As Congress continues to consider fiscal year 2022 budget packages, the Mortgage Bankers Association and more than a dozen industry advocacy groups urged support of a widely documented program supporting housing supply and affordability.
Tag: Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing Vacancy Rates Remain Tight
The national vacancy rate for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit-supported affordable housing dipped 0.1 percent in the second quarter to 2.5 percent, said Moody’s Analytics REIS, New York.
HUD: Without New Housing Supply, Cost Burdens to Increase
HUD this week released its latest research on innovative strategies being pursued by state and local governments to remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing and increase housing supply, while cautioning that without “significant” news housing, cost burdens are likely to increase.
Administration Announces Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply
The Biden Administration on Wednesday announced a number of steps aimed at creating, preserving and selling to homeowners and non-profits nearly 100,000 additional affordable homes for homeowners and renters over the next three years, with an emphasis on the lower and middle segments of the market.
Administration Announces Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply
The Biden Administration on Wednesday announced a number of steps aimed at creating, preserving and selling to homeowners and non-profits nearly 100,000 additional affordable homes for homeowners and renters over the next three years, with an emphasis on the lower and middle segments of the market.
MBA CONVERGENCE Webinar Sept. 16–Mayors and Affordable Housing: Perspective from City Hall
MBA CONVERGENCE presents the next in its Webinar Series, Mayors and Affordable Housing: Perspective from City Hall, on Thursday, Sept. 16 from 1:30-2:15 p.m. ET.
MBA, Trade Groups Urge HUD to Address FHA Affordable Housing Delays
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a dozen industry trade groups urged HUD to address “severe processing delays” that are impeding financing of affordable housing in the Federal Housing Administration multifamily and healthcare programs.
‘New Cracks’ in Affordable Housing Foundation
Fitch Ratings, New York, said the coronavirus pandemic “created new cracks” in the already fragile foundation of affordable housing.
MBA Urges Support of Affordable Housing Provisions to House Infrastructure Bill
Ahead of a scheduled vote Wednesday on part of the Biden Administration’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure bill, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging support for two provisions that support affordable housing incentives.
#MBASPRING21 MBA Chair Susan Stewart: MBA, Industry Ready to ‘Move Forward’
In her keynote address Tuesday at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Spring Conference & Expo, MBA Chair Susan Stewart tapped into the collective frustration and hope of the entire real estate finance industry—and the nation—with a simple sentence.