Entries by Leslie Strauss
HUD Funding Finally Set for FY26
UPDATE, February 4, 2026 – After a brief partial government shutdown over the weekend, on February 3 the House passed the Senate-approved fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill covering several federal […]
Final USDA Housing Funds for FY26 are Close to FY25 Levels
Update, November 14, 2025: USDA is one of several government entities that received appropriations for all of fiscal year 2026 in the compromise legislation that ended the federal government shutdown […]
Federal government shuts down many functions
UPDATED as of 8:00 pm Eastern time on Tuesday, October 14. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has posted an updated version of its Frequently Asked Questions During a […]
Relocations and Insurance Cost Increases are Leading to Falling Property Values, Report Says
First Street’s 12th National Risk Assessment: Property Prices in Peril estimates that by 2055, 84 percent of all U.S. census tracts may experience some form of negative property worth impacts […]
Senate Committee Rejects HUD Funding Cuts Proposed by House
The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved its proposed Transportation-HUD spending bill for the 2025 fiscal year on July 25, 2024, rejecting the 60 percent HOME program cut proposed in the […]