July 17, 2014
Armed, Unarmed or Harmed by Knowledge?
I posted Armed, Unarmed or Harmed by Knowledge? A Comment on the FHA’s Housing Counseling Pilot Program to SSRN (and to BePress). The abstract reads, The FHA has requested input on its Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) for New Homebuyers … Continue reading
July 17, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
July 9, 2014
Input on Housing Counseling
HUD has issued a Notice, Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Homeowners Armed With Knowledge (HAWK) for New Homebuyers (Docket No. FR-5786-N-01). HAWK is a pilot that will provide FHA insurance pricing incentives to first-time homebuyers who participate in housing counseling and … Continue reading
July 9, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
July 1, 2014
Reiss in CSM on Rental Policy
The Christian Science Monitor quoted me in Census Outlines ‘Poverty Areas’: Which States Hit Hardest? It reads in part, The number of US residents living in “poverty areas” has jumped significantly since 2000, according to a Census Bureau report released … Continue reading
July 1, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
June 26, 2014
State of the Nation’s Housing Finance
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has released the 2014 edition of The State of the Nation’s Housing. As to the nation’s housing finance system, the report finds that The government still had an outsized footprint in … Continue reading
June 26, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
May 19, 2014
Foreclosure Review
The US Government Accountability Office issued a report, Foreclosure Review: Regulators Could Strengthen Oversight and Improve Transparency of the Process. GAO did this study because it was asked to examine the amended consent order process relating to foreclosures. This process … Continue reading
May 19, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
May 16, 2014
Wary of FHA HAWKing Mortgage Access
The Federal Housing Administration issued its Access Blueprint: What FHA is Doing to Expand Access to Mortgage Credit for Underserved Borrowers. The blueprint identifies a serious problem: The economic crisis significantly constrained credit making it tough for anyone with less … Continue reading
May 16, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
February 13, 2014
Reiss on BK Live!
The BK Live segment on Mortgage Inequities in Brooklyn has been posted to the web. Mark Winston Griffith (Brooklyn Movement Center Executive Director), Alexis Iwaniszie (New Economy Project) and I discuss mortgage inequities and how they effect Brooklyn (and beyond). … Continue reading
February 13, 2014 in Federal Housing Administration | Permalink | No Comments
