U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers failed to adhere to some of the new standards set out in a landmark settlement meant to help consumers facing foreclosure, a court-appointed monitor said on Wednesday. Bank of America,...

Gay couples have a harder time finding a place to rent together than straight couples, according to the first national housing study on the issue. Released Tuesday, the report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that same-sex...

A long-awaited, one-stop service site for the working poor and struggling families will be announced this week by the Community Food & Outreach Center. Dubbed "Compassion Central," the project would expand the center's campus on West Michigan Street...

BEFORE Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and New Jersey, it stopped in Florida. Huge waves covered beaches, swept over Fort Lauderdale’s concrete sea wall and spilled onto A1A, Florida’s coastal highway. A month later another series of...

An Arlington Heights program that gives loans to low- and moderate-income homeowners for improvement projects is getting an unexpected increase in funding. The Single Family Rehabilitation Loan Program was allocated an extra $8,026, for a total of $113,...

Same-sex couples are discriminated against when searching for housing in online rental markets across the country, according to a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development study released Tuesday. In states like Maryland where such...

When its sales office opened in 2006, Enclave at Galewood Crossings was touted as an upscale, gated community of almost 200 single-family and multifamily homes built on the largest undeveloped piece of land left within the city limits. Now Chicago...

Monday June 10 will mark celebration of the completion of Phase I & Phase II for a total of 146-units of affordable elderly housing new construction and revitalization program. A public ceremony has been scheduled to dedicate the final completion of...

The housing downturn touched all areas of the country, but came down particularly heavily in Miami. Now, the market there is healing, and many former distressed homeowners have healed their personal finances, too. "We have lots of borrowers here who have...

Wells Fargo agreed Thursday to invest nearly $39 million in 45 areas nationwide — including South Florida — to settle a federal housing discrimination complaint. The Department of Housing and Urban Development accused the banking giant last...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has awarded grants to four South Dakota communities for improvement projects. Bonesteel, Delmont, Dupree and Wolsey will get a total of $1.5 million in grants to help with improvements carrying total price...

(In Thursday's story, report's authors correct references to number of borrowers in 1st and 2nd paragraphs) WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - Well over a million U.S. homeowners are months behind on payments on government-backed mortgages, raising the...