HUD: Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Transaction Closed as Part of a Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan in Baltimore, MD
$27.8 million transaction with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and the City of Baltimore includes the development of 93 new affordable rental homes and is part of the neighborhood redevelopment plan for Baltimore’s Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown community The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing on June 30, 2022 closed a Rental…
HUD: Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Closed with Miami-Dade County Public Housing & Community Development
$34.5 million construction investment transaction to renovate senior community of 240 homes at Haley Sofge is part of a five-project redevelopment, preserving and developing 1,055 units of affordable rental homes The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing on June 30, 2022 closed a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) transaction with…
CFPB: Special Regulatory Treatment for Payactiv Rescinded
Termination Follows Request by Company in Order to Change its Product The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an order today terminating Payactiv’s Sandbox Approval Order relating to its earned wage access products. The CFPB had given Payactiv special regulatory treatment, including as to liability under a relevant federal consumer financial law with respect to…
FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for South Dakota
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of South Dakota to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding on May 12, 2022. Federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain…
CFPB: Agency Moves to Reduce Junk Fees Charged by Debt Collectors
Advisory opinion explains that most “pay-to-pay” fees charged by debt collectors violate federal law Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion affirming that federal law often prohibits debt collectors from charging “pay-to-pay” fees. These charges, commonly described by debt collectors as “convenience fees,” are imposed on consumers who want to make…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for May 2022 Released
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for May 2022: New Home Sales Sales of new single‐family houses in May 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 696,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau…
HUD: Council on Foundations and HUD Announce Winners of 2022 Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships
This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Council on Foundations (COF) announced the winners of the 2022 Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships.The Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships recognizes excellence in partnerships that have both transformed the relationships between the public and philanthropic sectors and led to measurable benefits in…
FHFA: House Price Index Up 1.6 Percent in April 2022; Up 18.8 Percent from Last Year
House prices rose nationwide in April, up 1.6 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices rose 18.8 percent from April 2021 to April 2022. The previously reported 1.5 percent price change for March 2022 was revised upward to 1.6 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally…
FHFA: First Quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Released
Nearly 6.5 million troubled homeowners helped since conservatorship The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its first quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 129,779 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners who have been helped to 6,494,057…
Agencies Issue Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios
Federal bank regulatory agencies today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that are used to evaluate compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace those from June 2021. By law, a bank is generally prohibited from establishing or acquiring branches outside of its home state…