The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced a new effort to boost housing affordability. According to a press statement from the Treasury, the new initiative will include the launch of a program administered by the CDFI Fund to provide an additional $100 million...
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) announced that its philanthropic Home Depot Foundation has granted $9 million to provide housing for over 3,400 veterans dealing with homelessness. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an average of 35,000 veterans...
A former National Association of Realtors (NAR) employee filed a lawsuit against the trade group that claims she was fired and subjected to retaliation for complaining about discrimination and sexual harassment. Real Estate News reported Roshani Sheth, a NAR project...
The former president of an Illinois bank has acknowledged his involvement in a scheme to falsify bank records to enable real estate loans. Steven Cook pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Benton to three felony counts of aiding and abetting the making of a false...
U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) have reintroduced legislation that would make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) part of the congressional appropriation process. The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act...
Roughly half of Americans are struggling to remain where they are financially, according to a new nationwide survey published by Monmouth University’s Polling Institute. The poll found 46% of respondents complaining they were having difficulty maintaining financial...
