Manufacturing new housing opportunities
From Marietta Times Lending may be easier for pre-built homes A national shortage of affordable housing prompted Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored company that purchases mortgages from banks, to issue in late 2018 a new set of financing guidelines that are expected...
National Church Residences explains how the government shutdown is hurting residents
From Texas Observer One Casualty of the Government Shutdown: Low-Income Texans Who Need Housing Assistance Texas is a super-user of federal housing programs, but the shutdown has brought loans, tax credits and rental assistance to a screeching halt, hurting poor...
HUD is trying to help thousands of low-income renters amid shutdown
HUD is hoping to use existing funds From Click2Houston (CNN) – The Department of Housing and Urban Development is hoping to find roughly $15 million to renew 170 contracts with private building owners who rent to poor Americans. HUD is hoping to use existing...
Federal shutdown delays Travis County affordable housing project
From Austin-American Statesman The federal government’s partial shutdown is delaying a Travis County plan to build affordable housing and expand county offices on its Airport Boulevard campus. The $30 million complex, known as Travis Flats, will be built at 5325...
