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August 30, 2010

Two New FHA Programs will Help Struggling Homeowners

Home Legislation & Policy

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan said Sunday the federal government would start two new programs to help struggling homeowners.

August 20, 2010

California State Assembly Passes Mortgage Refinancing Protection Bill

Home Legislation & Policy

The California State Assembly yesterday approved a bill that will prevent lenders from seeking to recoup their losses after foreclosure of a refinanced mortgage where the borrower did not cash out any home equity.

August 20, 2010

$656.8 Million to Help Struggling Florida Homeowners on Hold

Home Legislation & Policy

Florida has $656.8 million to help struggling homeowners, but distribution of the federal aid is likely on hold statewide until early 2011.

August 13, 2010

More Than 1M Homeowners Counseled by Government-Funded Counseling Program

Home Legislation & Policy

More than 1,000,000 homeowners facing foreclosure have received counseling thanks to the Congressionally funded National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program.

August 12, 2010

Obama Makes Billions Available to Unemployed Homeowners

Home Legislation & Policy

Treasury’s hardest hit fund will provide $2 billion to help unemployed homeowners in 17 states and the District of Columbia, while HUD will make another $1 billion available to borrowers in other areas.

August 5, 2010

HUD Says Reverse Mortgage Borrowers Need More Information and Deeper Financial Assessment

Home Legislation & Policy

Starting next month, reverse mortgage borrowers using the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s loan programs will get more information and additional financial assessments to help them uncover financial risk and other factors that may impact their loan.

August 3, 2010

Racism Shadows Property Covenants

Home Legislation & Policy

Language that once prohibited property ownership based on race remains in hundreds—if not thousands—of homeowner covenants, even though such restrictions have been illegal since 1968, because of the difficult process to remove it, historians and other experts say.

July 30, 2010

Feds Asked to Stop Home Resale Fees

Home Legislation & Policy

Housing advocates and experts hosted a press conference yesterday to launch the Coalition to Stop Wall Street Home Resale Fees and ask United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner to ban private transfer fees.

July 29, 2010

Thousands of Rural Homebuyers Aided by Passage of Housing Funding Measure

Home Legislation & Policy

The Senate yesterday passed a bill restoring a single-family rural housing program that guarantees home loans.

July 28, 2010

Federal Energy-Efficiency Loans Leave Homeowners Open to Fraud, Title Group Says

Home Legislation & Policy

A federal program that lets homeowners finance energy improvements and pay back the money via the tax assessment system may leave homeowners vulnerable to fraud and lending abuse.