Department of Housing and Urban Development

To address the U.S. housing shortage, President Donald Trump has proposed utilizing a portion of the 650 million acres of federal land for new housing development. What Happened: The Trump administration is setting up a task force to locate federal land that could potentially be used for...

Rocket Companies Inc (NYSE:RKT) has filed suit against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) related to regulations involving independent licensed appraisers. What Happened: Rocket Companies’ Rocket Mortgage is suing HUD in an effort to correct conflicts between...

Sales of new single‐family homes declined last month as mortgage rates continued to remain elevated. May sales came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 619,000 homes, according to estimates released jointly on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban...

House lawmakers recently introduced new amendments to a series of cannabis laws to fund parts of the federal government for the coming year, reported Marijuana Moment. Considering that doctors are allowed to fill out recommendations for patients who want to participate in state cannabis...

Less than one hour after Donald Trump was officially sworn into office on Friday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development suspended plans for a mortgage insurance rate cut on Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage loans. Last Week Vs. This Week In the final days of the Obama...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced new residential construction statistics for April 2013. The data include building permits, housing starts and housing completions. Of the three, housing starts are the most important indicator for...