Civil rights, housing and consumer advocates urge HUD to rescind ‘watered down’ fair housing rule by Chris Clow for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire A coalition of more than 100 consumer, housing and civil rights advocates have submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, “strongly” opposing the department’s 2025 Interim Final Rule that changes the scope of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule re-initialized…

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USDA’s rural manufactured housing rule has gone into effect by Chris Clow for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) has implemented a final rule that allows for the financing of manufactured homes through the RHS Single Family Housing (SFH) Direct Loan Program and the SFH Guaranteed Loan Program. The rule makes existing manufactured homes meeting specific criteria eligible…

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Ex-HUD official claims trillions spent on secret underground bunkers by Jonathan Delozier for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire A former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official is making explosive claims that the federal government secretly spent $21 trillion building a vast underground network of bunkers, “city infrastructure,” and transportation, allegedly designed to protect elites in the event of a catastrophic disaster. Catherine Austin Fitts,…

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