The delinquency rates on FHA and VA loans decline; USDA revises areas that no longer qualify as “rural” under its single-family housing program; FHA has released updates to its single-family housing policy handbook.

The first initiatives under the tie-up will center around industry training and consumer outreach.

The lack of housing supply continues to constrain home sales and mortgage originations.

HUD is seeking feedback on a plan to make permanent COVID-era flexibilities related to face-to-face meeting requirements between delinquent borrowers and mortgage servicers.

NFHA submits comments on HUD’s proposed rule on protections for persons with disabilities; HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling to host virtual community conference.

There’s growing concern that time is growing short to reach a bipartisan, bicameral consensus on HUD spending.

Investing mortgagees, companies that can buy FHA loans but can’t originate them, would face somewhat tougher standards under the proposed changes.

The proposed rule would expand the methods of communication servicers can use to reach borrowers in default in order to comply with HUD’s face-to-face meeting requirements.

Industry participants spoke last week on effective implementation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s discriminatory effects rule during a conference of the National Fair Housing Alliance.

Experts call for ongoing, intentional and collaborative efforts across federal agencies to combat racial disparities in homeownership and access to housing financing.