HUD: Agency Overhauls Federal Homelessness Assistance
Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $4.04 billion to better serve America’s vulnerable populations through the Continuum of Care (CoC) homelessness assistance program. “The ‘housing first’ experiment failed Americans by warehousing the vulnerable without results. This ideology promised to end homelessness. Instead, billions…
HUD: 2025 Annual Homelessness Report to Congress Released
The Point-In-Time Count Report Shows Homelessness Increased During Decade of “Housing First” Policies HUD today released the 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report: Part 1: Point-in-Time (PIT) Estimates, which found that 745,652 people were homeless, including 266,320 people living on the street on a single night in January 2025 – a 27% increase since 2013 and a…
HUD: Agency Announces Regulatory Best Practices to Unleash Building and Increase Homeownership Across America
Deregulate Homebuilding by Reducing Costs, Unlocking Land, and Accelerating Timelines The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the State and Local Best Practices for Home Construction Report, a series of regulatory actions for state and local governments to increase efficiency and ease regulatory barriers to housing construction and affordability. “HUD is encouraging our state…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for March 2026 Released
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for March 2026: New Home SalesSales of new single-family houses in March 2026 were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 682,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the…
HUD: Agency Declares Little Rock Housing Authority in Substantial Default and Initiates Possession
Action Builds on Secretary Turner’s Commitment to Hold Public Housing Authorities Accountable for Mismanagement The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today declared the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, operating as the Metropolitan Housing Alliance (MHA), in Substantial Default for failing to meet the terms of its federally mandated Recovery Agreement….
HUD: Environmental Reviews Streamlined to Lower Multifamily Development Costs
FHA updates remove outdated requirements, cut inefficiencies, and support housing production HUD announced updates to environmental review requirements for multifamily housing, removing outdated provisions that have increased costs and complexity for lenders and developers. These changes, issued through HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) via a Mortgagee Letter, revise the Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guide to streamline outdated and burdensome…
HUD: Agency Moving Forward on Bold Homelessness Reform
Today, HUD is announcing that homelessness-related service providers across the nation can expect the 2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to be published by June 1, 2026. Further, applicants can expect awards to be made by December 1, 2026. The CoC Program is a national competition designed to promote community-wide efforts…
HUD: Task Force Publishes Report on Eradicating “Anti-Christian Bias”and Restoring Religious Liberty
Report details the Biden administration’s radical efforts to punish Christians and highlights President Trump’s efforts to restore religious liberty Today, the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias published a report detailing how the Biden administration’s policies spread anti-Christian bias throughout the federal government. The Department of Housing and Urban Development worked closely with the Department of Justice…
HUD: HUD and USDA Announce Major Rescission of Building Code Requirements
Secretary Scott Turner and Secretary Brooke Rollins today announced the rescission of a costly Biden Administration-era policy which added at least $20,000 to the cost of home construction. A 2024 Final Determination issued under President Biden rendered all new home construction ineligible for an FHA or USDA-backed mortgage loan unless the home was built according…
HUD: Agency Empowers Real Estate Agents to Better Support American Homebuyers
Real estate agents are not breaking the law when they discuss crime rates and school quality with prospective homebuyers and renters. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to real estate professionals clarifying they are not violating the Fair Housing Act when they share information with prospective homebuyers…