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HUD details funding, policy support for green homes and climate resilience

Housing Wire

HUD also published guides designed to assist with mobility improvements and decarbonization of existing transportation systems. The department said it aims to alert communities about important elements of post-disaster resilience that research has shown are often overlooked or less understood in the immediate wake of a disaster.

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To expand housing counseling services, HUD taps Zillow

Housing Wire

The federal government is launching a campaign on Zillow to help provide housing counseling services to more Americans. At Zillow, we are committed to getting more people home,” said Jennifer Butler, VP of government affairs at Zillow. “We The Department of U.S.

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Boston suburb works to comply with new state multifamily construction law

Housing Wire

The law, which went into effect in early February, requires 177 communities served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to eliminate barriers that could restrict the zoning and construction of multifamily housing units. In New York, Gov. In Washington state, Gov.

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States are making ADUs easier to build. Now it’s up to municipalities to follow suit.

Housing Wire

Ultimately, though, local governments remain the key gatekeepers when it comes to ADU liberalization. Those charges can include transportation (for possible right-of-way improvements) water, sewer and stormwater, and parks and recreation. A 750-square-foot ADU is not, from a utility’s perspective, the same as a 5,000-square-foot house.

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HUD Expands Housing Counseling Services

Appraisal Buzz

The multi-year campaign was created to generate awareness of the availability and benefits of pre-purchase housing counseling provided by HUD-certified counselors, and designed to reach communities of color that have historically faced more difficulties with the homebuying process due to systemic barriers.

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The surprising future of mortgage technology

Housing Wire

Purveyors of very complex financial instruments, sold to risk-averse investors under the careful oversight of government regulators, have given us a process that must conform to investor and regulatory compliance requirements. Many were pleasantly surprised that today’s modern web-based LOS platforms were designed to accommodate this.

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

Andrew Cuomo's office suggested last week that such a levy might reap $9 billion for the moribund Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the next decade and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reiterated his chamber's support proposal at a Crain's breakfast forum days later. Mayor Bill de Blasio gave it his blessing as well. Seriously.