An audit by the inspector general found that HUD had failed to meet basic privacy protection requirements for records containing stakeholders’ personally identifiable information.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent a letter urging HUD to engage with Native American tribes before formulating any rulemaking, such as on downpayment assistance, that would impact tribal organizations.
There is optimism that the forthcoming FHA annual report on the health of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund will bear encouraging news, according to one analyst.
The U.S. Senate approved fiscal 2020 spending packages for government agencies. Some $400 billion has been set aside for new guarantees on FHA single-family mortgages.