CDFI Fund: Call for Community and Economic Development Practitioners to Serve as CDFI Application Reviewers
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is issuing a call for well-qualified persons to serve as application reviewers for the calendar year (CY) 2024-2025 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The CDFI Fund has contracted with Areeva Solutions to recruit reviewers. Recruitment will be conducted by Areeva Solutions on a…
HUD: Agency Commemorates National Native American Heritage Month 2024
During Native American Heritage Month, HUD’s Office of Native American Programs will host a national Native Homeownership and Asset Building Summit. The Summit will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 20-21, 2024, and it will include breakout sessions, a trade show, and community activities. Daily plenary sessions will feature remarks from local and Tribal…
FHFA: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Expand Support for Rental Housing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced higher caps for 2025 that allow the Enterprises to purchase up to $146 billion in multifamily loans and will continue to exempt workforce housing from the limit The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will allow greater rental housing support from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) by raising…
HUD: In 2024, FHA Supported Homeownership for More Than 790,000 Americans
Annual Report to Congress shows the Biden-Harris Administration has removed barriers to homeownership and helped borrowers with hardships while maintaining a well-capitalized Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), in 2024, HUD served more than 790,000 people. This announcement is…
SBA: Season of Small Business to Kick Off with Small Business Saturday on November 30th
This Year’s Theme — Gift Big, Shop Local™ — Encourages Shoppers to Support Local Small Businesses Throughout the Holiday Season Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 34 million small businesses, is urging Americans to embrace the spirit of the holiday…
EDA: U.S. Department of Commerce Announces 12,000 American Workers Placed into Jobs Through the Good Jobs Challenge
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced more than 12,000 American workers have been trained and placed into jobs through the Good Jobs Challenge. The program, initially funded by the Biden-Harris Administration’s American Rescue Plan, is investing a historic $500 million into high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs across the country. The Good…
FHFA: FHLB Bank Parnterships with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announced to Expand Housing Access for Tribal Communities
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced two partnerships involving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) to boost awareness and liquidity for programs that expand housing access for tribal communities. In one partnership, the FHLBank of Des Moines will promote a Freddie Mac mortgage product intended to improve credit access…
FDIC: New Online Tool Unveiled at the Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee Meeting to Promote Creation of New Minority Banks
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will introduce a new online tool to help financial institutions, investors, and other interested groups to identify neighborhoods that could benefit from banking services. The FDIC’s new Minority Banking Opportunity Explorer will be presented at a meeting of the agency’s Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Community…
CDFI Fund: U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund and Federal Housing Finance Agency Collaborate to Bolster CDFI Access to Capital
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the establishment of a Working Group to increase capital for affordable housing lending from the Federal Home Loan Banks. The group will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of expanding the supply of affordable…
FHFA: Agency Simplifies Process for Nonprofits and Other Project Applicants to Receive FHLB Funding for Affordable Housing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released an Advisory Bulletin responding to concerns from affordable housing sponsors that procedures for obtaining subsidies from the Federal Home Loan Banks are too burdensome The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued an Advisory Bulletin (AB) that simplifies the process for project sponsors to receive Federal Home Loan Bank…