FHFA’s Pulte has issue with Powell’s take on Fed housing role
Jul 30, 2025Housing regulator Bill Pulte showed new frustration with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the latest decision to keep short-term...
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FHFA set to end equitable housing finance plans for GSEs
Jul 26, 2025The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing to repeal its fair lending, fair housing and equitable housing finance rule, stating...
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OCC rolls back disparate impact oversight
Jul 14, 2025The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is rolling back disparate impact supervision for banks, it announced Monday. As...
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GOP megabill cutting CFPB funding goes to Trump’s desk
Jul 6, 2025WASHINGTON — The House narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill, capping months of deliberations and sending President Trump’s...
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Why the Senate should protect funding for the CFPB
Jun 8, 2025The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been an effective watchdog for consumers, and its secure, independent funding is key to...
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FHA streamlines distressed mortgage borrower rules
Jun 4, 2025The Federal Housing Administration has revised updates planned for rules around contacting and offering options to distressed borrowers. The FHA...
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Activists oppose Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule
May 7, 2025A coalition of over 100 federal and state consumer organizations, led by the National Fair Housing Alliance called on the...
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Trump budget suggests eliminating some CDFI funds
May 3, 2025WASHINGTON — The White House’s proposed budget pitches eliminating Community Development Financial Institution Fund’s discretionary awards. In President Donald Trump’s...
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Exclusive: Cortez Masto offers bill to reform FHLBs
Apr 13, 2025Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is introducing a bill that would...
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Union says DOJ appeals to wrong court over CFPB injunction
Apr 1, 2025The Trump administration’s appeal of a ruling stopping the efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was taken...
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