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Daily Digest: U.S. Housing and Real Estate News, October 14, 2026
Today's housing news centers on a fair housing coalition's pushback against a HUD proposal, a new AI governance certification in the mortgage industry…
96 Groups Urge HUD to Withdraw Proposal Ending Disparate Impact Rules Under Title VI
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), joined by 95 other fair housing, consumer advocacy and civil rights organizations and a former HUD official…
Daily Digest: U.S. Housing and Real Estate News, October 13, 2026
Today's housing news is driven by two data releases from national real estate organizations…
Hispanic Households Drove All Net U.S. Homeownership Growth in 2025, Report Finds
Hispanic households accounted for all of the net growth in U.S. homeownership last year, according to the 2026 State of Hispanic Wealth Report (SHWR).
Tokenized Real Estate and the Securities Law Challenge
Sit through enough tokenization pitches and you start noticing which problems the deck spends its time on. Settlement speed. Fractional ownership down to a small slice of a building. Programmable distributions.
Daily Digest: U.S. Housing and Real Estate News, October 12, 2026
Today's housing news includes a new fraud-prevention resource for real estate professionals, federal grant funding for homeless housing in Florida…
When Austin Luxury Homes Sell Fastest in Spring
Ask anyone who has sold a house in Central Texas when the market opens and you get the same answer. March. Late February if...
Daily Digest: Housing & Development, October 9, 2026
Today’s housing and development coverage looks at congressional oversight of public housing and at local discussion of a new federal housing law.
Daily Digest: Laws & Taxes, October 9, 2026
Two federal stories today deal with the legal and tax side of housing: a court fight over fair housing funding and a new bill that would give renters a tax credit.
DC Opens $74 Million Infrastructure Academy Campus at Former Spingarn High School
Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Department of Employment Services (DOES) and the DC Department of General Services (DGS) have opened the new DC Infrastructure Academy (DCIA) campus at the former Spingarn High School in Ward 5. The ribbon-cutting marks the final stage of the $74 million Spingarn renovation project.
Daily Digest: Grants, October 7, 2026
Federal grant funding was in focus today, with House members pressing HUD over delayed housing renewals and a California freeway project winning new transportation money.
Choosing the Best Modern Timber Frame House Designs: 5 Plans With Glass Walls
Modern timber frame houses with glass walls sell a simple picture: exposed wood, floor-to-ceiling glass, and the view as the main decoration. But a big glass wall changes a lot of other things
Gottheimer Secures $500,000 in Federal Funds to Protect Future Andover Train Station on Lackawanna...
At the future site of the Andover station on Friday, October 2, 2026, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced $500,000 in clawed-back federal dollars, secured through the Transit Security Grant Program, to improve security and safety at the planned park-and-ride station.
Min, Olszewski Introduce Community Disaster Protection Act to Expand Insurance Access in High-Risk Areas
Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) and Rep. Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task Force, today introduced the Community Disaster Protection Act.
Cammack Secures New VA Contract to Keep Homeless Veterans Housed in Ocala and Gainesville
Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) today announced that veterans experiencing homelessness in Ocala and Gainesville will be able to stay in their housing after she worked directly with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to secure a new contract for Volunteers of America. Starting October 1, the VA’s Contract Emergency Residential Services (CERS) program will fund 36 beds at the Ritz Veterans
Nadler, Pappas, Goodlander Lead 50 House Members in Pressing HUD to Release Delayed HIV/AIDS...
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) led 50 House members in urging U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to release the delayed Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grants and to speed up awarding the funds.
Rep. Tran Backs TIPS Act to Make Tax Deduction on Tips Permanent for Service...
U.S. Representative Derek Tran (CA-45) has signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 1314, the Tipped Income Protection and Support Act (TIPS Act), which would let service industry professionals deduct their tips when filing taxes. The bill would raise the maximum adjusted gross income at which service workers can claim the deduction from $25,000 to $112,500 and make the change permanent nationwide
Liccardo Presses Treasury to Investigate Russian-Owned Menlo Park Property, Weigh Sanctions
In a letter to Treasury, the congressman asks federal agencies to examine who owns and funds the 80 Willow Road project, citing reported ties to Kremlin officials and organized crime figures
NAR Launches Online Fraud Resource to Help REALTORS® Protect Clients and Their Business
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) today introduced "Protecting Your Clients and Your Business From Fraud," a new online resource that helps members prevent, detect, and report
Fifteen Realtors® from across South Carolina graduate from top real estate leadership class
The 2026 SC REALTORS® (SCR) Leadership Academy class graduated during the board of directors meeting at the association's legal conference, Business Unusual, in September at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
