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Last week, Senators Booker (D-NJ), Schumer (D-NY), and Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to FHFA Director Bill Pulte laying out eight specific policy recommendations to promote housing affordability:

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 at 10 a.m. EST for the nominations of: Information on their backgrounds can be found in the May 13 edition.

HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase returns to the National Mall from Sept. 6–10, 2025. 

A new follow-up study conducted by economists from MetroSight—sponsored by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association (NAA)—shows that some housing regulations increase the cost of rent, particularly for lower-income renters and those renting from small multifamily properties.

HUD published the summaries of all regulatory waivers granted by HUD.

Earlier this month, President Trump nominated Acting Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Frank Cassidy to officially serve in this role.

OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is proposing a HUD rule change to ban households with at least one undocumented member, from public housing and rental assistance.

HUD Offices of Multifamily Housing Programs, Public and Indian Housing, and Community Planning and Development, published the 2026 Annual Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Less than a week after FHFA announced the doubling of their annual investment cap, President Trump took to social media to suggest the creation of The Great American Mortgage Corporation, with a target public offering date of November 2025.

The Bipartisan Policy Center took an in-depth look at HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program: how it works, case management, funding, impact, and challenges and opportunities for reform.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a new report that provides state-by-state estimates of the loss of Housing Vouchers under the House and Senate FY 26 THUD proposals.

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report paints a stark picture of the nation’s worsening affordability crisis.