Federal / Agency News

HUD Secretary Turner announced the availability of federal disaster assistance for five states and two tribal lands to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected natural disasters in 2025 as follows:

FHFA announced the 2026 multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will be $88 billion for each Enterprise, for a combined total of $176 billion to support the multifamily market.  In Context: This is a substantial increase from the $73 billion cap per Enterprise in 2025. FHFA will still require […]

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a Building Capacity: Reducing Government Roadblocks to Housing Supply hearing at 10 a.m. ET today. This hearing highlights over 40 housing bills and brings together committee members and expert witnesses to explore the policies and factors driving the nation’s housing supply shortage. NH&RA supports many of the bills […]

On Monday, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), and nine other local governments and nonprofits sued HUD in the District Court of Rhode Island after HUD released changes to the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). In Context What They’re Saying: In the preliminary […]

On November 17, 2025, HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued a notice providing cost-saving options for PHAs that need to reduce housing assistance payment (HAP) expenses to prevent shortfalls.

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee voted to confirm the nominations of: Cassidy’s vote was 14-10 along party lines with Senator Warner (D-VA) breaking with Democrats to support him. Gormley’s vote was 13-11 along party lines. A few hours before the vote, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a list of written questions and […]

Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) and Ranking Member Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) hosted a press conference to highlight reforms introduced in the HOME Reform Act of 2025. The House Financial Services Committee will hold a Building Capacity: Reducing Government Roadblocks to Housing Supply hearing at 10 a.m. ET on December 3, as well as a markup of […]

Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE) of the House Financial Services’ Housing and Insurance Subcommittee is working on another draft piece of legislation to exempt a long list of HUD and USDA housing programs from BABA compliance. His office is requesting: Call to Action: Please send Ilana Morof your data and/or anecdotes by COB Monday, December 1st.

CohnReznick released their biennial report on the performance of properties financed with federal LIHTCs.

Detailed by The AP (and first reported by the Wall Street Journal), Fannie Mae experienced a leadership shakeup in mid-October after a senior executive shared confidential mortgage-pricing and lender-level data with Freddie Mac. The data disclosure was flagged internally by senior Fannie Mae officials including Danielle McCoy, Fannie Mae’s former general counsel, saying it should […]

At 10:30 a.m. today, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee will vote on the nominations of: The live vote can be accessed here. Go deeper: See the November 5 edition for more including a recap of their nomination hearing and information on their backgrounds. NH&RA sent this letter of support for Cassidy’s nomination.

President Trump signed H.R. 5371 into law to end the government shutdown after a record-breaking 43 days. H.R. 5371 funded three of twelve appropriations bills through the remainder of FY 2026, while the remaining government operations are funded by a continuing resolution through January 30. Go Deeper: The Council of Affordable and Rural Housing (CARH) […]