, 2017
South Dakota Housing Development Authority (SDHDA) recently announced a new borrower benefit for first-time and repeat homebuyers.
Blogs
- Blog PostJune 16, 2017
Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released today its annual report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2017. This year's report highlights an uneven housing recovery one decade after the onset of the Great Recession -- with prices, housing demand, and construction activity up, but tight supply and increasing costs adding to affordability pressures. The report also demonstrates that the extent of the recovery differs significantly by metropolitan area (see figure below) and by neighborhoods, which are becoming more economically segregated.
- Blog PostJune 16, 2017
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released last week its annual Out of Reach report which documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across the nation. According to the report, there is no state, metropolitan area, or county in the country where a full-time minimum wage worker can afford a modest two-bedroom rental home.
- Blog PostJune 16, 2017
The U.S. Department of Treasury earlier this week released a comprehensive review of federal financial regulations. The review also proposes a number of regulatory changes impacting the financial sector, including housing lending and public finance. Treasury also released a fact sheet summarizing the review’s findings.
