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Pulte says FHFA is terminating equitable housing committee

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On Tuesday, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte took to X to announce the agency’s termination of the advisory committee on affordable, equitable and sustainable housing, also known as ACAESH. “Effective Immediately, U.S. Federal Housing is TERMINATING Biden’s ‘racial equality committee’ which was dishonestly labeled ‘Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing.’ We are, instead, […]

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HUD’s English-only policy slams the door on the American Dream

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“One voice” or no voice at all? As of August 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is officially enforcing an English-only policy across its operations. Under direction from the Trump administration’s executive order that declared English the “official language” of the United States, HUD has begun removing all translated materials from

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PAVE task force 2.0? Senate Democrat introduces appraisal bias legislation

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The Trump administration has “effectively disbanded” the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, but a Democratic senator wants to revive it. Raphael Warnock of Georgia introduced the Appraisal Modernization Act on Thursday. The legislation seeks to address systemic bias in the appraisal process, effectively writing into law many of the measures the

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Mortgage Bankers Association removes DEI pages from website

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Since the new administration took over in January, government agencies have systemically rolled back federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, with the Trump administration framing the move as a way to cut costs and eliminate waste. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest mortgage trade group, removed several webpages related to diversity, equity, and inclusion,

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