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CDFIs file lawsuit against Treasury to release funding

Key insight: The lawsuit is the latest escalation in a running battle between CDFIs and their supporters and the Trump administration, which has repeatedly blocked funding for the popular program.  What’s at stake: The CDFI fund recipients include banks, and many banks get Community Reinvestment Act credit for grants to the financial institutions.  Forward look: […]

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Bumps in the ROAD Act led to slowdown in build-to-rent space

The tortuous, but ultimately successful, path to passage of the recent housing bill brought with it a noticeable slowdown in build-to-rent construction this year.  Processing Content Builders broke ground on approximately 15,000 single-family BTR constructions in the second quarter. Volume came in “measurably” down from 18,000 units in the same three months in 2025, according

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GSE foreclosure aid slides 5th month as delinquencies creep up

The number of foreclosure prevention actions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued to slow in May, dropping by 7.8% from the prior month. Processing Content However, since the government-sponsored enterprises entered conservatorship in September 2008, total foreclosure prevention activity undertaken has now topped 7.4 million, the Federal Housing Finance Agency report said. The May

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