Housing Headlines
HUD Streamlines and Modernizes Affordable Housing Regulations, Making Housing More Accessible for Families Nationwide
The Final Rule for HUD’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program will reduce administrative burden on communities, better align federal resources, and lower housing costs for families...
Biden-Harris Administration Enhances Program to Build More Affordable Homes
New update to HUD financing program for state and local housing finance agencies will support the construction of new, affordable homes for American families WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of...
Unprecedented Challenge, Extraordinary Response: How State Housing Finance Agencies Are Filling Affordable Housing Construction Cost Gaps
State housing finance agencies (HFAs) in recent years have taken extraordinary steps in response to unprecedented cost increases in affordable apartment construction. They have helped secure billions...
Ways & Means Chairman Smith and Tax Subcommittee Chairman Kelly Announce Tax Teams to Avert 2025 Tax Cliff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Tax Subcommittee Chairman Mike Kelly (PA-16) announced the formation of ten Committee Tax Teams, comprised of...
ACTION Alert: Smith Announces House Tax Teams in Preparation for Major Tax Legislation in 2025
While this year’s tax legislation—the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024), including two provisions to expand Housing Credit production and preservation—remains stalled...
New Treasury Department Data Show Homeowner Assistance Fund Kept More Than 500,000 Families In Their Homes
Alongside data, Treasury Department releases new blog post detailing how the Biden-Harris Administration learned lessons from the 2007-2008 financial crisis to build an effective and lasting...
Treasury Department Announces New Efforts to Increase Housing Supply in the United States
Alongside new efforts, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo releases new blog post detailing how Treasury Department programs have helped keep families in their homes and contributed to...
HUD Announces New Actions to Support Affordability for Manufactured Homes and Communities as Part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan
HUD launches a first-of-its-kind federal funding opportunity of $225 million, alongside financing enhancements, to support owners of manufactured homes, ensure affordability, and revitalize...
HUD and Treasury Extend Initiative to Finance the Construction and Rehabilitation of Affordable Rental Homes for Low-Income Families
Extension of risk-sharing initiative will create or rehabilitate more than 38,000 new rental homes over the next 10 years for low-income families, seniors, and persons with...
