December 8, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
President Obama recently signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act into law. The legislation contains numerous provisions related to housing including, “pay for success” housing demonstration in which private contractors will enter into contracts to upgrade the efficacy of federal … Continue reading
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December 7, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Ninth Circuit upholds Section 8, which provides low income housing, recipients’ right to one-year notice that their benefits will be cut after failing to receive any notice in 2007. Franklin American Mortgage Co. settled with the U.S. Department of Justice … Continue reading
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December 4, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, estimating the latest national one-night of homelessness. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its report, “A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race … Continue reading
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December 3, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up
The Federal Reserve Bank of NY’s Center for Microeconomic Data has released its 3rd quarter Household Debt and Credit Report which shows that Mortgage debt, the largest component of household debt, increased in by $144 billion since the 2nd quarter of … Continue reading
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December 2, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Inflation and Activity – Two Explorations and Their Monetary Policy Implications, Olivier J. Blanchard, Eugenio Cerutti & Lawrence H. Summers, HKS Working Paper No. 070. Real Estate Value Impacts from Fracking: Industry Response and Proper Analytical Techniques, Richard Roddewig & … Continue reading
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December 1, 2015
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Round-Up
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a notice to the Federal Register to announce the Designated Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracks for purposes of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, which become effective July 1st … Continue reading
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November 30, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
BNY Mellon files a brief on writ for cert with the Supreme Court warning the potential for “warping” the residential mortgage-backed securities market if it overturns the Second Circuit’s decision finding that provisions of the Trust Indenture Act did not … Continue reading
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