As the government shutdown drags on, some financial services programs—particularly housing programs– are being affected. The CFPB is funded through the Federal Reserve system, not through annual appropriations, and technically is still operating, although as we have reported previously many CFPB employees are not being permitted to work. (That CFPB funding mechanism was the subject of a Supreme Court case and the court found the funding system constitutional.)… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
UPDATED as of 9:30 am Eastern time on Wednesday, October 1. With Congress unable to agree on appropriations bills or a continuing resolution, many government activities stopped at the end […]| Housing Assistance Council
Project 2025 architect Russell Vought wants to seize the shutdown to further slash spending with mass federal layoffs.| Articles – Truthout
Reporter Debra Kamin outlines the ethically dubious deals the Middle East envoy and his family are involved with.| Articles – Truthout
Critics argue that stricter requirements for aid and tying benefits to work or self-sufficiency standards could leave many with few options.| HousingWire
Los neoyorquinos hablan más de 800 idiomas y más de 350.000 hogares de la ciudad participan en los programas del HUD. Sin embargo, los defensores afirman que muchos inquilinos locales no se verán muy afectados por el cambio, ya que las agencias municipales y estatales que administran los programas del HUD cuentan con sólidas opciones en distintos idiomas. The post ¿Qué significa para los neoyorquinos la nueva política de inglés exclusivamente del HUD? appeared first on City Limits.| City Limits
New Yorkers speak over 800 languages, and more than 350,000 city households participate in HUD programs. But advocates say many local tenants won’t be greatly affected by the change, since local agencies that administer HUD’s programs have robust language options.| City Limits
The measure won bipartisan support from the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee last month.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The U.S. Senate has confirmed a Southern Baptist pastor to serve as secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration.| Baptist News Global
"While politicians debate zoning and development, a little-discussed federal bureaucratic mechanism called the High Housing Cost Adjustment is systematically excluding working New Yorkers from programs designed to help them."| City Limits
“I’m a union painter,” said Tory Carpenter. He had worked on the 2007 renovations under AIMCO. “That job was union. This one isn’t. They’re using the cheapest labor and cheapest materials.” The post Missing windows, broken locks: Hunters Point residents come home after renovations appeared first on San Francisco Bay View.| San Francisco Bay View
Veteran homelessness has reached a historic low thanks to federal initiatives, but challenges prevent the crisis from being fully resolved.| Invisible People
An activist campaign is ramping up to pressure the property owner to make long-overdue repairs.| Atlanta Civic Circle
National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary (WASHINGTON, D.C - January 15th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. However, rising rents and government inaction keep pushing more people into homelessness. Nearly half of renters pay more than they can [...] The post National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary appeared first on National Homele...| National Homelessness Law Center
Cuts to HUD funding, staff, and housing programs are undermining Housing First nationwide but Hennepin County’s success shows what’s possible.| Invisible People
Sales of new single-family houses in June 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 627,000, according to estimates| RISMedia
Time limits on housing assistance do not address the root cause of housing instability, which is a major contributor to poverty, and instead of reducing public costs, they can lead to increased costs downstream in emergency services, homelessness, foster care, health care, and incarceration.| Davis Vanguard
Explore how Asheville used PublicInput to engage 7,000 residents via a centralized Recovery Hub, offering key takeaways for government agencies on post-crisis engagement.| PublicInput
notes on the Houston city council meeting on June 17, 2025, including discussion on HUD disaster recovery funding| Emily Takes Notes
Homelessness surged by 18% in 2024, with criminalization, insufficient affordable housing and lack of political will driving the crisis.| Invisible People
Navigating and communicating the changes can be difficult. Here are some tips. The post Lead-Based Paint: Updating Risk Assessments for Dust-Lead Under EPA’s 2024 Rule first appeared on www.unleadedkids.org.| www.unleadedkids.org
We've seen plenty of futuristic-looking concept motorcycles over the years – the BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 and Yamaha Motoroid prototype, to name just two. The Rocket One fits comfortably amongst such offerings, with a massive LED headlamp that looks like a jet engine inlet or the Argo’s wave…| New Atlas
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