A stringent 3 percent rent control measure has passed in St. Paul, Minn., and Minneapolis voters also approved rent control in concept, according to reports. Voters approved St. Paul’s measure...
The group argued before the Eighth Circuit that a city ordinance runs afoul of a recent Supreme Court decision. Minneapolis landlords sought to take advantage of a June Supreme Court...
With the great shortage of affordable rental housing in Chicago, the city could develop an innovative incentive program to transform vacant storefronts into residential live/work spaces. There are hundreds, maybe...
A program to guarantee legal representation for low-income tenants in eviction court will pilot this winter with an expected $1 million worth of funding. Driving the news: The Philadelphia City...
FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson also announced expansions to the eligibility requirements for refinance programs geared toward low-income borrowers Desktop appraisals, a temporary flexibility implemented in March 2020 to keep...
Federal ruling in Michigan is a big, wide-ranging win for the leading trade association. A federal court ruled that all National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) members who received Paycheck...
Affordable housing developers have a front-row seat to the pushback, red tape and other hurdles that new multifamily projects can face. Conversely, they see the speed with which projects can progress when cities...
FEMA’s new methodology will increase premiums for 77% of families, and lawmakers are worried they will drop out of the program A new pricing methodology intended to promote fairness and...
Hawaiʻi County’s two mediation centers have begun conducting free, 90-minute mediations between landlords and tenants. The mediations come in response to the end of the state eviction moratorium, which concluded...
Borrowers struggling to make their FHA mortgage payments now have more time to file for forbearance. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, you can now file for forbearance – essentially a...
