HUD Accuses Boston of Anti-White Housing Policies
A Trump administration official says Boston is racially discriminating by trying to prevent displacement in minority-heavy neighborhoods and closing racial homeownership gaps.
‘Buy American’ Would Have Exacerbated Housing Shortage
The $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure law had an unintended consequence: Forcing affordable housing developments to abide by expensive and potentially unavailable U.S.-produced materials. Now there’s relief.
A Change in HUD Voucher Rules Improves Families’ Lives
A small shift in federal housing policy is yielding results that have the potential to better the lives of hundreds of thousands of low-income families.
Biden Launches Plan to Boost Housing Construction
In the face of a massive, nation-wide shortage of housing construction, the White House announced a new slate of initiatives Monday to try to speed up the building of new units.
Former Worcester Employee Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
A former employee of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development will serve more than three years in prison for her role in a $2.3 million fraud scheme relating to the redevelopment of a multi-family property in Worcester.
FHFA Wants Input on Fannie, Freddie Equity Plans
Federal housing regulators want input from industry and community groups on how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will measure their own efforts to reduce racial inequality in the mortgage market.
FHA and FHFA Extend Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium
The Federal Housing Administration is extending its COVID-19 foreclosure and eviction moratorium for the second time, this time for two months.
Massachusetts Gets $88M in HUD Housing Improvement Grants
Dozens of public housing authorities across Massachusetts are sharing about $88 million in federal grants to help improve their properties and make them more livable.
Activists Ask Feds to Halt Suffolk Downs Approval Process
A civil rights complaint filed Monday accuses the Boston Planning & Development Agency of violating federal law by failing to ensure non-English speakers can participate in discussions about the future of the city’s biggest development site in a generation.
HUD DACA Policy Change Adds to Housing Woes
The Trump administration has decided the country’s 800,000 “Dreamers” – undocumented immigrants brought here as children but who have grown up here – are no longer eligible for federally insured mortgages, causing consternation and confusion among mortgage lenders.
Facebook to Overhaul Housing, Credit Ads to Prevent Discrimination
The changes to Facebook’s advertising methods are unprecedented. The social network says it will no longer allow housing, employment or credit ads that target people by age, gender or ZIP code.
Report: HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Leave in 2020
Secretary Ben Carson, head of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, may be leaving his post at the end of President Donald Trump’s current term in 2020.
Trump Administration Kills Fair Housing Initiative
NIMBY suburbanites, rejoice: President Donald Trump has your back. The Trump administration just took a big step toward gutting a noble Obama-era initiative, one that required cities and towns across the country to submit plans for tackling racial segregation and inequality in housing.
Warren Plans To Join March Against Trump’s Proposal To Gut HUD Funding
Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to take to the streets of Washington on Wednesday to add to pressure from mayors for President Trump to protect federal investment in affordable housing.
HUD Awards $4.4 Million To Protect MA Children From Home Hazards
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a total of more than $4.4 million to the cities of Brockton, Malden and Somerville yesterday. The money is to be used to protect children and families from lead-based paint and other hazards in the home.
Editorial Cartoon
HUD might be in for a surprise under Trump’s new budget.
President’s ‘Skinny’ Budget Cuts Could Be Bad For Housing Market
President Donald Trump’s recently released “skinny” budget, while a long way from being enacted, is a step in the direction of fulfilling his campaign promises.
Boston Receives $24M HUD Grant To Help The Homeless
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently announced the city has received a $24.2 million federal award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that will support Boston’s efforts to end chronic homelessness.
Trump Takeover Spells Doom For Obama Fair Housing Initiative
Our improbable president-elect is a hard one to read, with everyone and his brother trying to guess which parts of the Obama legacy will be the first to get the royal flush.
Brighton Mortgage Company Settles On Allegations Of False Insurance Claims
The U.S. Attorney’s office has reached a $1.025 million civil settlement with a Brighton-based mortgage lender and its founder and CEO in connection with allegations that they submitted false insurance claims on mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
