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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announces resignation

Housing Wire

Having worked at every level of government, including as a mayor, then as a congressional staffer, a member of Congress, and now as the 18th Secretary of [HUD] I have worked tirelessly to ensure that America lives up to its promise of liberty and justice for all.” . She served as chief of staff for former Rep.

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Record apartment supply is good for mortgage rates 

Housing Wire

The government accounts for housing inflation by looking at rents, not home prices. Without rents taking off, the CPI data would look much more tame, like what we saw from the years 2000-2019. However, because of the COVID-19 delays, we are still working through a backlog of homes under construction. Since 44.4% percent (±13.3

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Manufactured housing is key to affordable homeownership

Housing Wire

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is encouraged that two important components of this package are steps to boost the supply of manufactured homes and a commitment to work with local governments to reduce exclusionary zoning. A second area of opportunity is zoning.

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Opinion: A more balanced approach to manufactured home energy efficiency?

Housing Wire

The standards were required to take into consideration current manufactured housing construction methods and transportation requirements for homes built in a factory and transported to the site. So, under the 2000 Act, the DOE standards should not become effective until HUD adopts them as part of the HUD Code, potentially with revisions.

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Streamlining subsidies to build more affordable housing

Housing Wire

To help the lowest-income families, who increasingly can’t find affordable housing in today’s market, federal, state, and local governments devote considerable resources to subsidize the development of affordable housing with below market rents. LITHC projects built between 2000-2018 needed to layer an average of 3.5

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Bloomberg TV 3-11-19: The Malling of Hudson Yards

Miller Samuel

in the Hudson Yard project is exactly what the government is supposed to do. The Time Warner precedent-setting mall scenario included a condo offering plan circa 2000 named "AOL Time Warner Center" and then the project was renamed "Time Warner Center" after they sold off AOL (Someone named Jonathan Miller took over AOL strangely enough).

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Washington Legislators Drive Home More Real Estate Measures in 2024

Will Springer Realtor

The new legislation aims to prohibit local government from restricting this form of rental housing where at least six units are currently permitted while generating more options for people struggling to afford a place to live. One of the top bills that failed would have permitted larger residential lots to be split to as small as 2000 sq.