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Nominated for the role of HUD Deputy Secretary, NAHRO CEO Adrianne Todman will appear on Capitol Hill this week, another step toward confirmation of her new position.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will host a Webcast hearing titled, "Separate and Unequal: The Legacy of Racial Discrimination in Housing," set for Tuesday, ...

On Monday, the Senate Banking Committee Chairman and Committee members, along with other senators, announced bipartisan proposals for a new regulatory relief bill in an effort to obtain economic growth and protection for American consumers, businesses, and the stability of the financial sector.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will convene in an inquiry of the Equifax Cybersecurity breach, which left millions of consumer’s information at risk.

Pamela Patenaude, current President of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families, appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for her nomination hearing Tuesday. If confirmed for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Patenaude pledged to ensure that HUD’s programs are responsive to the housing needs of U.S. citizens. President Trump confirmed rumors of Joseph Otting’s intended nomination for the Comptroller of the Currency.

On Thursday, both FHFA Director Melvin L. Watt and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin separately addressed the current state of the GSEs. Though Mnuchin discussed the priority of housing finance and regulatory reform in front of the Senate, at an industry conference Watt described the many successes of the FHFA in the last nine years. Watt warned that reforms made during conservatorship should not be ignored by congress during the reworking of housing finance reform.