On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson testified before the Senate Banking Committee. "At HUD, we believe the requested level of funding–$42 ...
Read More »Keeping PACE with Clean Energy Finance Laws
By T. Robert Finlay, Founding Partner, Wright, Finlay & Zak and Sonia Edwards, Senior Associate, Wright, Finlay & Zak, California With global warming and other environmental issues at the ...
Read More »Promoting and Protecting Homeownership
It’s been a decade since the housing crisis of 2008. As the present administration looks at rolling back some of the more stringent regulations that were introduced during ...
Read More »“Transparency and Accountability”: HUD Working to Streamline Processes
On Thursday, HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson announced new measures to protect the financial integrity of the department. "We simply need to do better. An updated system of internal controls ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will jointly release data for the Housing starts in February on Friday, March 16 at ...
Read More »Carson: Rumors HUD’s Mission Statement is Changing ‘Patently False’
On Thursday, HUD Secretary Ben Carson fired back against accusations that proposed changes to the HUD mission statement represented a rolling back of the agency's commitment to fair housing practices. Carson ...
Read More »FEMA Sending $1 Billion to Texas Communities
Texas coastal communities are still rebuilding after the impact of Hurricane Harvey last year. But in addition to rebuilding what was damaged or destroyed, the affected communities must ...
Read More »New Home Sales Continue Upward Trend
New home sales were up in 2017, according to new data. Not only did they jump about 8 percent across the entire year, but December alone marked a 14-percent rise from one year prior.
Read More »HUD: Carson Delivers Oath of Office to Four New Leaders
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has four new top leaders who are taking on key roles in the agency at the start of 2018 ...
Read More »HUD Grants Put Housing First
The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday announced an award of $2 billion in support of thousands of local housing and service programs across the U.S. This year’s ...
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