The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded more than $23 million to nearly 80 fair housing organizations working to protect consumers from housing discrimination.
Provided through HUD's Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), these grants offer a range of assistance to the nationwide network of fair housing organizations so they can carry out testing and enforcement activities.
Read on to see which states received the grant money.
John Smaby recently was installed as 2019 president of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) during the 2018 Realtors Conference & Expo.
Smaby was NAR’s 2018 president-elect and 2017 first vice president. He has been in the industry for nearly 40 years and is a broker at Edina Realty in Minnesota, where he specializes in residential real estate.
Read on for more details about Smaby and find out who else is joining NAR’s top leadership positions.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has charged a Paramus, N.J., property owner with housing discrimination for allegedly refusing to rent an apartment to an African-American woman and her young son.
The owner used racial slurs in text messages he sent to the woman informing her that she did not get the apartment, according to the charge.
Read on for details from the charge.
After years of increases, inferred compliance costs for the community banking industry declined last year to an estimated $4.7 billion. Despite the decline, the cost of regulations is a key factor in considering whether to accept acquisition offers.
That’s according to a national survey of community bankers.
Read on for more details from the annual survey findings from the Fed and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS).
A record number of single-family builders are reporting shortages of labor and subcontractors. That’s according to a recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
The survey respondents said the most widespread effect of the labor shortages was that builders were forced to pay higher wages and/or subcontractor bids.
Read on for more from the survey, which is used to generate the Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
A Los Angeles housing provider accused of threatening a disabled woman with eviction for having a support animal has resolved discrimination claims with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The conciliation agreement settles claims against owner, 4147 McClung Drive, LLC, Keeton Property Management, LLC and the manager of one of its properties.
Read on for details about the complaint, which was filed in July.
Citizens of the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria are about to get some help in the way of a $243 million grant.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says the grant is necessary to restore damaged and destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure.
Read on for details about the grant, which will allow the government to offer faster assistance to homeowners and construct new housing for senior citizens and others in need.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson and Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello have announced the formal execution of a $1.5 billion grant agreement to help citizens in Puerto Rico to recover from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
The money will go toward speeding recovery dollars needed to restore damaged and destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure.
Read on for details about the grant and comments from Carson and Rossello.
Nearly a third of Realtors have experienced a situation that made them fear for their personal safety or the safety of their personal information, and 43 percent of Realtors choose to carry self-defense weapons on the job.
That’s according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2018 Member Safety Report.
Read on for details of the report, which surveyed more than 3,000 Realtors about their safety experiences.
Renters are three times more likely to need financial assistance to evacuate during a major disaster than those who own their own homes.
That’s according to the new 2017 American Housing Survey released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Read on for more details from the survey, released in time for National Preparedness Month.
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