CFPB: New Report Finds Household Financial Health is Declining after Several Years of Increased Savings
Annual survey of consumer financial health shows downtrends in ability to repay debts Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new Making Ends Meet report covering the financial health of American households. Since 2019, the annual Making Ends Meet consumer surveys showed improvement in financial health during the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
HUD: Agency Seeking First-of-Its-Kind Input to More Equitably and Accurately Allocate Disaster Recovery Funds
Two new Requests for Information (RFIs) to mark inaugural feedback effort for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released two new Requests for Information (RFIs), marking the first time the Department has asked the public for feedback on how to simplify, modernize, and…
FHFA: Third Quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Released
More than 6.6 million troubled homeowners helped since conservatorships The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 69,362 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners who have been helped to…
HUD: 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Released
Biden-Harris Administration investments and actions prevented a spike in homelessness overall, and led to decreases in homelessness among Veterans, families, and youth Homelessness rose for individuals, people with disabilities who experience long-term homelessness, and people in unsheltered settings The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)…
Census Bureau: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts Released
The median estimated poverty rate for school-age children in all U.S. school districts in 2021 was 14.5%, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The new data come from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, which provides the only up-to-date, single-year income and poverty statistics for all of the nation’s 3,142…
FFIEC: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2021 Small Business, Small Farm and Community Development Lending Data
The federal bank regulatory agencies, as members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), today released data on small business, small farm, and community development lending during 2021. The Community Reinvestment Act regulations require the agencies to annually disclose these data. The FFIEC also prepared aggregate disclosure statements of small business and small farm…
OCC: New Report Shows Improvement in Overall Mortgage Performance During Third Quarter 2022
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the third quarter of 2022. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Third Quarter 2022 showed that 97.2 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared…
CDFI Fund: Updated Calendar Year 2022 NMTC Allocation Application FAQs Posted
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has posted on its website an updated calendar year (CY) 2022 New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program) Allocation Application Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document. The updates to this document are provided in response to questions submitted through the Service Request feature in the CDFI Fund’s Award Management…
FHFA and CFPB: Updated Data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations Released for Public Use
Data Highlights Borrowers’ Experiences Obtaining a Mortgage During the Pandemic The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published updated loan-level data for public use collected through the National Survey of Mortgage Originations (NSMO). The data also provide updated mortgage performance and credit information for a nationally representative sample…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.7 Begins
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for phase 3.7 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to…