The House and Senate passed separate bills over the summer containing funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the next fiscal year.

Ginnie eyeing permanent emergency credit facility for nonbanks; USDA to hold training sessions on Guaranteed Underwriting System; home equity among seniors hits new record; Ginnie plans temporary business outage; Mortgage Bankers Association rustles support for VA appraisal bill; USDA expands Native American Relending Pilot program.

The Mortgage Bankers Association called for FHA to have enough funding for it to better manage the risks associated with the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.

Funding announced to rehabilitate certain veterans’ homes; Rural Housing Service announces regulatory waivers; share of Ginnie Mae home loans in forbearance rises; HUD to host pre-purchase counseling symposium; HUD schedules housing counseling advisory meeting; Ginnie to hold issuer training and listening session.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s latest regulatory agenda has more than a dozen items related to either FHA or tribal home loan programs, including some pending rulemakings.

HUD said its newly implemented technology upgrades will help homeowners and buyers more quickly locate housing counseling agencies.

Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services pledges support for housing-related funding; FHA plans webinar on manufactured housing; Ginnie Mae to hold training sessions for issuers; VA to award grants providing legal services to veterans at risk of homelessness; MISMO seeks comments on life-of-loan process model; USDA updates income limits for home loan program.

Gordon sworn in as FHA commissioner; Ginnie to expand digital collateral program; FHA to present overview of its single-family purchase program; Ginnie hosts training sessions for single-family issuer pooling processes and systems; Ginnie clarifies requirements for MBS related to delinquent loan buyout eligibility; USDA to hold online training sessions for its single-family program; USDA raises interest rates for its single-family direct loan programs.

Julia Gordon, who finally received Senate confirmation this week after being nominated in June of last year, will face increasing pressure to cut mortgage insurance premiums.

Tai Christensen, newly appointed chair of the American Mortgage Diversity Council, wants to change the way the mortgage industry thinks about diversity.