A HUD official warned that he would unleash an “investigative storm” on fair housing advocates who violate the Fair Housing Act.

President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 would appropriate $160 million for FHA’s administrative expenses, level with the 2026 funding level.

Ginnie Mae hasn’t formally assessed the risks of the growing nonbank concentration in its portfolio, according to the HUD OIG.

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 would reduce HUD’s discretionary budget authority by 12.7% compared to the 2026 funding level.

The attorneys general said the guidance threatens to cut complaint referrals and funding to state and local fair housing agencies that provide protections that go beyond the federal Fair Housing Act.

Retirements and a lack of new hires led staffing levels to shrink in the third quarter of 2025.

Staffing levels at the Department of Housing and Urban Development fell in the third quarter last year, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Consumer advocates called on HUD to withdraw the proposal, noting that if finalized, it would undermine the agency’s enforcement of the Fair Housing Act’s protections against unlawful discrimination.

Mortgage industry generally supports the proposal’s efforts to withdraw HUD’s discriminatory effects regulations.

Newly coordinated standards at the GSEs make it easier for certain factory-built homes to receive site-built financing.