National Housing Resource Center (NHRC) had a powerhouse 2024, and we are planning high-impact initiatives for 2025: 1. Very Low-Income Homeownership Program NHRC leads a national coalition to reform and expand HUD's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program, enabling [...]
MisIvy Reittie, NHRC Outreach Manager April 16, 2024 On March 14, 2024 NHRC hosted a webinar on how people make financial decisions. When it comes to financial behaviors, we often overlook the underlying psychology, focusing more on perceived motivation [...]
The US has a powerful program that can help low-income people become successful homeowners – but it is badly underused. The HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is helping over 2.2 million Americans pay their rent. The same voucher [...]
In today's ever-evolving landscape of housing counseling, staying informed and equipped with the latest knowledge is essential. The 2023 NHRC Leaders in Housing Counseling Webinar Directory offers a comprehensive overview of upcoming webinars featuring experts and thought leaders in the [...]
The 203(k) rehabilitation loan is a valuable HUD product that is underused, at a time when there is an affordable housing shortage. A coalition of housing groups submitted comments on the Request for Information (RFI) regarding 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgages to [...]
On October 19, 2022, the 5th Circuit Court ruled that the CFPB’s funding mechanism is unconstitutional because it violates the Appropriations Clause, and the Constitution's structural separation of powers while also invalidating the Payday Lending Rule. This ruling calls into [...]
Push aside all the best of lists. Who cares about the best movies, books, or board games, when you can have the best of NHRC Webinars in 2022! NHRC hosts regular housing counseling and affordable housing webinars throughout the year [...]
Earlier this year National Housing Resource Center surveyed housing counselors from HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to describe their current experience helping homeowners in distress access loss mitigation options. Seventy-six housing counselors responded from locations across the country. Nearly 90% of respondents [...]
Housing counselors are always the "canary in the coal mine" for emerging consumer issues. When we asked for your feedback in the beginning of the Pandemic, your answers served to change the narrative. At the time, servicers were touting that [...]
For our 6/23/22 Leaders in Housing Counseling Webinar, IndiSoft presented on their new platform, National Housing Advocacy Platform. This platform is where housing counselors can share documents with participating servicers and lenders through a single interface via a [...]
The need for qualified and passionate housing counselors is a must have for many organizations that provide housing counseling services in the communities they serve. With tight budgets for many nonprofit organizations, the National Housing Resource Center (NHRC) created a housing [...]
2021 was a year filled with continual changes and National Housing Resource Center (NHRC) has worked tirelessly to help provide up-to-date information to keep you, the housing counseling community, well informed on these changes through our Leaders in Housing Counseling Webinars. [...]
In 2020, 3.06% of loans purchased by Fannie Mae were for Black borrowers and 8.03% were Hispanic borrowers. In comparison, 65.61 % were for white borrowers1. For Freddie Mac in 2020, 3.28% of loans purchased were to Black borrowers and 6.77% [...]
In all the activity around the Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation Bill on Capital Hill, we wanted to make a strong statement for homeownership. National Housing Resource Center organized a letter signed by 152 national, local, and regional organizations who are [...]
Can you believe it? NHRC is nine years old! It seems like only yesterday that NHRC was a brand-new baby and look where we are now. It has been quite a year: We pushed for $100 Million in new funding for [...]
