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HFA News
- HFA NewsMay 20, 2013

– The Branstad/Reynolds Administration today announced an innovative summer social media contest hosted by the Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa Association of Realtors®, Iowa Home Ownership Education Project and the Iowa Mortgage Association to help spur home sales this summer.
- HFA NewsMay 17, 2013

Thanks to financing from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission and other partners, 24 affordable apartments for seniors will be added in the Spokane Valley.
- HFA NewsMay 17, 2013

A new home built by students is near completion and has a sale pending with a home buyer in West Valley City as a result of a partnership between Utah Housing Corporation and Granite Technical Institute.
Blogs
- Blog PostMay 17, 2013

On May 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 1062. This legislation, which was introduced by the Financial Services Committee’s Capital Market Subcommittee’s Chairman, Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct economic cost-benefit analyses of any new rule they issue.
- Blog PostMay 16, 2013

The Senate Finance Committee yesterday considered in a closed-door members-only meeting options for reforming the tax code in the area of economic and community development, including housing.
- Blog PostMay 16, 2013

A special report released by Moody’s on May 10 finds that participating in Fannie Mae’s HFA Preferred Risk Sharing program could benefit HFAs’ credit by allowing them to offer a new product to borrowers and increase their presence in the affordable housing market. The report also warns that HFAs participating in the program may face increased costs due to unexpected early defaults and also from setting up the secondary financing infrastructure necessitated by the program, but says that HFAs should be able to mitigate these risks.




















